Late mums and dads, mature parents
Late parenthood presents societies like ours with something that is no longer a phenomenon but has clearly become mainstream. In today’s European cities, every fourth birth is the firstborn child of a mum aged 35 or (some-times considerably) older. Over two thirds of all babies born today in urban Germany, France or Sweden will have retired parents when they leave university.
These babies are very often born into households that have not seen little children for a long time (or ever).
Of course, mature parents are just as happy to play and be silly for fun, they are just as fit and healthy as younger parents are. But during the years they spent at university and building their careers or businesses, many of them lost touch with family life per se. They led an adult life with adult friends, based on adult decisions. Having a baby now throws many of them far more out of their established ways than they had anticipated. All too often, their social background is not a child-related and child-relating one.
People who make the deliberate decision to have a child are ready to take on all the consequences and responsibilities. Family is not something that just happened to them. They have made it happen, perhaps even with some medical support, often enough with quite a bit of heartache along the way. To create the right personal environment for their newly founded families, the Global Natives Club aims to give these parents the ideal playground.
These babies are very often born into households that have not seen little children for a long time (or ever).
Of course, mature parents are just as happy to play and be silly for fun, they are just as fit and healthy as younger parents are. But during the years they spent at university and building their careers or businesses, many of them lost touch with family life per se. They led an adult life with adult friends, based on adult decisions. Having a baby now throws many of them far more out of their established ways than they had anticipated. All too often, their social background is not a child-related and child-relating one.
People who make the deliberate decision to have a child are ready to take on all the consequences and responsibilities. Family is not something that just happened to them. They have made it happen, perhaps even with some medical support, often enough with quite a bit of heartache along the way. To create the right personal environment for their newly founded families, the Global Natives Club aims to give these parents the ideal playground.
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Peers for late parents.Excellent company indeed. The world is in fact full of people like us !
Full of parents who want to make a lot of things possible, who want to see their children make full use of their potential, lead an inspired and fulfilling life and give back to society one day what has been handed to them. Whenever time and money and other factors restrict us in our endeavours, we give each other a hand. |
Amongst our case studies, you will find quite a few stories (like this one or this other one) about the joys and the relief from friendships based on global partnerships in similar situations.