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Re:America's Prison Population Is in Serious Decline by zellyn on Thursday June 26, 2025 @11:26AM (#44388342)
If you do decide to wait longer, be aware that there are hilarious differences geographically. When we had our first kid in SF, the other dads pushing swings were around the same age as me (fortyish). Moving back to Georgia… oh my god, the parents of kids my second kid’s age were babies! (There are “graybeard dad” Facebook groups etc., but the average vibe is way different)
Re:America's Prison Population Is in Serious Decline by meindnoch on Thursday June 26, 2025 @12:46PM (#44389074)
>the parents of kids my second kid’s age were babies

Babies can have kids?

Re:America's Prison Population Is in Serious Decline by bombcar on Thursday June 26, 2025 @02:09PM (#44389802)
A parent who’s forty with a newborn will feel that the 20-year old with a newborn is “babies havin’ babies” as Strong bad would say.
Re:America's Prison Population Is in Serious Decline by Melatonic on Thursday June 26, 2025 @05:24PM (#44391580)
Strong Bad - now thats a throwback!
Re:America's Prison Population Is in Serious Decline by sixothree on Thursday June 26, 2025 @01:28PM (#44389414)
Crime rates in Georgia are higher. So there's that.
Re:America's Prison Population Is in Serious Decline by NeutralCrane on Thursday June 26, 2025 @03:51PM (#44390649)
On the flip side the average age of parents in Utah is extremely low and the crime rate is also below average. So it may be more nuanced than you would think.
Re:America's Prison Population Is in Serious Decline by insane_dreamer on Thursday June 26, 2025 @06:45PM (#44392199)
confounding factor: Mormons
Re:America's Prison Population Is in Serious Decline by xattt on Thursday June 26, 2025 @01:37PM (#44389515)
Even regionally. My kid goes to an urban school where the majority of parents are those with at least an undergraduate degree, and are at least my age.

Family friends have kids in a rural school with parents being those that haven’t moved 10 miles from the community where they grew up and small-town soap opera dynamics.