Posted on 06/26/2014 3:33:09 PM PDT by NYer
Who would want to wait until they were 37 to start a family anyway? Crazy!
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I had my first at 35 and second at 37.
There are a lot of advantages of starting a family in your 30’s.
Hopefully, your smarter, more settled in your marriage, and more financially secure than you were in your 20’s.
We were able to work hard and save a lot of money, so we could comfortably afford for me to stay home with the kids.
I have no regrets about waiting.
So true. The trick is to actually have a kid once you are educated and established. But even that may be in vein. It appears that natural selection favors the vulgar. LOL! (okay, tounge in cheek on that one, but still kinda true)
My mama had me when she was 33. My children who were born after I turned 35 never met her.
“not with the market the way it is....”
Good lord, how did it take you to get “educated?”
“long”
I can sympathize; my daughter is in a similar situation and she is 28. More important than bringing another life into this world, though, is to do it through marriage. As for being financially "well off", your ancestors raised children on shoe string budgets. Thanks to their sacrifices, you are here today.
In my family the waiting but aging women are passed or near the point of no return..... no baby.
What has happened is that they may have decided to just not worry about it. Sister has a child (my grand child) and we’ll shower him with affection, attention and gifts is the strategy.
In Darwinian terms, by nurturing the sibling’s child they are preserving their own genes.
That is very true. Although mine is not, thankfully my husband is active duty, and his career is secure (well as secure as it can get with these clowns in office). I have to remember my parents struggled when I was young and I believe it gave me character. ;) Maybe I should rid myself of that thought — money equals a stable life for children. A loving mom and dad with a healthy marriage means way more than that.
“That makes no sense at all. Education raises your status. Work experience raises your status. A well educated couple having children later in life raises higher status children. “
A well educated couple having children later in life have fewer children, hence their children make up a smaller proportion of the next generation. Makes perfect sense.
That's it! Children do not know if they are wealthy or poor; they do, however, recognize and respond to love. I did not grow up with wealth. We lived in a neighborhood with plenty of kids. We did not have a ton of toys. Our happiest memories are those of playing outside with the neighborhood kids - impromptu softball games, flying kites, building snow forts. For years, I thought these were my own happy memories but then I discovered two blogs devoted to growing up in that neighborhood and the posters, were my former playmates!!
Start a family while you are young and youthful. Not only will you experience the joy of parenting through love and sacrifice, but you will also ensure a future generation of happy and contented souls who will follow suit. God bless you!
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