I'm not sure you can make hard and fast rules or assumptions on this one.
I used to teach parenting classes and my kids now range from 11 - 19 so I've seen a wide variety of parents and parenting styles.
It seems that younger parents are less calculating in how they raise their kids. They are more likely to overreact to bad behavior or ignore it, while an older parent usually has read a ton of books, or taken classes and has a planned approach to discipline.
Older parents are more likely to be involved at school and to read to their kids daily. Both of these dramatically improve the odds their kids will do well.
Younger parents often take their role as parents less seriously but that isn't always a bad thing. They are often more playful and less obsessed with being perfect (which no parent ever is). They are less likely to hover over their kids and be overprotective, which in the long run hurts kids.
I know I was 27 when I had the first and I was very calculated in how I wanted to raise my kids. When I became a single parent, I had to modify my concept of perfection and relax more, because it quickly became apparent I couldn't be "perfect." In the process, I was quick to teach my kids independence and many of the important skills they will need to be successful in life.
Too many older parents are so busy doing everything for their kids that they forget that at some point, the kids will be adults who will struggle to manage their own lives if they never learn.
So..I think younger parents fail to fully grasp the importance of their role as examples and teachers, (which is not great) but older parents take it too seriously and often micromanage their kids to death.
Which is better? I'm not sure there's a clear answer to that. I suspect (no data here) that children are more likely to go to college and acheive academic and professional success if their parents are older, but I'm not sure that in the long run they lead happier lives.
These days parents that don't push their kids to think long term about their futures and their education are really cheating their kids because the world is becoming so technical, that those without that education WILL likely struggle most of their lives.
2006-10-18 05:44:40
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answered by Lori A 6
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My mother was 35 and my dad 40 when they adopted me. I had a very stable environment. My parents didn't go out much and my mother stayed home and didn't work. We were financially stable as well. I had my daughter when I was 19. My husband and I were not stable emotionally or financially. I think that makes a child insecure. I am not saying that this is the case for every child born to young parents. But I do believe that younger parents may be inclined to go out more, have to have both parents work which leaves the child alone with sitters or in day care. That can breed all manner of behavioral traits in children, depending on the child's personality. Such as making them either passive or aggressive, introverted or extroverted, ect.
2016-05-21 23:41:15
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answered by Anonymous
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early marriage, before the parties have emotionally matured will leave everybody in the family at the children's EQ. this could mean that a lot of childish egos start setting rules and guidelines. the parents will in all probability end up having iron control over or no control over the children.
2006-10-18 05:33:32
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answered by sumaravindran1958 2
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maybe the younger parents have more energy to give to the children, and more love? the children growup smarter and more confident and secure?
2006-10-18 05:31:30
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answered by Anonymous
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The parents don't know how to teach their childrents.
some of the childrents would have personality disorders.
" anxiety disorders"..................."antisocial disorders"...........................
2006-10-18 05:51:14
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answered by JAMES 4
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it screws them up
2006-10-18 05:35:19
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answered by Anonymous
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