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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't really understand this thread, but then I'm a foreigner and most of us did marry our college sweethearts and had kids in our late 20s.

I take it Carlson is a Nasty Right-Wing person, therefore whatever comes out of his mouth is automatically trash, and we must deride it?

Because looking at the infertility forum, some women are experiencing heartbreak waiting to have kids later in life. It's not about grandkids or brunch. It's about having kids without spending a fortune in invasive and painful treatments.

But yes, I agree it'd be funny if such a commentator, or his wife, pored over DCUM threads. 
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Professional women in Europe have kids earlier in life than their American counterparts because European countries (1) have a very robust social safety net for families with young child, (2) paid leave for pregnant women, and (3) very strong labor laws that allow new mothers to have their jobs held for when they return and in some countries allow mothers of young children to work part time.

None of this exists in capitalist United States effectively controlled by conservative business interests. Practically, professional women with elite educations have a choice: (1) become professional successful and delay childbirth until sometime in your 30s when you can afford to outsource care or (2) downshift your career aspirations to have children while still in your 20s. In the latter case, these women often do not return to the workforce at the same level in which they left. They are also dependent on a spouse's wages which puts them in a precarious position if something happens to their spouse (death, abandonment, addiction, mental illness, etc.)

You have more choices in Europe because you have a social safety net and strong labor laws that protect and respect mothers.  [/quote]

Meh. The professional women who I'm friends with in Europe have a hard time. This is anecdotal but it's hard on them. The expectations for parents (women mostly) being available during working hours of the week to do kids/medical/other stuff plus limited to non-existent open hours on the weekends make it much harder than in the US or other countries. The "robust" social safety net is fine as long as you have time to access it. I guess we've known different European women.[/quote]

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