In 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 a

In 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.