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[quote=Anonymous]I had one at 43. (He's my only child.) He's just two now, so I can't really say how it will all end, but I'm certainly enjoying being a parent, despite the fact that it is exhausting. I often wish for the energy level I had at 30, but I never wish I had the much smaller salary and zero paid vacation days I had back then. I think the tradeoffs of having children older vs younger are well-known, so you just have to decide whether the costs are worth the benefits to you. I must say that I do often think that people in this area are too caught up in the idea that everything has to be perfect. Thus, if you can't have exactly two children before age 35 while you are in a monogamous Christian marriage, where the HHI is 6 figures at least, but one parent stays at home, and the children eat nothing but organic food and are in Suzuki violin at age 3, why bother? Most families have some challenges, and what is important is how you weather them.[/quote]
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