Anonymous
Post 01/22/2023 14:03     Subject: What age do you consider someone a young mother?
Anonymous wrote:My ILs were 20 and 22 when DH was born.

That’s young!


50 years ago it was not.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2023 14:02     Subject: What age do you consider someone a young mother?
A woman under 25.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2023 14:01     Subject: What age do you consider someone a young mother?
My ILs were 20 and 22 when DH was born.

That’s young!
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2023 13:55     Subject: Re:What age do you consider someone a young mother?
My sister had a child at 21. This was exceptionally young even in our hometown in the rust belt. To her credit she’s done a really good job parenting.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2023 13:52     Subject: What age do you consider someone a young mother?
I had my one and only (oops baby) at 26. I knew no one in my circle from high school, college, or grad school who had a child at that age.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2023 13:38     Subject: What age do you consider someone a young mother?
Even in Utah, where one of my parents is from, the age of parents has gone up and people have smaller families. I would say that among the college educated, before you graduate college is considered young. If you don’t do college, I think before 20 is considered young. You figure that you have to graduate high school, plan a wedding and take the necessary steps, and then get pregnant and be pregnant for 9 months.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2023 13:37     Subject: What age do you consider someone a young mother?
25-26 or younger. But between 22-25 does not seem too young if they are stable financially and socially. I mean I just consider it young but not that they were too young/should’ve waited.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2023 13:34     Subject: What age do you consider someone a young mother?
I had my first at 28 and was the first in my DC peer group. People out and about asked me if I was my child’s nanny. I always looked pretty young, though, and my little one had blond hair (it is now brown) and my hair is dark brown/almost black.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2023 13:30     Subject: Re:What age do you consider someone a young mother?
Anonymous wrote:I had my first at 37, so any moms under 30 seem young to me.


Lol, I had my kids in my mid/late 20's and anyone 40 or older seemed like a grandma to me!
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2023 13:28     Subject: Re:What age do you consider someone a young mother?
Anonymous wrote:Under 22 if on the college track. Under 18 if on the non-college track.


+1
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2023 12:11     Subject: What age do you consider someone a young mother?
26 or younger
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2023 12:10     Subject: Re:What age do you consider someone a young mother?
For me, 26 or younger.

In DC I think you can get called a young mom if you are about 30 or younger. Same in places like NY. In the vast majority of the US I don’t think people consider someone a young mom unless they are like 23 or younger though. Maybe even less…

The median age of motherhood just went from 26/27 (depending on what source you look at) to 30 in the last few years. Big jump!
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2023 11:52     Subject: Re:What age do you consider someone a young mother?
I had mine at 21 and I was too young
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2023 11:51     Subject: What age do you consider someone a young mother?
<25yo. I had my first at 29/30 in NYC and felt like an outlier as a young mom there. Jokes on me because now I’m having another at 42yo. So l guess I get to experience the modern umc versions of both.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2023 11:45     Subject: What age do you consider someone a young mother?
Anonymous wrote:25 or younger.


Agree