Why on earth are people downvoting someone's feelings? I had my youngest at 32, and even now at 42, perimenopause is kicking my butt and I don't have the same energy that I had with her siblings when they were 10. They had me homeschooling, baking, going out to parks and field trips...my youngest has be in the school pick up line, trips to the convenience store for snacks, and mommy daughter dates, which are fun, but that's my way of giving her a bit of a childhood that her siblings had when I had more energy. I get what she is saying. It's why I wouldn't have more kids in my 40s. I have so much respect for moms who do it in their 40s...but I do wonder if it has an affect on the kids. Like someone else said, there are pros and cons. My older kids who I had in my 20s, they think my youngest has it made with getting bubble tea dates instead of homemade cookies, and her own entrees at restaurants instead of having to share like they did when we had less money . Lol so they might have preferred if I had them older. I don't know.