Parenthood at Sixty
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Parenthood at sixty
There are many wonders in the world, yet nothing as wonderful as humanbeings. Equipped with modern technology, they have worked miracles in the world, and now they are trying some on themselves: some people are advocating parenthood at sixty, just following the possibility of a cloned baby. This is undoubtedly another swoop against the law of nature, and another challenge against the convention. The former is accepted with momentarily swerving rejections and then overwhelming exclamations of welcome, while the latter is raising a fuss. People are arguing back and forth with gray rejections, middle-aged approval and young embrace. They have tried every possibility to win the tug-of-war, but the pull for rejections is still to come.
Parenthood at sixty is considered unconventional. Humans are accustomed to marriage and parenthood in their twenties, thirties or forties at most. Parenthood at sixty goes too far. Those advocating that have experienced ups and downs in their career, vicissitudes between man and woman, and eventually lose their passion on all these during their declining years...