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Some people choose to have their first child at an older age. What are the reasons? Do advantages outweigh disadvantages?

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Many
people
 do not want to have their
first
 child at
an
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 younger
age
. While it is true that
it
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they could prepare better for their kids, I believe that it could
has
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 several disadvantages. There are many reasons why a lot of couples choose to have their
first
 kid at an older
age
.
Firstly
,
people
 tend to get married late. Nowadays, with the development of society, the workload requires
people
focus
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 on work more than pay attention to other things.
Therefore
, they do not have enough time for themselves to think about getting married and having
children
. If they get married, having
children
 later could help them arrange jobs more stable before worrying about their families.
Secondly
, having a baby too soon could be an economic burden for families. For
excample
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example
,
raise
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a
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an
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 infant until adulthood costs a lot of money,
such
 as
cost
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the cost
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 of living, tuition when
children
 go to school, and so on.
As a result
, many young kids because
their
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of their
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families
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 economic cannot enjoy enough education. In my
opinions
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opinion
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, there would be more disadvantages than advantages when
people
 choose to have their
first
 child at an old
age
.
Firstly
, giving birth
in
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an
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old
age
 would be dangerous for the mother and the
children
. The older
people
 get, the weaker their health becomes, pregnant women often suffer a lot of problems during pregnancy.
As a result
, just a little
carelesness
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carelessness
careless
 could lead to death.
Secondly
, lat pregnancy could increase the risk of birth defects. The endocrine disorder in the mother’s body is the main cause of
this
 problem.
Therefore
, deformed
children
 would feel self-conscious about themselves in the future. In conclusion, there are many reasons for couples to choose
have
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 a baby late, but I believe that they
also
 have to consider the consequences of making that decision.
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