Nowadays, more and more people decide to have children later in their life. What are the reasons? Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?

Deciding to have a child has become an important decision for many couples. In my opinion,

this

is mostly due to the financial issue and lack of responsibility which is a double-edged sword with both benefits and drawbacks.

However

, I believe it is more beneficial. There are probably two main reasons that more and more people procrastinate the decision of having

children

.

Firstly

, increasing living expenses may cause fear that they cannot afford that.

Children

have many expenditures including basic needs

such

as food, clothes and education as well, while they are the population who cannot earn money and just spend it.

Therefore

,

parents

should pay for all their needs. If they do not have a proper income, they will not be able to do so and

consequently

, decide to have

children

later in their life.

Secondly

, the fear of responsibility is more common, nowadays. Being

parents

is not only about childbearing but

also

upbringing and if they are not prepared and well-educated themselves, they cannot raise a well-behaved child.

Subsequently

, they are fully responsible for their

children

.

This

trend seems to me to be more beneficial,

although

there is a downside as well. The only disadvantage could be the age gap between

parents

and

children

. If they decide to have a child later, they may be 35 or 40 years old than their

children

which makes it hard to understand them because they will belong to a totally different world.

For example

, an elderly now cannot adapt to the use of modern technology while his/her

children

, which are digital natives, are able to work with the latest one.

On the other hand

, people have better financial status when they are older and

therefore

, they can support their

children

better. There may be more educated and healthy

children

in the world in

this

way. On top of that, due to the maturity of older

parents

, the number of well-behaved

children

will be increased. To illustrate, mature educated

parents

are able to teach

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/her

children

better than a young inexperienced the ones. In conclusion, in my view, the decision of having

children

later could be more advantageous for both

parents

and offspring which is mostly due to the economical issue and responsibility.