Greater Age Differential

What is the difference in terms of parenthood does it make if your parents are older than your friends parents?  Steve got an answer to that.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Now, there is science that supports that kids with older parents,
older parents, now, especially fathers, especially the dads, might be
a little more socially awkward than kids with younger fathers.

Speaker 2 (00:17):
All right, I can see that.

Speaker 1 (00:18):
So here's the question. Uh, did you guys have parents
that were much older than your friend's parents?

Speaker 2 (00:24):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (00:25):
And if you did, And if you did, Steve says
you did, So how did that affect you?

Speaker 3 (00:30):
Steve?

Speaker 2 (00:30):
Growing up, I was in a lot of fights about it.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
Really, what do you mean you got teased about it?

Speaker 2 (00:36):
Oh? Yeah, you know I went to public school with
pole kid. Yeah, who grandmama? That a man?

Speaker 3 (00:48):
I'm told you, I told you twice. I asked you
one more teme grandmama, lady, and then my damn mama.
Though nineteen sixty seven I dodn'et totally do. In nineteen
sixty eight, another dude asked me, who grandmama up is
here at the school. That was the day after Martin

(01:11):
Luther king funeral on TV. I jumped dead on his head.

Speaker 2 (01:17):
Forget all that piece of love stuff.

Speaker 3 (01:19):
Yeah you know that Martin Luke King did. I don't
want to hear nothing about this. Yeah, I had old parents. Wow.

Speaker 2 (01:27):
Now, my mama never had me when they were forty two.

Speaker 1 (01:29):
So oh okay, so do you think age matters when
it comes to parenting then hell yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:36):
You ain't even talk about what you're gonna talk about.

Speaker 1 (01:38):
You should happen when you're younger.

Speaker 2 (01:40):
You think, yeah, that's my recommend that you can have them. Yeah, well,
what does that thing? You don't have nothing to talk about?

Speaker 4 (01:46):
Well, I mean the things that you want to relate
to thease older parents they're much older.

Speaker 1 (01:51):
Because the millennials and younger want to talk about tech stuff.

Speaker 2 (01:55):
And oh yeah, but I'll give you an example.

Speaker 3 (01:58):
Okay, I don't care for I love the grandkids when
they come over from running the office, Papa hug me,
climb up.

Speaker 2 (02:08):
On me, kiss me on the cheek. I love that man,
and then get out of here.

Speaker 1 (02:12):
But wait a minute, Steve, Okay, that would work if
you were a much older grandparent, but you're a normal
age for a great Yes, what are you talking about?

Speaker 2 (02:23):
If I don't want to with the grandkids, what I
want it ain't ain't having his life. I don't say
I was that old.

Speaker 3 (02:31):
I'm just saying I don't at this age, I don't
care for my grandkids a visit.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
The hell I look like with a baby in my
own and case and.

Speaker 4 (02:39):
The asshole you can only bring one at a time
in my damn house, one at a time.

Speaker 2 (02:44):
You can't bring How many grand kids do you have?

Speaker 4 (02:47):
I got eleven?

Speaker 3 (02:51):
Wow?

Speaker 1 (02:52):
And then you have you have a favorite? And everyone
knows and you make and all the other grandkids know that,
Oh they.

Speaker 2 (03:00):
Know, they know how to go at any lying is
they know how to go? And what ack knowledge? Your
favorite grandkids in front of them?

Speaker 4 (03:09):
That what this cuts out all the mess of everybody guessing,
well who the favorite?

Speaker 2 (03:13):
Now they know?

Speaker 4 (03:18):
Well today?

Speaker 1 (03:19):
Does that call it a problem in the family?

Speaker 4 (03:21):
Or anybody know that a Kia is a favorite?

Speaker 2 (03:25):
Can the rest of them? Maybe you'll get it, maybe
you won't, But a Kara can get it.

Speaker 4 (03:32):
Anything anything you won't.

Speaker 2 (03:34):
She's my favorite?

Speaker 1 (03:34):
Is she your first grandkid?

Speaker 2 (03:36):
Is that why?

Speaker 1 (03:36):
Your first grandchild?

Speaker 4 (03:38):
It's a long story, but I picked her as a
favorite and we just rode with that and we don't
get into no fights about it.

Speaker 2 (03:44):
That's just what you pick up. Favorite is the favorite?
How did you do that? Look?

Speaker 4 (03:51):
My sister was the favorite of my mom. My mom
did speak to me until I was thirteen years old.

Speaker 2 (03:58):
I have a favorite grandchild too. You're not gonna do it.
I know it is, but no, don't. No, you have
a favorite grandchild is Ezra. Oh that's the baby that
can't because.

Speaker 3 (04:16):
He don't know me. He don't know you, he don't
know me. He don't want nothing, He don't talk back.
He slob all the time, try to hold his big
ass head.

Speaker 2 (04:27):
He look at me like he ain't never seen me.
He smiled, and he just slobb.

Speaker 3 (04:32):
As soon as he see a bottle, his whole body
goes into a convulsion. Just straighten up and stiff it out.
When he see a bottle. He did get he just
lock up all right.

Speaker 1 (04:47):
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