Before I get to any other geezer parent stuff this morning, I would like to pass along something I received recently from a reporter for ABC News in Washington D.C..

Apparently, ABC is putting together a story on Boomers who are adopting and is looking for, "people over 55 who have recently (within the last 2 years) adopted young children" to interview for the piece.

If you are such a person, and you happen to live somewhere in the D.C. region, and you would be interested in participating, email Yunji.de.Nies@abc.com.

I feel I need to add a caveat here that advises any and all who might choose to throw themselves under the wheels of the mass media ... and ABC is most certainly MASS ... that once you are in, you are in, and there will be very little about the process that you will be able to control. Asking in advance about the gist of the story is a good idea, but it will not guarantee that your idea of the eventual result will bear even a passing resemblance to what actually airs.

Now, moving right along ...

I don't want to see anyone pulling a muscle or separating a shoulder blade in the process, but it seems we older moms are entitled to give ourselves a pat on the back. (You might want to warm up a bit first.)

According to this report, older women make better mothers.

Yep.

Profession Elizabeth Gregory, director of women's studies at the University of Houston ... yes, that's in Texas ... recently published findings of a study that show that older moms are "more financially secure, in stable relationships and are in a better position to put their careers on hold." And that makes us better able to concentrate on our kids.

Professor Gregory says: "I have found an overwhelming number and range of reasons why what I call the 'new later mothers' are absolutely right to delay motherhood. For one thing, they have a stronger family focus rather than trying to juggle priorities because they have achieved many of their personal and career goals."

It looks like her research may have been focused on women waiting until later to get pregnant and make babies from scratch, but the professor's points would not be diluted by adoption as the method of achieving motherhood. In fact, I would venture to say that including adoptive mothers in the study would have only served to increase the evidence that we geezer moms have a lot to give in the way of time, love and security.