get a career and get married. I never see this. I only see women in their teens and early twenties having kids.
2007-03-15 15:45:05 · 15 answers · asked by hanna 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
it's like teen pregnancy is a fashion trend these days.
2007-03-15 15:54:35 · update #1
I graduated college with a BA degree at 22, got married to my high school sweetheart when I was 24 (who also had a BA degree), we bought a house the same month we got married, and I had my daughter when I was 26, which was a planned pregnancy and I started taking prenatal vitamins before I started trying. I'm 27 and am going to start trying for another baby in a couple of months. Most of my friends were college educated, and married before having a baby as well. My parents raised me this way, and I will raise my children the same way.
2007-03-15 15:48:35 · answer #1 · answered by Melissa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Mother had me when she was 23, and had my sister when she was 20. I'm now 40, and my sister 42.
From what I understand, this was sort of the norm then and that was in the 60's. I think these days it is more common for people to wait until they have finished their education before getting married (most in their late 20s), and then having kids 1 to 2 years there after.
I'm 39 years old; my husband is 40. We married last April 29th (first marriage for each; no kids). We both have our BA, and he holds his Masters. We both have established careers, and we are in good shape. We are trying to have a child, but no rush ~ we are still young (no worries). We are not young, young, but we are not too old to have kids. Some might think we are too old ???
I would say most of my friends are older, but that's just who we are around.
2007-03-15 23:09:09 · answer #2 · answered by BMD 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I graduated high school early and also college by the time I was 22. I had my first child a year after i was married, at 24. I did it young, but did everything in the right order.According to you. ;) I think, like someone else said, teens having children are much more discussed!
2007-03-15 22:52:34 · answer #3 · answered by Cassandra K 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My wife and I were out of college, she was 28 and I was 29 when we had our first (and only). Our daughter is now 24 and engaged...at about the same age we were. This is a sign of being raised in a stable family. It follows the pattern of both my parents and my wife's parents...and their parents, as far as I know. I'm not that unusual a person, either. Not a raving conservative or unusually religious (although I am comfortably conservative, and religious to an extent).
Best wishes, Heather.
2007-03-15 23:01:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was 25, married, owned a home, and almost finished with a self paid education when I had my first, I am now 28 and possibly expecting the second.
2007-03-15 22:49:39 · answer #5 · answered by Heather 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
me too. im graduating in may of this year from HS and going off to college, all my other "school-oriented" friends are going off to colleges in other states and such, while a good deal of my friends are engaged and getting married, and alot of people are popping up pregnant, its is a trend? i believe in being financially stabled and established before having a family, getting married should happen towards to end of a good education. is this old fashion thinking? I could of SWORE it was new age thinking. hhmm..
I want to finish my education and hopefully get a doctorate in psychology, this most likely would be achieved by age 25-28 which then i'll begin my family and such. idk, people are odd these days.
2007-03-15 22:52:14 · answer #6 · answered by aNna 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suppose I'm in the minority, then. I had my first child at the age of thirty. Most of my friends are in the same boat...married in their mid to late twenties & having children in their early-thirties. Perhaps teen pregnancies are more discussed???
2007-03-15 22:49:33 · answer #7 · answered by MammaBravo 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Got married first (two months shy of 23)and had my daughter a little over 2 yrs later (3 wks after my 25th b-day).
2007-03-16 01:15:38 · answer #8 · answered by Ghost Writer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I finished college, was 26, 28, and 31 when I had my children. And YES, I was married before I got pregnant!
2007-03-15 22:49:15 · answer #9 · answered by Proud Mama of 4 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was 38 when I had my first child. I didn't find a husband, but I had completed two college degrees and had purchased a home.
I'm raising my children to finish college and purchase a home before having their children because it makes good economic sense.
2007-03-15 22:55:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋