Good age to have kids

What do you think would be a good age to start thinking about having children?
What age did you have children?

 

My first was born when I was 25. Both kids were planned, so we were married first (personal choice) and had a home ready for them...

Surprises happen, and those babies are loved, but I wanted to be ready. My mom had my sister just after turning 17, and missed out on a lot of fun...She's been married, and working full-time since she was 16.

 

I had my first at 16....and my last at 25.....i carried 6 and have 4 live children

 

I haven't gotten there yet, but I'm a second generation child, and all the other "kids" in my family are at the age we're they're thinking about having children, and with most of the them in their mid/late twenties, one in their early thirties, it's seemed like a very good age. I would want to have children a little younger, possibly my early/mid twenties, but like I said, but Ithink those feelings are mainly becasue I grew up so quickly and skipped a huge chunk of my childhood, so now my mind is a few years above my actual situation... Who knows exactly what will happen once I actually reach that stage...

 

I want to start having kids at 27... I just think thats when I will be at a good point in my life, I want to go back to school, get married at 25, and have my first kid at 27. Who knows if it will work that way, but that's my plan.

 

Between 20 and 35. TO me it has to do with having enough energy to keep up with a little kid and be able to get on the floor and play.

 

For me, the right age would ideally be 27. I am still a student, and neither me or my boyfriend have economic stability to have a child.

 

I totally agree with masterofpuppets!!!!!!!

 

late 20's sounds like the best time in my brain. Not that I plan on having kids, but that's when most people are settled a bit more, have some money saved up or at least a regular job that allows them maternity leave. My mom had me when she was 21 and it was a struggle for her, but it turned out for the best I think. My grandma was 16 when she had my dad, and he turned out just dandy too.

Really depends on the individual, in the end.

 

22-25 would be good for me, im not a real party animal but yes i would like to start aroubd there

 

If I have kids, I want them a bit later on in life, like 35ish. That way, I can get a lot of my adventuring done so that I can be more devoted, and possibly homeschool them. Plus, I would rather be married, or at least "commited", and I don't see that happening very early.

 

my mother was 33 when she had me...
i think it was a good age for her to have a child.

she started to become alot more responseable than she used to be.

 

I am not a parent and no expert on children but I believe it's not the age thats right but the mentality. If you are 20 and are financially ready and understand what parenting entails, then go for it. If you are like 39 and trying to have a kid because your biological clock is ticking or something and you arent ready, then I say that's crazy. My parents were 18 when they had me and I believe they have done a good job. I also watched my parents raise my three (much)younger siblings, so I think I have a bit more of an understading of children than the average 19 year old. I must say I am nowhere near ready for kids.

 

I dont have kids but i think that teh best age is between 23 and 35

 

I had my first child at 21 years of age, my husband was 25. Then we had our twins when I was 24 years old, my husband, 28. For us, it was exactly what we wanted. We wanted to start our family at a younger age and have absolutely no regrets!

 

I was 32 when my first child was born, and that was perfect for me. Any earlier in life, and I wouldn't be the mother I am today. I wouldn't have been able to stay home with the kids and homeschool when I was younger, which is very important to me. I wouldn't have been in a stable relationship when I was younger, which makes all the difference in the world to the children. Okay, so at 23 I was dating the man I am now married to, but neither of us were ready to be married until much later, much less ready to raise kids together.

 

Different for different people. Some people soon, others never. If I see another teevee-raised child I'm going to cry.

 

It's not the TV that's the problem, it's parents who choose not to spend any time interacting with their kids.

 

I was 20 when my son was born, and the girl was 17. I feel that it is a shame that she wasn't honest with me and my son has to be raised by me single, but I love him more than anything and I am happy with we have.

 

:agree:

What I meant, indeed.... hence "teevee-raised" & not "parent-raised."
The media does scare me though...