What age do you consider someone a young mother?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:25 or younger.

Agree

[Anonymous]

<25yo. I had my first at 29/30 in NYC and felt like an outlier as a young mom there. Jokes on me because now I’m having another at 42yo. So l guess I get to experience the modern umc versions of both.

[Anonymous]

I had mine at 21 and I was too young

[Anonymous]

For me, 26 or younger.

In DC I think you can get called a young mom if you are about 30 or younger. Same in places like NY. In the vast majority of the US I don’t think people consider someone a young mom unless they are like 23 or younger though. Maybe even less…

The median age of motherhood just went from 26/27 (depending on what source you look at) to 30 in the last few years. Big jump!

[Anonymous]

26 or younger

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Under 22 if on the college track. Under 18 if on the non-college track.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had my first at 37, so any moms under 30 seem young to me.

Lol, I had my kids in my mid/late 20's and anyone 40 or older seemed like a grandma to me!

[Anonymous]

I had my first at 28 and was the first in my DC peer group. People out and about asked me if I was my child’s nanny. I always looked pretty young, though, and my little one had blond hair (it is now brown) and my hair is dark brown/almost black.

[Anonymous]

25-26 or younger. But between 22-25 does not seem too young if they are stable financially and socially. I mean I just consider it young but not that they were too young/should’ve waited.

[Anonymous]

Even in Utah, where one of my parents is from, the age of parents has gone up and people have smaller families. I would say that among the college educated, before you graduate college is considered young. If you don’t do college, I think before 20 is considered young. You figure that you have to graduate high school, plan a wedding and take the necessary steps, and then get pregnant and be pregnant for 9 months.

[Anonymous]

I had my one and only (oops baby) at 26. I knew no one in my circle from high school, college, or grad school who had a child at that age.

[Anonymous]

My sister had a child at 21. This was exceptionally young even in our hometown in the rust belt. To her credit she’s done a really good job parenting.

[Anonymous]

My ILs were 20 and 22 when DH was born.

That’s young!

[Anonymous]

A woman under 25.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My ILs were 20 and 22 when DH was born.

That’s young!

50 years ago it was not.