Nowadays, more and more people decide to have children later in their life. What are the reasons? Is this a positive or negative trend?

In the few decades, there is a growing proportion of the world’s population who decide to delayed parenthood. The underlying reasons for

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trend are varied, and I suppose that the merits would eclipse the downsides. There are two main factors leading to the decision of delaying childbirth. The

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one is because people have the propensity for prioritizing their careers over taking parental roles. Raising a child is extortionately expensive with precarious financial resources, especially

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don’t

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want to risk their careers and become housewives having unpaid housework

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as laundry, babysitting,

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.

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, many couples want to stabilize their finance before becoming parents so as to provide

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kids and accommodate every demand with sufficient living

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for their future development. Another explanation for

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is that many modern individuals have adopted a fear of taking unwanted custody due to the rise of divorce in recent years. It is because premature marriages have become common, which usually goes with many

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doubt

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their marital harmony. There would be fewer kids growing up without fatherhood or motherhood.

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, the drawbacks should not be overlooked. In fact, raising children at old age is more arduous than that at a young age, not only because their health will decline but

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children are too little to self-manage.

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, it could both heighten the possibility

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among mothers at their old age and the

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babies

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mental and physical health: increased risk for miscarriage and birth defects,

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. Down syndrome could be a typical example of the problems that those kids might have to suffer from. In conclusion, I

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that the positive sides of

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trend are more significant than the negative sides, giving more opportunities for better

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education and jobs.