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Daniel Markham here said you're never ready to have kids ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1474454 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1474454 ), but I stro
by GFischer 16y ago
Daniel Markham here said you're never ready to have kids ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1474454 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1474454 ), but I strongly agree with the statement that you should be able to afford kids before having them.
- iamwil 16y agoIn the sense that yeah, just like there's no good time to get married, there's no good time to have kids, since life just gets in the way. That said, I think at a young age, like in your teens (and nowadays in your early 20's), there's still a lot of things that you need to do in order to make your childrearing easier. If you don't get to that point, you're always trying to do short-term gains to raise your kid, while not being able to invest (either financially, educationally, or situationally) in long-term gains.