How old should you be to have kids?

A lot of my friends became teen parents, and it didn't work out very well for them either. Not to criticize them, but generally speaking I don't think it's the best idea. I think it is best to wait until you are completely independent from your parents, are finished with your education, and have steady income and housing. I suppose this comes at a different time in different people's lives. But probably late twenties to thirties is best. Then again, it isn't great to wait too long either, because as the mother gets to be older it is more likely for a birth defect or other complication to occur, so it probably isn't best to wait until like 50 either.

I was 22 and my husband was 27 when our first child was born. I'd seen many of my friends struggle through life after having their first child when they were very young so I wasn't quite sure what to expect. However, the transition that I went through being at the point of my life that I was in was a lot easier than what they had gone through when they had their first children.
For me, I always said that I wanted to have my children young and be done by the time I was 30. This worked great because I was mature enough to know how to raise a child and young enough to be able to keep up with them.

I agree with you. And I think most of the young parents that are 16-17 werent looking to have children, which I think, is a big part of the problem.

Those that are in their 20's are adults and know when they are ready for that responsibility. As for me? I am 20 now and I would like to have children around 25. But before that, I most importantly want to make sure I am married and that we are stable financially.

And only adults in their 20's can really start heading toward being ready to have children.

The problem always spoil my life recently. I got married last year. My wife and I haven't a plan to have a kid. However, nowadas, my wife's mother often asks us what's the plan of having a baby. Everyday I though about the income and house for the baby, I can't provide a pretty environment for the family at the moemnet so I want to think about it later. I hope that have a baby at my 30 years-old.

Now I am near 30 years old.My wife and i want to have a child now.To have a child is not very easy for women of 35 years old or older.So we had better not prepare to have baby too late.
It is also not a good idea to have a baby too young.Some people can't even attend themselves and have a baby or more.That is irresponsible.If we have a good job and have prepared to have a baby,it is the time to have a baby.

I think the parents should be above 20 years old to have kids. I don't say that it must be the age limit. The important part is if the parents are mature enough to take care of the kid and more than that if they have enough money to spend for the kid and take care of the kid in a better way. There is no point in having a kid being the parents in bankrupt and destroy the future of the child.

I agree with you, I think 18's too young. I think that probably most of those aren't together because they don't know how to act in a relationship. Marriage is hard enough but then you add young people and kids and you're just asking for trouble. Young people also don't know how to control their temper too. Which results in a lot murders, namely the children.

I am planning to have kids between the gae of 26-35. I think 18 years old is still young. I am 20 and I really can't imagine myself having a baby at this age.

I think you should only have kids once you are able to afford them, both financially, and emotionally. The number itself doesn't matter but for the average person it's probably the late 20s. If you are having children while you are still in your parents house, it's rare to actually take responsibility for them. The grandparents raise them. Still there are people in their 30s that are deadbeats, and completely emotionally void, and they shouldn't have children based on their age.
With higher education being more and more necessary for financial success the age of the first child keeps getting pushed back. This is problematic since there is a time limit especially for women. I can't justify having children until I'm married for a few years and I can't justify getting married until I have a career and my student loans paid off. I'll be lucky if I'm in my early 30s when I start to think about reproducing. However I went to high school with people who have kids in grade school, I just graduated college. How are those kids going to turn out raised by an uneducated, unambitious mother (where's the daddy? who knows). Unfortunately the number of those kids will outnumber the children of educated parents who wanted to invest in their children and do everything to guarantee their success. That's how you get a huge gap between the rich and the poor.

i don't know..co'z alot of teenagers now a day have kids..