In that generation they had kids younger than in their 30's or 40's, so I do think they are a bit young, more like older grandchildren. My 79 year old mom has a 32 year old grandson, and that is not abnormal for that generation and the next generation. The kids would be in their early 50's or late 40's by the time the parents were in the mid 70's. Again for that generation. It would be one thing if there was one young one who was a late surprise, then yeah, but there should be older ones before that. For all of them to be in their early thirties while the parents are all in their mid 70s doesn't make a lot of sense whatsoever. But this is typical I noticed in many sitcoms - children too young for the parents. Now, today people wait til their forties quite often for the first one, and that's great, just different times. But, look, then when you are in your mid 70's, your kid is like 20something and they go through losing parents at a younger age just to natural causes. Kind of unfair maybe? I don't know..
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beth628
9 years ago
I see your points. But, they have said Grace is 70, not in her mid-seventies. And, I do think the boys being adopted still makes it not really an issue. I don't know that we've ever seen why they were adopted. Maybe Frankie and Sol tried to have kids and couldn't, which would mean they eventually adopted, and it would be a little later than the norm for that generation. I don't know that we know all of their ages exactly, but they seem to be in their thirties to me. They could even be mid-thirties.
We'll probably just have to chalk it up to TV and needing to suspend our sense of reality a little more than usual.
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desertdude1953
9 years ago
It really isn't that odd if you think about it. It was established in the first season that both couples had been married for 40 years. That would mean that any children they had would be between 30-40, which is what the kids seem to be.
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alifeatthemovies
9 years ago
The ages kind of don't make sense. Grace and Frankie are both supposed to be 70 in 2015. That means they were born in 1944 or 1945, which is slightly too early for baby boomers. Were their fathers sent home from the war early? There is a 49 year age difference between Brooklyn Decker and Jane Fonda. Brooklyn Decker was 28 when the series started. Even if she is playing a character who is a few years earlier and Fonda is playing a character who is younger there is still a big gap there.
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ToHelenBackAgain
9 years ago
I assure you, people were born in America in the mid-'40s.
The real-life ages of the actors are completely irrelevant here.
The parents are all around 70 or so, the kids are in their thirties. Grace had her children a little later than most women at the time because she was busy building a business, and Frankie adopted when she gave up trying to have her own. It all makes sense just fine.
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desertdude1953
9 years ago
That means they were born in 1944 or 1945, which is slightly too early for baby boomers. Were their fathers sent home from the war early?
Are you assuming that there weren't any babies born during WWII? Birth rates in the US from 1940-1945 were between 80-90 per 1,000 women, which is higher than they were pre-WWII. By the end of WWII there were 9% of the US population serving in the military (not all of those were serving overseas). That leaves a lot of people back stateside procreating.
You can't take into consideration Brooklyn Decker or Jane Fonda's age. They aren't playing their age on this show.
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