The best thing that ever happened to my kids was having parents who were 29 and 30 years old before they started having kids.
I could no more have been a father at nineteen than I could have eaten sawdust and $hit 2 X 4's.
At 30 I relished in it. I did, however, have to keep my butt in good condition far longer than a lot of people. I once blew out a hammy running 40's with the football team when I was 47.
I was kicking butt until I crashed and burned.