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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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The flip side is that they would then start to empty the nest in their mid 40s, freeing them up to enjoy their 50s/60s unencumbered while at the peak of their earnings/resources.
Having my kids at 34 and 37 I may not empty the nest until I'm over 60. And if my kids wait as long to start a family as I do I'll be in my 70s by the time I can hopefully still help them as a grandparent. So they'll be as tired as I am now, and I'll be even more tired than my Dad is!