Tim Phillips Show, 3/18/26

Parents like to joke about their kids aging them, but new research shows it’s actually true. A study out of Finland suggests that the number of kids a woman has may be linked to how her body ages over time and may even affect how long she lives.

According to the study, giving birth to more than the “average” number of children - two to three - is linked to faster biological aging and a shorter lifespan.

The research focused on nearly 15-thousand Finnish twins and found that women who had an average of 6.8 kids had the highest mortality risk and an increase in biological aging.
But being child-free didn’t improve things, as women who had no children had the same outcomes.
The slowest biological aging and longest lifespan were found in women who had 2 to 2.4 kids, on average, and whose pregnancies happened between 24 and 38 years old.

So, why does the number of babies a woman has affect how long she lives? It all comes down to evolutionary biology, according to the researchers. “Organisms have limited resources such as time and energy,” explains study author Mikaela Hukkanen. “When a large amount of energy is invested in reproduction, it is taken away from bodily maintenance and repair mechanisms, which could reduce lifespan.”

Researchers point out that this study only shows an association, not a cause and effect relationship, and a woman shouldn’t “consider changing her own plans or wishes regarding children based on these findings.”⠀

Source: NY Post

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One-Hit Wonder - CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP -    MAC AND KATIE KISSOON, #20 in 1971

Brother-and-sister pop duo from Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. Mac was born Gerald Farthing on 11/11/1943. Katie was born Kathleen Farthing on 3/11/1951. Moved to England in the late 1950s.

"Chirpy Chirpy, Cheep Cheep" is a song recorded in 1970 by its composer Lally Stott, and made popular in 1971 by Scottish band Middle of the Road, for whom it was a UK #1 chart hit.  The original recording of the song by Lally Stott was first released in September 1970 in Italy, where he had been living for several years. It was a hit, entering the Top 20 at the beginning of October. The record company, Philips, was reluctant to release it overseas, and offered it to two other groups: Scottish folk-pop group Middle of the Road, who were working in Italy at the time, and the Trinidadian brother-and-sister duo Mac and Katie Kissoon. Philips eventually released Stott's version elsewhere and it topped the charts in Australia and Rhodesia, as well as hitting the Top Ten in South Africa. Middle of the Road released their version in October 1970 in Italy, though it failed to chart there.^[9] It was released in the UK on 15 January 1971 and initially became a hit in continental Europe only, before later growing in popularity in the UK. It entered the UK Singles Chart in the final week of May and reportedly got a boost from DJ Tony Blackburn, who favoured this version over the one by Mac and Katie Kissoon (which had recently been released), and topped the charts three weeks later for five weeks.^[10] Mac and Katie Kissoon's version, released in May 1971, had the most success in North America, peaking at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 10 on the Canadian RPM chart.

Top 10 Phrases That Reveal A Relationship Is Changing … According to a new article by What’s Trending

1. Do Whatever You Want

2. I Don’t Want to Talk About It

3. You Wouldn’t Understand

4. I’ll Just Handle It Myself

5. It Doesn’t Matter Anymore

6. You Never Listen

7. Why Do You Even Care?

8. I Need More Space

9. You’ve Changed

10. I’m Just Tired

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