I had kids in my late 30s and they tested my patience and emotional regulation to an extent greater than any other experience of my life. I was somewhat emotionally volatile in my 20s and I can't imagine my kids having better outcomes if I'd had to learn to parent at that time in my life.

Is it just because the third parties that issue passports aren't pesky?

My first router ran off a floppy disk.

I think even if you created your site with Frontpage there was still a steep learning curve to getting that content hosted. Now there are many hosts that flatten that curve but they tend to come with their own templates/site generators which are good enough for most users. For power users who want more control HTML/CSS is not that hard to learn.