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What is the appropriate age to start a family?
Posted on 1/14/26 at 7:05 am
Posted on 1/14/26 at 7:05 am
With the ever increasing scandals about minors and sexual activity in the media, I have two observations:
1) The modern world has retarded the maturation process. What has caused this?
2) Mother Nature and past history indicates pregnancy is possible and not uncommon below the age of 18. Is the delay of family formation into the late 20’s or later a good or bad indicator.
Discuss
1) The modern world has retarded the maturation process. What has caused this?
2) Mother Nature and past history indicates pregnancy is possible and not uncommon below the age of 18. Is the delay of family formation into the late 20’s or later a good or bad indicator.
Discuss
This post was edited on 1/14/26 at 7:13 am
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Posted on 1/14/26 at 7:08 am to czechtiger
To each their own.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 7:11 am to czechtiger
And just for the record I think the ideal would be before 30.
For most almost unthinkable w univ/masters programs/student loans etc.
For most almost unthinkable w univ/masters programs/student loans etc.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 7:15 am to czechtiger
quote:When the kids are newborns.
What is the appropriate age to start a family?
Exception: Adoptions
Posted on 1/14/26 at 7:19 am to czechtiger
Started my family at 22. While it was hard starting out, it’s amazing now. Get started as early as you can with a dedicated partner.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 7:22 am to Craft
There’s no specific age—it really comes down to maturity and being financially prepared for things like daycare, aftercare, and private school.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 7:24 am to czechtiger
modern society has normalized finishing college then getting married then having kids. some people are out there waiting until they are financially "ready"
shite me and my wife pretty much followed that mindset. married at 25 baby at 27. the whole 6 or so years we were together we knew we wanted to get married and have a family, but we waited till we were out of college and had a house together.
my parents were married around 21 and had a kid not long after. neither have a college degree. just went straight from highschool to work and starting their life together.
shite me and my wife pretty much followed that mindset. married at 25 baby at 27. the whole 6 or so years we were together we knew we wanted to get married and have a family, but we waited till we were out of college and had a house together.
my parents were married around 21 and had a kid not long after. neither have a college degree. just went straight from highschool to work and starting their life together.
This post was edited on 1/14/26 at 7:27 am
Posted on 1/14/26 at 7:27 am to czechtiger
quote:
The modern world has retarded the maturation process. What has caused this?
I mean, it doesn’t help that most parents I see choose to park their kid in front of a screen to pacify/occupy/teach their child instead of being a larger influence in their development and teaching them to regulate their emotions.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 7:28 am to czechtiger
Not a one size fits all.
My kids were born at 34 & 36 (30 & 32 for wife), another one coming in 3 months at 37 (33).
It's late by historic and southern standards, but I didn't meet my wife until I was 28, and if we would have had kids much earlier she wouldn't have been able to stay home with them.
My kids were born at 34 & 36 (30 & 32 for wife), another one coming in 3 months at 37 (33).
It's late by historic and southern standards, but I didn't meet my wife until I was 28, and if we would have had kids much earlier she wouldn't have been able to stay home with them.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 7:30 am to Aubie Spr96
quote:
Get started as early as you can with a dedicated partner.
I could have never discerned that at 22, but I guess maybe that’s the problem.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 7:34 am to czechtiger
started mine at 40, wife was 35. we have 3 kids. just how things worked out for us.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 7:37 am to Skywalker
quote:
There’s no specific age—it really comes down to maturity and being financially prepared for things like daycare, aftercare, and private school.
this is the correct answer.
apart of that is also having a solid support system of family and the time needed to devote to your family.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 7:39 am to czechtiger
We went wrong when dual income became a necessity. Which is forcing women into longer schooling then into the workplace. Generally, families that want to try and get ahead financially are having kids later while undesirables are popping kids out like Pez dispensers. The delay of the family formation is a bad indicator for our society. The people paying taxes are having less kids while the people paying no taxes are having more kids. This only ends one way.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 7:40 am to Klark Kent
I started at 20. Was done at 25 and now I’m in my 40’s with my kids out the house.
I have no regrets.
I have no regrets.
This post was edited on 1/14/26 at 7:41 am
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:06 am to czechtiger
quote:There isn’t a single answer to this question; the optimal time range for individual couples to have kids varies based on the individuals and the situations of those who make up the couples.
What is the appropriate age to start a family?
Someone in Med School is probably different than a lineman for Entergy.
And there’s more than a few factors involved: resources, stability, maturity, free time, priorities, etc.
What worked for me in the late ‘80s into the ‘90s in my specific situation doesn’t much apply today.
This post was edited on 1/14/26 at 8:08 am
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:06 am to czechtiger
quote:
1) The modern world has retarded the maturation process. What has caused this?
2) Mother Nature and past history indicates pregnancy is possible and not uncommon below the age of 18. Is the delay of family formation into the late 20’s or later a good or bad indicator.
I would think (hope) that we all agree that it should not be the norm for teens to start forming households with kids.
But to your main question…I was 20 when I got married and we were parents 18 months later. And, we know people who are having their first children right now in their 40s.
I wouldn’t change a thing and I imagine they’ll feel the same when their kids are the age our kids are. Just start when ready.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:07 am to czechtiger
Everyone's different. For some, mid 20s works. For others, their 30s is the appropriate time.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:13 am to RLDSC FAN
Im way later than my peers. I always wanted to wait. Kinda regret it because Ill be the super old grandparent that only the first child remembers.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 8:14 am to czechtiger
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The modern world has retarded the maturation process
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