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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to judge young moms. Assumed it was an accidental pregnancy or she wasn't interested in working.

Then I had kids of my own - first at 32 - and totally understand why a woman would choose to have children earlier.  If I could do it all over again, I would not have waited. I am glad her op-ed can help normalize early marriage and pregnancy.[/quote]

To me it’s really the early marriage/relationship piece. It’s not like it’s really within the control of individual women to find a partner to settle down with early. If you do, then I agree it should be supported. In my life I thought it was very ironic how I went from feeling like everyone disapproved of the seriousness of my relationship with my HS boyfriend; to everyone wondering when I was going to settle down. When the truth was, my HS boyfriend was probably one of the best people I ever dated, and we had a great relationship in many ways. If there had been a cultural
model for sustaining an early relationship, who knows what would have happened. OTOH there’s also plenty of research showing older marriages are more stable, and children of older moms prosper. At the end of the day, women’s relationship and reproductive choices should not be turned into a referendum on “the culture” or morality. [/quote]

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