A millstone around the neck is a millstone around the neck and not something I couldn't even imagine due to my own selfishness which is coupled with a professional understanding of the "over 50" crowd having Ch*ldren and specificially, Babi*s.
It is simply wrong for parents to be in the "over 50" crowd and think they can provide a "good home". It's not simply the dough, rey, mi: It's the irrefutable reality that the "over 50" parent is not physically or mentally capable of getting the job done and doing right by the newborn into adulthood; and this reality is even more poignoint with the women. The human body, no matter how good of shape it's in simply wasn't built to handle all the stooping, lifting, etc. that an infant requires. Moving from that is the demands the infant places on the lifestyle and lifes of the parents. The "over 50" group have a set way of doing things and it's almost impossible to change it. The sleep pattern WILL change; the life-style WILL change; Life as one knows it ENDS. Every waking moment needs to be dedicated to the newborn and each of those moments require teamwork which is hard enough for the younger parent.
I don't take cheap shots and I don't put people's business in the streets. However, once it's in the streets and they themselves make it fodder for discussion.... *shrug*

If the shoe fits wear it. I'm not the one who needs to be studying Central American law relative to Ch*ld support and paternity matters, but, trust me if you dare......they're there and being a gringo don't help the matter one bit. This is not no 10k Colone shake down to get out of it. Nowhere in my post did I even suggest any name or nationality. The seeming fact there was one amongst us who evidently has that millstone hanging is news to me. It was but an observation and more aimed at "barebacking" than anything else.
Further, when the Ch*ld is 10, the parent(s) are over 60? What kind of mental bull roar is that now young adult going to confront when all the other young adults have parents who are in their early 30's (and in CR's part of the world, more like mid 20's)? What happens at age 15 when the parent(s) are now social security age and older? It ain't right is my assertion.....at least for the youngest of the fiasco...and that's what it most typically turns out to be...a freakin' fiasco.
Compounding the issue are the simpletons, mostly couples in the USA...couples over 50....who go all the way to China or Africa to adopt and after but a couple of years, turn the adopted Ch*ld over to the State because they just couldn't do it. Of course, it is the adoptee's fault....or "We weren't told this and that about the Ch*ld...." etc. Having had years in "the business" I saw this trend emerging in the early 1990's and now it's almost a rage.......disgusting. It's the chiild that gets the shaft....
Concluding, and in the most of non PC ways and with the spirit of bringing some humour to a very, very dark topic, I place this link for anyone to click on for a giggle...by Shirley Q. Liquor (have the speakers turned on):
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/axxxtw/b.mp3
oh....and don't forget the lesson(s) to be learned here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eSflbxXeoo