The later a mother has a child, the less chance she has of verbally and physically punishing him, and the child is less problematic and more satisfied - shows a Danish study, published in the journal "European Journal" on developmental psychology.
About 5.000 mothers over 30 years old and children aged 7, 11 and 15 participated in the research. Researchers have found that children of older mothers have fewer social, emotional and behavioral problems.
"That's because they've come into their own as mothers when they've gained more education, experience and financial stability," explains team leader psychologist Dan Sommer.
"With age comes greater psychological maturity, and this can be seen in late motherhood. People become psychologically more flexible and tolerant of others and therefore progress better emotionally, and creating a positive and less authoritative environment leads to happier and healthier growing up. However, the situation can change at the age of 15, when children are seriously "shaken" by puberty, and mothers do not have as much energy and vigor as younger women, reports Nezavisne.
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