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Weve covered that to.
It takes away from the real issue. when i point out to people the two points outlined above as to why the age gap is not the cause. Even after a while spent convinving them that this is true. And that simply “closing the gap” will not, nor can it, help. The best I get is Hmmm lets deal with that later and focus on silly age gaps now.
This is not helpful (and potentially harmful)and certainly draws attention and resources (not just financial) away from addressing the real more fundamental issues at hand