People prefer becoming parents at older age nowadays than ever before. There have been polarised views, whether its benefits outweigh the drawbacks. In my opinion, it has more demerits than merits.
Late parenthood is froth with lots of disadvantages. Firstly, fathers and mothers who are elderly whereas their children are still little encounter difficulties catering for and bringing them up. This is because at late middle age to old age, the body is degenerating and becoming weaker. These parents are unable to hustle to make money for their children's education. They also lack strength to discipline their children when necessary. A good example is my neighbour and wife, who started having babies in their middle fiftys. At 70 years the first son was just entering secondary school. It was difficult for them to combine age related illnesses and fending for their children. As a result, these children grew as if they had no parents. They were not disciplined and ended up criminals.
Another downside to it is the fact that most children of geriatric parents become orphans pretty early in their childhood. In fact studies by social workers showed that 80% of children in the orphanage are born of parents who started having babies at their late middle age. These elderly parents die from natural course of aging, leaving their little children behind. These and lots more are the disadvantages of late parenthood.
In conclusion, though it is becoming a more popular decision among people to have children in later age, it is not a good idea because it has lots of negatives far more than the positives
 People
 prefer becoming  
parents
 at older  
age
 nowadays than ever  
before
. There have been  
polarised
 views, whether its benefits outweigh the drawbacks. In my opinion, it has more demerits than merits.
Late parenthood is froth with lots of disadvantages.  
Firstly
, fathers and mothers who are elderly whereas their  
children
 are  
still
  little
 encounter difficulties catering for and bringing them up. This is  
because
 at late middle  
age
 to  
old
  age
, the body is degenerating and becoming weaker. These  
parents
 are unable to hustle to  
make
 money for their children's education. They  
also
 lack strength to discipline their  
children
 when necessary. A  
good
 example is my  
neighbour
 and wife, who  
started
 having babies in their middle  
fiftys
. At 70 years the  
first
 son was  
just
 entering secondary school. It was difficult for them to combine  
age
 related illnesses and fending for their  
children
.  
As a result
, these  
children
 grew as if they had no  
parents
. They were not disciplined and ended up criminals.
Another downside to it is the fact that most  
children
 of geriatric  
parents
 become orphans pretty early in their childhood. In fact studies by social workers  
showed
 that 80% of  
children
 in the orphanage  
are born
 of  
parents
 who  
started
 having babies at their late middle  
age
. These elderly  
parents
  die
 from natural course of aging, leaving their  
little
  children
 behind. These and lots more are the disadvantages of late parenthood. 
In conclusion
, though it is becoming a more popular decision among  
people
 to have  
children
 in later  
age
, it is not a  
good
  idea
  because
 it has lots of negatives far more than the positives