Nowadays, it is common for many couples to have children in their thirties or even forties. We must understand why people all over the world are making the decision to postpone having babies. This essay intends to analyze some reasons why there has been an increase in this phenomenon, and identify the effects on society and family life.
It can be seen that with advancement of education and lessening of gender discrimination, both men and women have their own independent careers. Women are earning stable income as well. So, both partners are able to contribute to family’s expenditure which is a must in today’s age when living expenses have sky rocketed. Furthermore, people want to save as much as possible before extending their family as it will lessen financial burden when a baby comes into their life. In order to do so, they have to delay the process of child birth. Lastly, with advance in medicine, it is now possible to have babies at an advanced age. There are many medical procedures such as IVF and IUI which help those who want to start their family at an advanced / later age.
The most prominent effect of this situation is the increase in number of new parents in their late 30’s, 40’s and even 50’s. Old aged new parents might not be able to play with their young ones as they will feel less energetic, and oftentimes tired due to their low body metabolism. Secondly, by the time these babies are in their teens, these new parents will already have become old. Society will see a wide age gap between parents and children. Last but not least, women who have a baby in their older age might face more health complications than those who had a baby in their young age. Studies have proven that women’s overall health will deteriorate faster when they have children in older age, since human body’s healing mechanism slows down as one gets older.
To conclude, despite the negative impact of having children late, there are been an increase of this practice. One must have children when the time is right for them because with the development of medicine what was once impossible is possible now.
Nowadays, it is common for
many
couples to have
children
in their thirties or even forties. We
must
understand why
people
all over the world are making the decision to postpone having
babies
. This essay intends to analyze
some
reasons why there has been an increase in this phenomenon, and identify the effects on society and
family
life.
It can be
seen
that with advancement of education and lessening of gender discrimination, both
men
and
women
have their
own
independent careers.
Women
are earning stable income
as well
.
So
, both partners are able to contribute to
family’s
expenditure which is a
must
in
today
’s
age
when living expenses have
sky rocketed
.
Furthermore
,
people
want to save as much as possible
before
extending their
family
as it will lessen financial burden when a baby
comes
into their life. In order to do
so
, they
have to
delay the process of child birth.
Lastly
, with advance in medicine, it is
now
possible to have
babies
at an advanced
age
. There are
many
medical procedures such as IVF and
IUI
which
help
those who want to
start
their
family
at an advanced / later age.
The most prominent effect of this situation is the increase in number of new
parents
in their late
30’s
,
40’s
and even
50’s
.
Old
aged new
parents
might not be able to play with their young ones as they will feel less energetic, and oftentimes tired due to their low body metabolism.
Secondly
, by the time these
babies
are in their teens, these new
parents
will already have become
old
. Society will
see
a wide
age
gap between
parents
and
children
. Last
but
not least,
women
who have a baby in their older
age
might face more health complications than those who had a baby in their young
age
. Studies have proven that
women’s
overall
health will deteriorate faster when they have
children
in older
age
, since human body’s healing mechanism slows down as one
gets
older.
To conclude
, despite the
negative
impact of having
children
late, there
are been
an increase of this practice. One
must
have
children
when the time is right for them
because
with the development of medicine what was once impossible is possible
now
.