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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When you want and can care properly for them.

That will vary enormously by person. The right age for my first was 34 when I had achieved a career level that gave me six months of maternity leave and on-site childcare, as well as a plan to fully fund college.

I’m sure your kid will be thrilled to have student loan repayments hang over them for life so their mom could avoid being an “old mom”.[/quote]

+1. I had my kids in my mid 20’s and early 30’s and and while it may have been physically easier, the detrimental effect it had on our finances and my career progression was so significant, I would not recommend this path to anyone, unless you have a very wealthy family that’s willing to help. I feel like this isn’t talked about enough here and instead there’s pages of posters berating people for being granny moms and having kids past 40. [/quote]

Because ignoring all those annoying details lets you ignore the misogyny and structural issues and just place the blame for a declining birth rate and later maternity FIRMLY where it belongs: on women. Just like all the other problems in the world.

Want women to have children younger? Write your Congressional representatives and advocate for a fully funded federal maternity leave of no less than one year. Write your Congressional representative in support of forgiving student debt for pregnant people.

Otherwise just be quiet and live in the sad misogynistic world you’ve created. [/quote]

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