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[quote=Anonymous]Do you think there is a wide societal stigma against "young moms" aka women having children in their twenties?

Elizabeth Bruenig's NYT mother's day column gets into this a bit: "I had a baby at 25 and don't regret it." It was pretty benign if you actually read it but it kicked off a firestorm in the comments section and twitter.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/opinion/motherhood-baby-bust-early-parenthood.html

The thing is, I agree with her. There is a social stigma around childbirth for women in their twenties. I had my first at 26 in NYC and was disappointed by most people's responses, which a.) assumed it was an accident and b.) were plainly curious about why I was not seeking out an abortion (um, because it was an intended pregnancy and a child I wanted to raise??). My boss actually told me she was disappointed in me. SMH. He's 13 now and I STILL get weird reactions from new people when they find out I have a 13 year old, as if I was an unwed teenage mother when I had him. I was 26 and married, that is not young! lol

This is really bizarre right? What do you think? Would you be disappointed if your daughter had a child at 25 or 26?[/quote]

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