Yesterday, AARP broadcast a long awaited program on “Inside E-Street” for PBS television, titled “Babies @50″. Lynn Laszewski—from our “A Child After 40” online community—who had her son at 51, kicks off the program with her story. After Laszewski, I was interviewed on controversial social issues, including maternal ageism, and the rising need for FPM’s [...]
“Nothing—not a sports car, not a genius dye job—says ‘I’m young’ like a baby on your hip,” wrote Lisa Miller, the journalist who interviewed me—along with a host of pundits—about motherhood after 50. Since when do any of us view a baby as an accessory? Reading the first half of this piece, I began to [...]
With all of the critics carping on about women “delaying marriage” until their 40’s, it seems to me that something vital got lost in their consensus. Are single men lining up around the block like homeless mendicants at a matrimonial soup kitchen, just begging for a trip to the altar? Like Buddy Holly once said, [...]
Watching re-runs of the TV series Medium, little did I realize I was tuning into my past life in a new way. Like diving through an unexpected wormhole, I was back in the early 70’s with The Rolling Stones, President Jimmy Carter, Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his wayward wife, Margaret. What does a [...]
It was American Idol judge Randy Jackson who said “The world cannot live by pop stars alone.” That’s because every now and then, they need someone original. They need someone like a 20-year-old oddball bearded geek, packing a double bass and singing scat (http://www NULL.thefreedictionary NULL.com/scat) to a gobsmacked TV audience. Introducing Casey Abrams, the [...]
Not since the debut of Octomom has public reaction to been so extreme to…well, extreme procreational behavior. The media headlines all but scream obscenity that Zsa Zsa Gabor—a celebrity nonagenarian, quite literally on her last leg—wants to be a mom at 94. CNN’s story quoted Gabor’s husband of 25 years, Prince Frederic von Anhalt (http://en [...]
Last month, the announcement that Kristine Casey gave birth to her own grandson at 61 had media headlines flashing like neon in the red light district. But what about the grandmas who are in it for the long run? Sylvia Butler—a Special Education teacher from Greene County, Tennessee, who spent most of her childhood in [...]
According to Jacob Drill—a daddy-blogger and former Business Development Manager from Manhattan, NYC—gay fathers and over-40 mothers make strange bedfellows. Yet, if you really think about it, some comparisons are obvious. Like women having children after 40, Drill is no stranger to the whip-end of social bigotry. He legally married his same-sex partner—commercial litigation lawyer, [...]
Angel on CNN
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Angel on CNN, Mother's Day story, May 8th 2011. (http://www NULL.youtube NULL.com/watch?v=WySnP2nnwXU)
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Read about Angel's CNN debate on Kelly Preston's pregancy.
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