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When Late Parenthood Creates Anxiety About Your Own Mortality

I had my first child at 45 and I worry constantly that I won't live long enough to see him grow up and get married and have his own children.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The joy of unexpected parenthood is shadowed by realistic concerns about time and the child's future security.

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