At what age should you have children?

Hello! I have heard before that biologically the optimum age for a woman to bear a child is 25 years old. As for guys, I have no idea.

I have to tell you that just this year, at the age of 24, I got pregnant with that adorable child in the picture (i took the liberty of calling her adorable. she is, after all, my baby. :p). she's my first child (me and hubby are thinking of the possibility that she'd be the last one, too). a couple of years back, i resolved to get pregnant at the age of 29, but well, you know when two young people are deeply in love, they tend to get reckless. so there goes my resolution. :p as a couple, we also planned on our future, wanting to buy so many stuff, do things for ourselves as individuals. but looking back, i realized that even with a third member of the family present, we are still able to do the things we planned on doing. i mean, of course, there has to be certain adjustments on the whens and the whats, but we are pretty much still on the track of pursuing our plans. the right time for having children is around 24 to 27. and I'm not saying this because i got pregnant around the same time, but because it has been medically proven to be the healthiest time that a woman can stand the rigors of pregnancy and childbirth. as i have also realized, there will really be no preparing for this stage of a woman's life. no matter how physically, financially, spiritually and mentally fit you are when you get pregnant, you still cannot have that guarantee of preparedness once the baby is out. as many have responded to one of my earlier discussions, being a parent comes with the inevitable feeling of helplessness, of not knowing what to do (yes, even after the third, fourth, etc. etc. child), of panic and of all those unpleasant feelings of incompetence. and even though this is the case, as i am also starting to find out, the joy of seeing your child alive, healthy and grow up fast is one of the greatest gifts of life that parents have the opportunity to receive.

I had my first child 2 years 8 months ago and we are still trying for our second child and I am 31. Hopefully it will be soon and there will only be a few years gap. I think it depends on the circumstances of the person I mean some people have children when they are very young, but I had them relatively late compared to some people. However I had a terrible childhood and didn't meet my soul mate till I was 25 then it took several years of trying before we had our daughter.

i would have children at 26 years old and to get marry at 24

i would like to have a child when i am 30 years old, because at that time i think i would be settled in my life

hi well in my case i ould rather have kids early because i would like to be a young mum, i dont want kids when i get old i want them quikly like in the early years and get it over with .. but i intend to make a career first so this is difficult to handle both. i dont think there is a right time for children i think you can have it anytime you want if you have it at a really young age or at a really old age it was meant to be.

it depends on lot many factors. in many society the trend have changed from past. it may seem funny that being parents at 40, thosde people lose out on many things. But it also true that when you are well settled, its easy to bring about the child.

I do not think that there is ever a right time to have children, I think it is all down to the parents and when they think that they are ready to have children. If I could do things over again then I would not have had children so early in my life, I had my first at 18 and it was way too young for me really. I had another child when I was 26 and I felt that I was ready then and it all felt right.

I think people are ready at different ages to have children. I did not have mine until I was 31. My mum had me when she was 18. It's a different generation. She's bugging me to have another one soon, at least before I turn 35, but I'm not prepared for another child. I think that if you want to have many kids, then start young. I have also seen teenagers getting pregnant and just did not know how to handle their babies, financially and emotionally unstable. To me, 25 onwards would be a good age.

Well, the truth is there is no right age for children. Sometimes it just happens and some people cant have children. So the best time to have children is when your finacailly stable and settle with the right guy or girl.

hmmmmmmm i think after 25 you must marry and start thinking about children. and max of thirty you must have at least one baby......

early 20's is not good... i think at late 20's or early 30's is best to have a children

It actually really depends on the couple. If they feel that they could handle the responsibilities of having kids at young ages, then by all means there are no people stopping them to do what they want. Of course, if they do so, they must realize that having kids would entail that they would have a lot of dreams put on hold. Having kids is just about one of the greatest responsibilities women and men face nowadays, and sadly, some of them just aren't cut out for it - like when they do have children, they then tend to actually try getting away from responsibilities of having children. Wisdom is something achieved best when people do wrong things and learn a lot from it, and wisdom is also gained when listening to good advice and deciding to do something about that good advice they got to actually fit it in their needs of rearing chilren. You could have children at any age, but younger women at age 18 tend to still be not optimally built for having children at that age - there could be a lot of complications on part of both the mother's and baby's healths, and of course, the overall outlook of the young mother - if she is mentally, spiritually, physically and emotionally capable of nurturing a new life when she's still at the prime of wanting to do a lot of things in her own life. Career women at ages 22 onwards are also the same - except for the fact that they would rather settle doing everything that they want to first with their careers before deciding to settle down and having a family. You could have children ages 30 onwards, but getting pregnant at that age is considered very hard and risky for both mother and child as well. If you are actually prepared to sacrifice a lot of things on your part, put your own dreams on hold, and have kids, then it's the best time to get kids, whatever age you're in. You could still find a lot of time doing what you want to after you have kids, but of course, there's the added complication that you can't do some of those things like you would when you still don't have any kids.

I`m not sure...but I thik between 25 and 30. I thik that older moms have more experience and It`s better for the child and for the family

My mom was 19 years old when she gave birth to me , im the eldest and she got another child my brother when she was 25 years, and now im 20 shortly doing my graduation so for me its like i will get married once i get a job or soon as my graduation completes.I read in an article that women in 18 to 21 she has 90% capacity to get conceived and 22-25 she has 70% and for 25 - 28 its 60% and for people 28 to 32 its 50% and it also purely depends on one's body condition some will be very matured due to hormonal imbalance in their early age and some donot!some feel that they should achieve their goal before getting married and having kids it all depends on one's own mind set and i advice not to go for kids( 1st pregnancy after 35 as it is very risky get married atleast in your late 20's.

personaly it should be in ur 30s. thts about the time tht i'm going to get married and have kids. by tht time i'll be set to raise kids with out struggling to support them and my wife.

I think whenever you and your significant other are financially stable and emotionally ready to handle all the responsilbitly. There really isn't a right age. More whenever they feel it's right for them.

Hi questionsnoanswers, I think the right age to have children is about 22/24 years, because any youger thsn that some girls are very imature and leave their parents to look after the baby while they go clubbing so I really think that 22 and 24 is the right age to start a family. Tamara

I would think there is no specific age to deciding on when having children. I'd say that the teenage years is way to young, maybe when hitting your mid twenties. I know that I would like to have kids before I'm 30 or 35 and right now I am 26. I think it is best yes to wait until at least you are married or have just started your career, but that is my opinion.

in my opinion, the age should be in between 25-30 years so that they can look after them carefully and by the time the parents retire,the child will be in a position to earn for himself and parents without depending on them.