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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
How many university educated couples today even want to start raising kids at 25?
I agree with your observations. But enjoying 15+ years of child-free adulthood before starting a family vs 5 years is a pretty big green check in the Pro column for younger generations. I’m not anywhere close to financially secure as my parents were at my age, but I had way more fun in my 20s than they did.
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Sure, I certainly didn't want kids in my 20s or even early 30s either. But my parents had the option; they could have had kids later and been even further ahead economically, but they chose to start a family early (which I guess is what you did back then). Whereas now, the millenial/Gen Z version of my parents would likely be having kids much later because they're still paying off student loans and don't have stable housing into their 30s.
And it's not even a boomer vs. younger generation thing. My oldest brother (born in the '70s) got a modest job straight out of high school and bought a house in his early 20s for about 3x his annual salary. Someone with that same job now would be lucky to live in a basement suite without any roommates.