Sir Mick Jagger embodies what one writer has called paleo-fatherhood, or the trend of becoming a dad in later life. He was 73 when Deveraux, his eighth child, was born to his 29-year-old partner, ballerina Melanie Hamrick.
The Rolling Stone is an extreme example but there has been a shift to older parenthood in recent decades. In 2015, first-time dads in the UK were 33 and first-time mothers were 30, on average four years older than was the case 40 years ago.
Discussion has tended to focus on women’s declining fertility, but paternal age seems to matter too.
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