What age is right to have children?

I have no children of my own but one of my relatives got her first child at the age of 42. Of course the risks are bigger at that age but she has learnt to take care of her health with great food supplements so she will hopefully be young for a long time yet. If I would have been able to choose, and been healthy, I was mentally ready to have children at about 37 and some years ahead.

I was 18 when I got pregnant with my daughter and it was a planned pregnancy. I wanted to be a stay a home mom and didn't want to go to college. Hell, I didn't even finish high school. I dropped out when I was 17 to look for Mr. right and start my family. I'm very happy with the way it turned out.

I think it is when you feel you are ready.

for me my friend,if my time will back to my years of single.i will decide to have a children if i have already a stable job,income and life and have a secured future for my kids.coz for all you know i'm 30 years old now and i have 2 kids already honestly i'm happy to my children but i'm worrying for their future coz its so hard to raise children without stable job,income and life and most of all secure future to them..my husband and i struggling for their education right now coz we dont have both stable job.i feel so guilty and pity of what we have been given to my kids right now...all i want them is to have a better life way of living and secured future....

Whenever two people can care for a child then thats the right age. of course i would say above 16+ to plan a future together with children etc. I'm 19. married and a father =) I love coming home to my son and personally age is just a number. i'm ready now and i don't believe in the term "what age is right" as it depends. no one can single out a age which is because they can only voice there opinions. Kudos! ~Joey

I don't think there is a right age for children. I'm 22 with no kids nor do I even think about having kids. I am too busy just being me. I work full time, travel, volunteer. I'm doing everything now that I wouldnt be able to do if I was weighed down by children. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have children some day, either my own or via adoption but I saw "someday" because for now I just want to live MY own life before I even contemplate bringing someone else into it.

The best age to have children is as soon as possible because as a woman delivers a child she looks older than her age.IT doesnt mind for a woman of 18 to have child because an woman of 18 will look as if she is 20 or 21 but think if a woman of 30-40 years old delivers a child and then how she will look. Thats why my opinions is that a woman should have children as soon as possible.Isnt it??

With my experience, I never got to pick. It happened. See, I was always told that I would never have kids. Me and my ex husband tried from the time we got married at 20 years old until we divorced and then me and my current husband tried for years. Finally, after giving up, I became pregnant at age 31. For me, I believe that becoming pregnant in my 30s was the best thing for me. I feel more in tune with myself...I know what I want and am more centered...I feel that I am a better mother than I would have beenin my 20s. This is just MY experience. Some women in their 20s are great parents. Let me tell you, though, there is never a PEFECT time to have kids. There will always be bills, always not enough time. When you feel you can give a child what they need and you and your husband can give them the attention and the love they deserve...that is when you are ready. :)

hey! what a nice discussion... but as for me i will like to give birth after i realise that some of my dreams as been achieved... so i think that is the right time.......

Well, I would want to have kids when I become mature enough with things. I really think that it doesn't matter what age you have kids, as long as you're not some teeny-bopper mommy who doesn't have a clue with raising the future generation. I'm just 19 years old and here in the Philippines, that's way young to have a child. It's still taboo. But whatever. I would raise kids when I have overcome too much college parties and too much shopping and stuff. I would want to be a good mother... No, a perfect one. LOL. :)

I don't think there is one set time to have children. Some people are ready to become mothers when they're 19. Others aren't ready until they are older. For me, personally, I think I want to wait until after I finish university and have a steady job. I don't feel confident in raising a child when I'm still in school or still have school debts to pay off. I think around 26-30 would be a good age to have children.

It's really hard when you think of it. I got Pregnant when I was 21. I was still in University then. I graduated when I was 8 months Pregnant. Now I have work and support my baby. It's hard if you don't have your own house. It's just lucky that my mom allowed me to still stay at our house. I'm not married and my boyfriend is still in college so basically I do support our family. I think we'll start saving for our future when he graduates and eventually find a job. It's hard but we have to bear with it. We have to sacrifice. My point is it's ok to have a baby at an early age as long as you can support the basic needs of your baby. ^_^

When you are mature enough to have them..28 is the optimum age according to me, or else depends on individual perspective, their maturity level and mental balance

I had my son when i was 17 years old. and i have had many friends who have have children even younger than that. It just depends to when you think your ready. If you think you are responsibale. so its just up to you really!!!

When you get with someone that you love and care for then there is no right time to have children . It is something you do because this is what you want . If you wait for the right time you may end up not having any at all because there may never be a right time to say , yes now we can afford it or yes now we got what we set up to get in life . Something will always come up and delay when would be the right time . I believe that if you are in love then the right time is anytime you start wondering if this might be the right time for you .

I had my child when I was 32 years of age. I was ready then, married for about a year beforehand and very much in love. Both of us had jobs and had finished school and i think it was the right time for us to have our first child. Four years later, we are trying for another and if we are blessed then great. If not, then that is ok too. I don't think i would of been ready if i had my son mid-20's or thereabouts. I was too busy enjoying life and had so much going on, that there really wasn't time to even think about having children and besides, I hadn't met my husband yet LOL.

i had some bad news the other day on of my friends she is 15 years old and in a relationship and is pregnant her family has forced her to get a abortion. no 15 year old shud have to go through that

This is a toughie:my aunt waited until she had the husband, the house, the career, by the time that all came around she did get pregnant at 35. She wanted to give her daughter a sibling, but by the time she was 40 she was infertile. She gave up. Plus her and her husband have a hard time chasing around a kid when they are older. I waited until I was 25, I was married for over a year and it was just something that progressed from our relationship, we felt it was time. We were able to be a couple on our own for a few years so we had that foundation. I also have energy to chase a crazy toddler because I still am young. I did get the husband, but didn't get the career and house like my aunt, so we have to struggle more financially-but I don't regret a thing. I will eventually own a home and maybe someday I'll go back to work-I've always got that;) So I think it depends on what you want out of life before you have children.

Every age is good. I think that you have before to create e good place your child can live in. When you have such money and a place to live, this is the moment to have children

I dont believe there is actually a right time to have kids. i just have a baby 7 months ago but i dont regret one bit, would i have like to wait so i can finish school and have a better job yes, but i believe as long as you know that having children is alot of work and you are mature enough to take care of a child then go right ahead.