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Originally Posted by Table 5
It doesn't have to be one or the other. How about people try having kids in their 20's, after college. Our parents seemed to do okay with having kids at that age, and most people weren't financial stable. I think people try to have it all these days before having kids....lots of money, stable careers, nice houses in good neighborhoods. There's nothing wrong with having some kids when you don't have all those things just yet. It doesn't always have to be so perfectly planned out.
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I don't know about anyone else, but I came out of university with tens of thousands in student debt. I don't have to be rolling in dough before having kids but not having debt before kids is one place I won't compromise. That takes a couple of years to pay off.
Not only that, but some women (like my wife for instance) go into careers that require tons of post secondary training. Peak fertility for a woman is between 22-26 I believe. My wife won't be finished training until she is 31, without taking any time off. I'm not saying that I demand funding if things go wrong, but it's a little frustrating that some think that she has to choose between career and children.