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[quote=Anonymous][quote]We need to get it in the heads of women that you there is a time frame for having children, don't put it off past 32. It's science. Women think that they can magically have children without issues if they marry late in life because of the perception that a lot of older women having kids when in fact it is not true.[/quote]
Thanks for the science lesson, but yet again, I'd like to repeat that many of the women you are accusing of putting off child bearing are not doing so because we're swanning around, traveling to Europe, and waiting to "find ourselves." And we're not that influenced by what Hollywood stars are doing.

To the contrary, many of us would like to bear children with decent partners, but they don't always magically pop up by the age 32 timetable that you have identified as the drop-dead date for child-bearing. Maybe we need to get it through the heads of men that by age 32 they need to think about settling down, instead of acting like overgrown children playing the field perpetually. (not all men, but quite a few fall into this category.)

Unless you are okay with single mothers. Since the majority of babies born to women under 30 in this country are now born to single mothers, (see recent stories in the New York Times and elsewhere) clearly many women are already taking your "advice." But there's a price to pay for going that route -- yes, you have the child in the appropriate biological timeframe, according to you. But can these women maintain the best home and environment for that child? Many women can, but quite a few struggle.[/quote]

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