In some countries today, people are having their first child when they are older. What are the reasons for this? Do the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?

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that people nowadays
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their first child late
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with previous
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that tend to own a family in their younger phase, others argue that . Both points of view and reasons why I will bring positive effects will be elaborated on in
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both financial and emotional
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from
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because
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nurturing
baby
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with good quality
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numerous key factors like money, time, and
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. Without these aforementioned aspects, raising a well
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, healthy and kind-heart children would be difficult. Take unwanted pregnancy,
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this
type of pregnancy
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in teenagers who
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as the proper
age
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family
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. The babies born from
this
age
group
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raised by
a
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more mature
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such
as the parents and grandparents
instead
as they still have to go to school or even worse
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out of school to take care of their child.
However
, many
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of
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idea might oppose that in terms of medical aspects, especially
mother
's and newborn health. To simply explain, the older the
mother
age
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, the greater
risks
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of their baby's anomalies it has
as well as
their own health. In
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evident
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showing that
newborn
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of the
mother
with an
age
over 35 years old are likely to have higher chances of genetic anomalies
such
as Down's syndrome.
Therefore
, I personally argue in favour of having
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in
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later
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time seeing that quality over quantity
as well as
the advancement of
fertility related
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technology. In a nutshell,
although
it is undeniable that first pregnancy in late adults can
causing
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some drawbacks towards either the
mother
or the infants, I am of the
opnion
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opinion
that having
baby
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when they are older
beneficials
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beneficial
outweigh
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its detrimental effects in order to create a healthy human both physically and mentally for the society.
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Ensure each paragraph has a clear main idea and that all sentences within the paragraph support that main idea. This will enhance the logical flow of your essay.
coherence cohesion
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task achievement
The essay covers both the advantages and disadvantages of having children later in life, which demonstrates a balanced approach.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Shift
  • Trend
  • Societal norms
  • Education and career
  • Financial stability
  • Reproductive technologies
  • Delayed marriages
  • Parenting responsibilities
  • Life expectancy
  • Family planning
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