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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's cyclical.  Many don't want to start families as older parents like their own.

When I got married in my late 20s, many of my friends were in their 30s.  Most of us had kids in mid-late 30s.  There is now a trend (which I'm seeing with my nephews) of kids settling down younger.  My oldest nephew married 1-2 years out of college and his wife was just starting med school.  A lot of their friends were getting married at the same time (this was 2 years ago).

Also, the workplace has become much different.  There is WAH and much more flexibility.  I worked in the Office 10 years before my agency went to WAH.  My firstborn was a baby when they added full-time telework. This enabled me to continue full-time work and have someone come in the home to watch him so I was around when he was a baby.  I could see him during the day.  Many of my co-workers that both WAH staggered schedules so they needed little if no childcare.

It was very much a 9-5pm world (and longer hours) 20 years ago with little flexibility for parents, zero paternity leave and limited maternity leave.  It's still not great, but much better than it was.[/quote]

I’m younger than you. My friends got married/engaged/attached  young to college or grad school sweethearts (Ivy league school) and then they didn’t start families for a while. Instead they enjoyed traveling, building wealth, etc together. Then they had kids in their mid 30s. [/quote]

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