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Originally Posted by you&me
Confirmation bias, incoming...
We're relatively young parents (had my first at 28; wife at 26)... I suppose it's a reflection of the schools and activities we have the kids in, but we are far and away "the young parents" with our oldest. Even with our youngest, we're definitely still in the youngest quarter of the parental peer group.
I mean, there have been more than a few fiftieth birthday parties - and some are closing in quickly on 6-0 - among the older parent groups and I can't imagine having that much time left with school-aged children...
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I had a similar experience, though I had my kids a few years earlier than you did. It always felt a little uncomfortable even though it felt as though the other parents considered us the young cool parents. (To which I would say they were only half right about)
I remember telling some of the parents who started having kids in their mid 40s that I didn’t know how they did it as I found it hard enough at times to find the energy to parent in my mid 20s. Being in my 40s now I really don’t know how they managed, although being more established financially probably doesn’t hurt as money troubles at the time when I first had my kids definitely added to the overall stress of parenting.