Personality Traits of An Only Child Born to Aged Parents

It may be rare in the society. But people born as an only child to their aged parents do exist amidst us. This article tries to understand the pros and cons of such an existence.

Becoming over aged parents is mostly a choice rather than a conscious decision. The reasons may be plenty and immaterial before the effects of parenting such couples provide to their child. Only child is an obvious choice for such aged couples. The responsibilities are bare minimum and complement their declining physical and mental strengths over the time.

Over-aged Parents by Choice:

These people are the mavericks, the rebellions. Love to follow their own path and experience life on their own terms. Choice is the hallmark of their persona, and this time the choice is to be a parent. In a totally wrong phase of their life. Ignorant of the inabilities and ill prepared of the responsibilities. The price of these shortcomings in the parents, is paid by the child they intend to bring on earth. Well, in any case, a child is born. And here is his fate.

Only Child of Over-aged Parents by Choice:

It becomes tough for these parents to be an epitome of responsibility and commitment because of the obvious lack of understanding of these virtues. The child sooner or later realizes that his parents do not live up to their teachings themselves. This is extremely a depressing fact the child deals with. It is because for the kids, their parents are the real life heroes. They can’t fathom their heroes not living up to their expectations, leave aside the expectations of the society and world at large. The child faces identity crises and there are ample chances of such a child ending up in wrongs ways of life to find recluse and peace.

There are certain time ordained events of life like marriage and parenting. In such matters, becoming responsible for the eventualities to follow is imperative. Because in these aspects of life apart from the person in question, others (the life partner and a new born baby ) are also involved. Otherwise, Life keeps an account of each of our deeds. The rewards and the prices to pay follow accordingly.

Over-aged Parents by Conscious Decision:

There are the people who become parents in their later years by making a conscious decision. May be the prior responsibilities in their life never allowed them to think about their own interests. And when they are done with their responsibilities, they end up with grey hair before the mirror. The happiness of a child’s birth to such people, is like a gift they deserve from life itself. Such people are less in number who were compelled not to marry and become parents during the rightful years by life itself. A child of such parents blossoms in the following way with time:

Only Child of Over-aged Parents by Conscious Decision:

• Being child of a matured couple, he learns the essence of honesty, sacrifice, patience, responsibility, commitment and other elite human virtues from a young age.
• He realizes early that there is need for him to grow up early than his age to support his loving parents.
• He gets a well balanced up bringing involving matured affection and deep sense of discipline from his seasoned parents.
• He learns about the essence of choice in matters involving conflicts and differences of opinion (like generation gap) between him and his parents.
• Liberty is first taught to be respected and appreciated before experiencing.
• There are streaks of pregnant thoughtfulness and composure in his mindset while taking decisions.
• Emotionally he is poised, and knows to separate the wheat from the chaff well.
• Such people become exemplary for their contemporaries and juniors too.

Do we ever complain for the taste of an old wine? No. It is because the richness of its taste lies in the time that passed by after its manufacturing. Being the only child of such responsible and virtuous parents is all about relishing such mystic experience for life.

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