History Main / AbsurdlyYouthfulMother

When you subtract the age (or apparent age) of a child from that of their parent, FridgeLogic results. Typically done to justify a HotMom, but can sometimes lead to UnfortunateImplications if this means the mother was ridiculously young when she gave birth.

Compare PlayingGertrude if the actress playing the mother is absurdly youthful. Sometimes she only [[ArtisticAge appears this way]] because of the [[GenericCuteness art style.]]

Compare PlayingGertrude if the actress playing the mother is absurdly youthful.

In RealLife, a girl can conceive as soon as she has her first menstrual cycle, generally around 12 years old (although in rare cases this can occur at an even younger age). However, this does not imply she is physically able to sustain a pregnancy and give birth without danger to her health and the baby's. Also, even though she might have a crush at that age, she probably cannot emotionally handle having sex well, let alone pregnancy and motherhood. There's a reason why [[strike: in years past]] even today, a teenage mother's parents will most likely pass the child off as their own and raise it as such.

The youngest mother ever recorded was five years old, though she was too young to fully remember the pregnancy and so her parents raised the baby as her brother. Later testing revealed that she had a hormone imbalance that caused her to menstruate at such a young age, and a [[{{Squick}} pervy uncle]] who was responsible for the conception. Yeah, not pretty.

In RealLife, a girl can conceive as soon as she has her first menstrual cycle, generally around 12 years old (although in rare cases this can occur at an even younger age). However, this does not imply she is physically able to sustain a pregnancy and give birth without danger to her health and the baby's. Also, even though she might have a crush at that age, she probably cannot emotionally handle having sex well, let alone pregnancy and motherhood. There's a reason why [[strike: in years past]] even today, a teenage mother's parents will most likely pass the child off as their own and raise it as such. Somewhat justified if [[{{HollywoodHistory}} set in the past when girls might get married at 12-14 and boys at 15-19]]. In modern times anyone having sex under the age of consent (which varies greatly according to the area, although 16 or 18 is popular) is legally considered to be a victim of (statutory) rape, since they technically can't give informed consent. The youngest mother ever recorded was five years old, though she was too young to fully remember the pregnancy and so her parents raised the baby as her brother. Later testing revealed that she had a hormone imbalance that caused her to menstruate at such a young age, and a [[{{Squick}} pervy uncle]] who was responsible for the conception. Yeah, not pretty.

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In RealLife, a girl can conceive as soon as she has her first menstrual cycle, generally around 12 years old (although in rare cases this can occur at an even younger age). However, this does not imply she is physically able to sustain a pregnancy and give birth without danger to her health and the baby's. Also, even though she might have a crush at that age, she probably cannot emotionally handle having sex well, let alone pregnancy and motherhood. There's a reason why [[strike: in years past]] even today, a teenage mother's parents will most likely pass the child off as their own and raise it as such. Somewhat justified if set in the past when girls might get married at 12-14 and boys at 15-19. In modern times anyone having sex under the age of consent (which varies greatly according to the area, although 16 or 18 is popular) is legally considered to be a victim of (statutory) rape, since they technically can't give informed consent. The youngest mother ever recorded was five years old, though she was too young to fully remember the pregnancy and so her parents raised the baby as her brother. Later testing revealed that she had a hormone imbalance that caused her to menstruate at such a young age, and a [[{{Squick}} pervy uncle]] who was responsible for the conception. Yeah, not pretty.

[[caption-width:286: [[SarcasmMode Sure]], everybody's mother looks like a 14 year old maid.]]

* In ''AceAttorney'' Trucy's dad [[spoiler: Phoenix Wright]] is 33, while she is 15. Protagonist Apollo does the math and is mind boggled by the implications of this fairly small age gap. However, it later, thankfully, turns out that Trucy's adopted. (Of course, long-time players of the series could guess that already long before that point) In a more straight example, however her [[spoiler: older brother Apollo is only 18 years younger than their biological mother.]]

In RealLife, a girl can conceive as soon as she has her first menstrual cycle, generally around 12 years old (although in rare cases this can occur at an even younger age). However, this does not imply she is physically able to sustain a pregnancy and give birth without danger to her health and the baby's. Also, even though she might have a crush at that age, she probably cannot emotionally handle having sex well, let alone pregnancy and motherhood. There's a reason why [[strike: in years past]] even today, a teenage mother's parents will most likely pass the child off as their own and raise it as such. Somewhat justified if set in the past when girls might get married at 12-14 and boys at 15-19. In modern times anyone having sex under the age of consent (which varies greatly according to the area, although 16 or 18 is popular) is legally considered to be a victim of (statutory) rape, since they technically can't give informed consent.

In RealLife, a girl can conceive as soon as she has her first menstrual cycle, generally around 12 years old (although in rare cases this can occur at an even younger age). However, this does not imply she is physically able to sustain a pregnancy and give birth without danger to her health and the baby's. Also, even though she might have a crush at that age, she probably cannot emotionally handle having sex well, let alone pregnancy and motherhood. There's a reason why in years past, a teenage mother's parents would most likely pass the child off as their own and raise it as such. Somewhat justified if set in the past when girls might get married at 12-14 and boys at 15-19. In modern times anyone having sex under the age of consent (which varies greatly according to the area, although 16 or 18 is popular) is legally considered to be a victim of (statutory) rape, since they technically can't give informed consent.

* In TheManchurianCandidate (1962), AngelaLansbury was only three years older than LaurenceHarvey, who played her son.
* In the 1974 movie ''Earthquake'', 59-year-old Lorne Greene plays the father of 52-year-old Ava Gardner.

* A really bizzare case in Twilight with [[spoiler:Bella and her daughter Renesme. She gave birth to her just before her nineteenth birthday, but since she got turned into a vampire at the same time AND her daughter ages faster than a normal human, eventually they'll both look the same age.
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* A really bizzare case in Twilight with [[spoiler: Bella and her daughter Renesme. She gave birth to her just before her nineteenth birthday, but since she got turned into a vampire at the same time AND her daughter ages faster than a normal human, eventually they'll both look the same age.

** Hilariously lampshaded in the X-Play review of the game