is 18 to young to want kids?

Answer 1

In one word: YES!

At 18 you barely know who you are, nonetheless what struggles there are in carrying, birthing, and raising a child!

1) Financial: An 18 year old will only be able to make, at most, $25,000/year. That's working full time, though once the baby is born working full time won't really be an option.

2) Emotional: An 18 year old is straight out of high school and still a child herself. What's going to happen when you're in pain from giving birth, you've only slept 3 hours in the past 2 days and your child is screaming her little head off? Babies are emotionally draining, not to mention physically.

3) Socially: You're still a kid. You don't need to be tied down to an adult life just because you have a kid.

There will come a time when you have children. However, enjoy life in the meantime! Kids are great, but it's a lifetime commitment.

Answer 2

It all depends on the person!

Having kids is very big deal, and it will require time, and maturity. When some 18 year olds are mature enough to have children, some are not. Also, having a child relies on stability, and how stable your life style is. If you know bills are taken care of, and whoever you want to have the baby with is just as mature or more mature than you are about the situation of having a baby.

having a little one around is amazing! But also energy draining. Keep in mind that there might be other things you might want to do with your life than have a child right now. Whereas, later on in life you might have already experienced what you've wanted to, therefor you might be in a better position to have a baby.

Also, try to keep in mind the expenses of having a child, clothes, birth and labor costs, diapers, food, formula, and a babysitter if you plan on going to work after the baby is born.

Also, having a child is very stressful on a womans hormones, so be sure to be 100% in the right mindset, and make sure you are stable enough to have a baby (physically, mentally, and financially. Be sure to have friends and/or family around to help with the pregnancy. And raising the child.

And being a mother is more than nurturing your baby, it is teaching it, and showing it guidance in life, which a lot of young mothers lack.

If you have second thoughts about having a child now, I would wait a little while and then decide what you want to do

Though in the long run, I believe it will be well worth it if you are ready for it!

I hope I helped, and happy new year!

Answer 3

That is an easy question to say yes to but that doesn't help much does it.

Here is an idea, everyone's situation is different. You know your current situation and your desired future situation best.

Step back for a moment and consider those around you. Look at people you know that are 22-27 and had got pregnent when they were 18. Look at their situation today, look at what their situation was when they got pregnant. Find those that were simmilar to what your situation is and those that are what you would like your situation to be in 5 years. While everyone is different, you are bound to learn a lot if you will look objectively.

I know people who got married young and are very happy. I'm one of those. My wife was 17 (just about 18) when we got married) but we didn't have kids right away. We waited for 9 years to have children. We've been married for 23 years now and have a wonderful family. But that's us. I also know people who had children young, some married and happy, most unmarried or no longer married and vary often less happy.

We each make our own lives. Our "wants", and needs colide if we aren't careful. When we plan our "wants" to build upon our satisfied needs we are ussually more succesful in accomplishing what we want in our lives.

Kids are a wonderful blessing and can be a large part of a fulfilling life and relationship when they are a part of a life that was prepared. Best wishes!

Answer 4

You need time to discover who you are and where you fit in the world. A lot is going to happen over the next 5-7 yrs of your life that will help you get a solid answer to this question.
Enjoy being young. Its only ONCE. You will firmly know when its time for kids and all the stuff and a RESPONSIBLE MALE of the same traits will be there for you. Relax, and grow some more before taking on such a challenge and commitment. You have plenty of time. Early to mid twenties is a much better time then now. The right guy will be there when the time comes, you are female are you not? No problem then.

Answer 5

Why would you want kids at age 18!??? Having a child not only ruins your body, it takes up all your time and consumes all your income. At age 18 you are not mature enough to handle such responsibilities. It would not be fair to the child. Think of what you can offer this child at this point in your life... probably not a lot. You should wait until you're married, have a stable, supportable income, a home, and a support system before you have a child.
When you are 18, you are still a child. Take advantage of that. it's the only time in your life when you don't have to be responsible for someone else. Have fun during your young age!!!! Go to school, travel, see the world before you take on the responsibility of taking care of someone else. Because when you have that child, they come first not you.

Answer 6

You can always WANT kids, but at 18 you are too young to support them...financially and emotionally. You should wait until you are married, or at least in a stable long-term relationship and until you have a steady good-paying job. Wait until after you graduate college. You should try to give your future kids the best life possible. That is difficult to provide at age 18.

Answer 7

wanting a kid (in the future) at 18 is not young, having a kid at 18 is too young

Answer 8

Yes,it is.18 is too young to even think about marriage and you're jumping to having kids already.Wow.Make sure you have a stable and steady job first.

Answer 9

I think 18 is too young to have kids, but it really depends on the individual person's emotional and financial ability to provide for their children.

Answer 10

To want, no. i would advise against it though. It is very hard and the odds are 4 to 1 that If you have a child before 25, even if your married, you will be a single parent , or remarried, before the child is 10. Wait till your in a stable loving marriage for 5 years before having a child, it's only right for them.