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Al Pacino is a film star. He is also about to be a father again. A lot of people are talking about it - because Pacino is 83 years old. His girlfriend, who will have her baby soon, is 29. 

Al Pacino already has three children. His oldest child is 33 - older than his new girlfriend. 

Al Pacino is not the only movie star to have a child at an older age. Robert de Niro is an American actor. He has just had his seventh child. He is 79 years old. 

The averageTypical or usual. age for fathers of babies in the UK is 33 years old. Pacino and de Niro are much older. 

Some say it is not the right thing to have children at an old age. When Pacino's new child is 20, he will be 103 - if he is still alive. 

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It is not common for people to have children in their 70s or 80s. But people today are having children later than ever before. Today, just under half of all women in the UK do not have any children by the time they are 30. 

Meanwhile, new technologies mean that women can have children at later ages too - into their late 40s and 50s - although this is still uncommon.

Some say it is better to have children at a young age, before people start becoming at risk of health problems as they get older. Others say it is better to have children later, when people have had a chance to live without the responsibilityWhen you have a duty to look after or deal with something or someone. of looking after children. 

Yes! There is nothing wrong with older parents, but 83 is too old! Al Pacino is unlikely to live to see his new baby become an adult. 

No! Nobody can ever say they will be healthy for a long time - even young people. Being old does not mean Al Pacino will not be a good father.