What age do you consider someone a young mother?

[Anonymous]

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

That’s young!

50 years ago it was not.

My mom had me at 27 and she was considered AMA in the late 1970s

Yeah, where? My mother had me at 29 also in that timeframe and was definitely not AMA.

Yeah, that’s a weird comment because tons of women were having kids in their 30s in the 50s and 60s. My mom had 4 kids in her thirties in that time frame. She has her first at 24 and I don’t think anyone thought she was particularly old then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

That’s young!

50 years ago it was not.

My mom had me at 27 and she was considered AMA in the late 1970s

Yeah, where? My mother had me at 29 also in that timeframe and was definitely not AMA.

She lived in northeastern MD when she had me, between Baltimore and Philly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

That’s young!

50 years ago it was not.

My mom had me at 27 and she was considered AMA in the late 1970s

Yeah, where? My mother had me at 29 also in that timeframe and was definitely not AMA.

Yeah, that’s a weird comment because tons of women were having kids in their 30s in the 50s and 60s. My mom had 4 kids in her thirties in that time frame. She has her first at 24 and I don’t think anyone thought she was particularly old then.

Look, you can think I’m lying all you want - this is what my mother told me because she found it amusing that she was called geriatric at 27

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think of a young mother as anyone for whom all of her kids are not yet kindergarten age.

So if you meet a woman today who is 49 who has a five year old who will start kindergarten in September 2023, you would think of that 49 year old woman as a young mother?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's so different around the country.

"Young families" just refers to the age of the kids, anyone with young kids.

I got pregnant at 30 which seems average for a DC female attorney.

Other areas of the country that are rural, it's not uncommon at all to have a first kid at 17 or 18.

Our great grandma's had their last babies up until 45, 46.

I dont assign labels to it as I am friends with people of all ages.

You are aware that urban teenagers have kids too, right?

[Anonymous]

24 and under

[Anonymous]

Everyone thought I was way too young at 27 and even encouraged me to abort! We got married, had that baby plus 2 more. I would say under 25 is young/too young.

[Anonymous]

25

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's so different around the country.

"Young families" just refers to the age of the kids, anyone with young kids.

I got pregnant at 30 which seems average for a DC female attorney.

Other areas of the country that are rural, it's not uncommon at all to have a first kid at 17 or 18.

Our great grandma's had their last babies up until 45, 46.

I dont assign labels to it as I am friends with people of all ages.

You are aware that urban teenagers have kids too, right?

And it's viewed as completely normal for many urban teens to have babies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone thought I was way too young at 27 and even encouraged me to abort! We got married, had that baby plus 2 more. I would say under 25 is young/too young.

At 27? Were you unemployed and living in a car or something? Geesh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:25

I had my son at 25 with a degree from an Ivy League school and a masters degree on my way to a PhD. I get that people think 25 is young, but it's not that young.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think of a young mother as anyone for whom all of her kids are not yet kindergarten age.

So if you meet a woman today who is 49 who has a five year old who will start kindergarten in September 2023, you would think of that 49 year old woman as a young mother?

No but I have never met anyone like this. Older women with preschool children generally also have older children.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone thought I was way too young at 27 and even encouraged me to abort! We got married, had that baby plus 2 more. I would say under 25 is young/too young.

At 27? Were you unemployed and living in a car or something? Geesh.

Nope I was in professional school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's so different around the country.

"Young families" just refers to the age of the kids, anyone with young kids.

I got pregnant at 30 which seems average for a DC female attorney.

Other areas of the country that are rural, it's not uncommon at all to have a first kid at 17 or 18.

Our great grandma's had their last babies up until 45, 46.

I dont assign labels to it as I am friends with people of all ages.

You are aware that urban teenagers have kids too, right?

In the 90s they did. Hardly any significant number do anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's so different around the country.

"Young families" just refers to the age of the kids, anyone with young kids.

I got pregnant at 30 which seems average for a DC female attorney.

Other areas of the country that are rural, it's not uncommon at all to have a first kid at 17 or 18.

Our great grandma's had their last babies up until 45, 46.

I dont assign labels to it as I am friends with people of all ages.

You are aware that urban teenagers have kids too, right?

And it's viewed as completely normal for many urban teens to have babies.

“Urban” teens JFC just tell us what you really mean.