Comment Re:God I wish we'd stop hearing this myth. (Score 1) 407
I've already hear rumblings about 35 year childhoods, including a TED talk where some Blackhawk was trying to say that women are not physically ready to have children until they are around 35 years old.
Which is rubbish at face value. While I won't win any popularity contests with this, let me provide a break down.
Physically speaking a women is best suited to have a child between the ages of 16 and 26 when the body is fully developed and has an amazing healing ability. By 35 the regenerative process has slowed significantly, and normal wear and tear has made both conception and carrying a child to term extremely difficult. Not to mention that genetic issues are in full swing by that time (much higher rates of breast and cervical cancer at that age, and remember breast feeding is the best possible thing a woman can do for herself and her baby).
Emotionally speaking, it really depends on the person's education and upbringing. Women who come from a sound family structure and wish to have a similar strong "family" do much better than single parents, or women that change relationships after giving birth. People don't like to hear it, but a stable relationship does not require you to be 30 and is extremely beneficial to all parties and especially children.
This 35 thing relates almost exclusively to financial security and a woman's career. This is a huge conflict of interest, because a child is much better off with a full time parent than they are in someone else' custody. Mothers already need at least a couple months off for giving birth and healing, they are the only ones that can breast feed, so are the easy choice for that responsibility. I recently worked with a mother who's husband stayed at home and raised the kid. The latter is as good in my opinion, but also extremely rare. Taking the "norm" we have moms spending 10-15 years career building to take 5 years off and then go back to the workforce. That is obviously back-asswards to anyone that really looks at it.
Like I said, I won't win a popularity contest with logic but...