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Knocked Up Under 30

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Trend alert: More and more young, educated twentysomething women are having kids straight out of college.

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Interesting story in the Washington Post about Moms who get a college degree, land a job, and have a child all before they turn 30. Most of us were curious and a little exhausted just imagining this concept. But one Mom•Logic Mom could totally relate: She had three kids before 30. She says she got pregnant three weeks after tying the knot at 24, in the swing of her career as a movie studio publicist. "Two weeks after I had my daughter, I'd already picked out my going-back-to-work outfit," she recalls. "I still had all the go-go-go energy of a college student." But she had the insecurities of a college student, too. "I remember thinking I wasn't doing 

everything as well as the older Moms were," she says. "I wasn't calm and rational like them." Thinking back, she has no regrets about being a young mother. "I guess without really even knowing it, I was one of those women who wanted to have it all—marriage, career, kids, the white picket fence. And I wanted it all now. I didn't want to have to wait." And she didn't want to have to use a walker at her kids' high school graduation, either. Apparently, she was a frontrunner of a growing trend: Educated, career-minded women having kids under 30. Do you think younger Moms make better Moms? Why or why not?



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It’s not really the age that makes a mom a good mom, it’s whether or not she is REALLY ready to be a parent. Many go into parenting like it’s a game, they think they can put the baby down whenever they want. Common sense says that’s not the case. In order to be a good parent, you have to be at a place in your life where you are comfortable and confident you can give that child the best care possible. For some, they’re ready for it a 25, and others aren’t ready for it until they’re 40. Some may never be ready for children and decide it’s best NOT to become a parent. Any of these situations is okay and there is no right or wrong answer. What angers me is when people have kids and then lives their lives like their children don’t exist. I see it all the time and these people end up being miserable and then they take it out on their children.
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