Fertility Planning: Arms Reach

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Different Generations of Moms - Is It Just Me?

I'm an old mom - just putting that out there. I'm almost 52, have a teen and a tween, my DH is younger than me, in his middle 40's. It seems that there are 2 very different generations of mom - here on mamapedia and even in my office. Is it just me or is this something that you also notice? Seems the old-moms like me (I have sisters who are grandmothers) grew up in the 60's and 70's, maybe 80's. Our ideas about manners, relationships with MIL's, expectations & relationships with DHs and opinions about raising kids seem so very...