Comments on Feminist Finance: On Young Moms

There has been a widely documented increase in tee...

2009-02-12T13:18:00.000-06:00

There has been a widely documented increase in teen pregnancy in the last few years - I'm wondering if that's what's fueling the average and not the older women.

The book "One Perfect Day: The Selling of the Amer...

2009-02-05T07:56:00.000-06:00

The book "One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding" discusses how the "Echo Boomer" generation is particularly keen on keeping their parents happy and being traditional but "in their own way." So there may be a generational shift in progress.

I wonder also if a lot of the publicity in recent ...

2009-02-04T19:41:00.000-06:00

I wonder also if a lot of the publicity in recent years around how IVF and other fertility treatments are not a guarantee of kids later has led some younger women to bring their plans foward?

I'm 26, and just married, and I'm planning on kiddies in probably three years time - only five years ago I was talking about mid to late 30s, but having seen a few people go through fertility treatment, I'm not keen on leaving it until then to find out. Maybe that sort of attitude (which is common amongst my group) is also a factor?

I don't think it's a trend, either--I know too man...

2009-02-04T19:22:00.000-06:00

I don't think it's a trend, either--I know too many women who purposely want to wait until they are in their late 20s or 30s before even entertaining the idea of babies, some not even marriage. Your theories are interesting, in that it might be wise to be young if you have the opportunity, but I think for many it is a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation, and that there may never be a good time.

That's fascinating. I'm tempted to go with a combi...

2009-02-04T19:21:00.000-06:00

That's fascinating. I'm tempted to go with a combination of two things: first, that this generation (I'm 25 myself) is more "traditional" than one might think, thus leading to having kids sooner. This is mostly based on the fact that from my midwestern hometown, I know lots of married women with kids, and the vast majority of my married women friends changed their names - some of whom I really did not expect to do so. (I am married, no kids, own name.) Secondly, among my group of graduate student friends (which, for the most part, does not overlap with my midwestern hometown friends) the idea is to have kids early to not interfere with the career - "gestate while you dissertate." I don't know how this might work for an up-and-coming lawyer or business consultant, but I'm inclined to agree with your theory that earlier is easier.

My husband - a law student - is planning to take "time off" from his career to care for our future children. We'll see how the interviewers look at that when the time comes!

I have noticed that trend among my friends. Some h...

2009-02-04T13:17:00.000-06:00

I have noticed that trend among my friends. Some had kids at the age of 23..

Me, I'm waiting until around 26 or 27..

I need to establish myself before I go off the grid.

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