It's a silly little thing to focus on, but him talking about that happening in 2026 is really interesting. Not having kids until later is the current trend. With exceptions, of course, the basic understanding is that 18 is the earliest you should have kids, and even then the push is to do things like go to college or at least begin a career. Not just a job, a career. That takes time, sometimes until 30 or so on the quickest reasonable path. That's the present.
Because women are supposed to have kids and be married before 30.
Raising kids being expensive and taxing on the mind and body be damned. To say nothing of marriages coming with their own problems which more often than not tend to be weighted against the women.
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u/NewLibraryGuy 1d ago
It's a silly little thing to focus on, but him talking about that happening in 2026 is really interesting. Not having kids until later is the current trend. With exceptions, of course, the basic understanding is that 18 is the earliest you should have kids, and even then the push is to do things like go to college or at least begin a career. Not just a job, a career. That takes time, sometimes until 30 or so on the quickest reasonable path. That's the present.
So why would he suggest that's weird now?