Whats the acceptable age in your culture for a woman to have children?

NOt really sure if my pastor was joking, but he said not to have them until 25 or 26, but I don’t plan to have any until I’m 27 - 30, that way I can get my life and career on track and stable to take care and raise them.

In my culture,as soon as you get married,you can be pregnant whenever you want.The marriage for a girl is usually between 21-25,so i would say its okay for a girl to get pregnant by 22 for them or later. In my culture,its will be very awful and disrespectful if a teenager girl gets pregnant,usually it doesn’t happen.

probably around 20…i have two god daughters and i am only 14 and i was walking around toronto with them while i was babysitting them and people kept walking by me and calling me a sl.ut. they werent even my kids. i think people are a little quick to judge when they see a teen with little kids with them

18 and over…since we are adults as of 18 years of age. However, I think it should be whenever you are mature, and responsible…so at 18, if you still act like you are 13 or 14…then no it’s absolutely not okay. If you are 16, and you act like you are 25 (honestly not faking it)…then I believe it is okay. However it is extremely rare that 16 year old girls are mature enough to handle a child.

Over 20/married is acceptable where I live. But there are so many teenage pregnancies these days that when a teen does fall pregnant nobody even raises an eye.

Where I live like 20+. But tons of people get pregnant earlier.

I get that a lot when babysitting. Mostly be elderly ladies, it’s so unfair! lol

I think age is just a number…as said above by sweet angelee27… you can be mature at 16…but cant handle the consequences of being a mother like supporting a child & all it’s needs financially w/o asking for SSI (aka welfare…) or some legal guardian to help with the bills for little things such as all the doctor visits, vaccinations, medications, then you have all the diapers, baby wipes, creams, powders, shampoo’s & special soap for babies…not to mention the special detergents for their clothes & then bottles & formula & so on….just for a reg woman who is twice that age is more then one can bare…so leaving it to a 16 year old or younger…and what about the rest of the education. i am 35, and Sometimes i wonder if I am ready to have a baby even with all my knowledge or help i can receive from my family… It’s really got nothing to do with age…nor maturity for that matter…it is more of a financial issue. You cant just decide, well its too much pressure i dont want the responsibility anymore because it just stopped being fun. A child is a great gift, yet with that said also a great responsibility 24/7 360….til the day you die!

Dont ask yourself am I ready to have a child due to my age or maturity…when thinking about having a child think do I have enough stability in my life as well as financial aid to support it & care for it til it can take care of itself! that means also making the ultimate sacrifice…putting your life on hold til they are off to college!

Kinda scary to me…I give women with kids a pat on the back for being able to handle all of that responsibility…its really not a game and nothing to be joking around about!

Hope this has been an eye opener to all of you teens out there considering having a child w/o (with out) being really ready for one!

i know… my god daughters are 4 and 1 and a half and i took them to the park and i was getting dirty looks from everyone and other moms kept calling me a sl.ut like everytime they walked by…and then another lady came up to me and was like congrats on the kids…you are a very brave girl and they are beautiful and i just kind of stood there not knowing what to say :P

i have to agree…that is a perfect time to plan it…when you are financially stable, your life is secured with a decent paying job so you can afford to take care of your child and not have them suffer!

yeaa tru

In all honesty where I live it’s acceptable at any age, sooo many young girls are pregnant it’s just become usual to see a 16 year old pregnant and holding a baby.

Nowadays, any age is …not acceptable, but expected.. so it’s not really a surprise anymore. It’s strange, because 5-10 years ago, when you’d see a young girl holding a baby, you assume it’s their brother or sister… now we assume it’s their baby.. kind of scary..

most people where i live have kids from 16 teenage pregnancies are common where i am

I Live in a town where the dominant religion expects you to be married and with child by 20-21 at the latest. I didn’t realize this until after I was married at 21 and the pressure from my in-laws and cousins started coming on pretty strong. I’m choosing to wait until I’m in my late 20’s

as long as you are married it is accepted where i am

It seems like there’s a lot of pregnant teenagers where I live, even though at that age I don’t don’t it’s appropriate to be reproducing! I’m not sure about what’s “acceptable” for my culture, around thirty is a good time to start thinking about having kids. That way you get past high school, most likely done with college, and a career started so you have enough funds to raise a child!

pretty much any age

Most people I know who are pregnant right now or have had a baby recently are in their teens 14-19 and there are a few people that are over that age. I dont think it matters what age the person is but as long as theyre in the right situation and have their own place job/money and dont get smashed every weekend then its acceptable and nobody can down them.

in my culture they dont really care how old u r as long as ur married