Broadcaster Jon Snow says he ‘hasn’t found age relevant’ to becoming father in his 70s

Veteran journalist and broadcaster Jon Snow has said that he “hasn’t found age relevant” when it comes to his family relationships, after welcoming his third child at the age of 75. Speaking to Saga Magazine, Snow said that having his most recent child, Tafara, with his wife Dr Precious Lunga, 48, “wasn’t easy” but that “when he was born, life felt complete”. Snow also has two daughters from his three-decade relationship with human rights lawyer Madeleine Colvin. He has two grandsons aged one and three, and a “son… who is two-going-on-five”.

Snow, who was for many years the face of Channel 4 News, added that he was “completely at ease” with late fatherhood and was not concerned about the exhaustion that often comes with raising a newborn. “Having him wasn’t easy,” he said, “but we persisted because… my wife very much wanted and deserved a baby.” Snow explained that he feels the same love for all three of his children: “Is being a grandad different to being a dad? Not really. In the end, it’s all love, isn’t it?”

Snow’s comments follow a spate of high-profile cases of older men fathering children, with claims that this trend is challenging the traditional definition of fatherhood. Paul Dolan, a professor of behavioural science at the London School of Economics, suggested earlier this year that the trend is driven by a desire for “a new lease of life”. He added: “The fathering of children is a very concrete way of doing that.” The trend has prompted concerns over reduced life expectancy for older fathers and the psychological impact on children of having elderly parents.



Source link