Re: Standard Parent Question
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If you are under 30, you shouldn't be having kids.
I think that for several people, they go through changes. If you force yourself to try to have a wife at 25 or whatever, you will be a statistic like the other 75% of unsuccessful marriages, and you don't want that for kids. I think that these days, we are maturing in more ways, and nature seems to know that, and it does not allow us to mature to child-wanting until we are ready. Unfortunately, many people feel rushed into parenthood, and that does not turn out good.
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Agree. Parenthood and adulthood are very far from the same thing. One can push you toward the other, at best. But just because you hit a certain age doesn't mean you are ready emotionally or financially to have a kid.
It used to be people just popped them out and that was that. It still is that way, but much more so by far among poor and uneducated people. Because that's one of the best ways to stay poor and uneducated yourself, and pass it along to your children. The birth rate in all developed countries dries up as people realize they have options, and pumping out kids without consideration for the consequences to either parent or child is often a big mistake.
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