When De Niro is having a child at 79, it’s time to cut older mothers some slack

The average age for new parents in the US is on the rise but the stigma attached to geriatric' mothers in their 30s is ridiculous

In a world where US birth rates were declining, one man decided to embark on a heroic journey to father as many children as he could. That man is called Robert De Niro and he has just had his seventh child at the grand old age of 79. His new daughter is around half a century younger than his oldest kids.

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