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    The document discusses how in many countries around the world, men and women are choosing to have children later in life. Some of the key reasons for this trend include prioritizing higher education and career goals over starting a family in one's 20s, as well as the high cost of living that makes it difficult to support children financially until later ages. This shift to having children later in life is affecting society through lower birth rates, which could challenge governments to support aging populations without a large working tax base in the future.

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    The document discusses how in many countries around the world, men and women are choosing to have children later in life. Some of the key reasons for this trend include prioritizing higher education and career goals over starting a family in one's 20s, as well as the high cost of living that makes it difficult to support children financially until later ages. This shift to having children later in life is affecting society through lower birth rates, which could challenge governments to support aging populations without a large working tax base in the future.

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    The document discusses how in many countries around the world, men and women are choosing to have children later in life. Some of the key reasons for this trend include prioritizing higher education and career goals over starting a family in one's 20s, as well as the high cost of living that makes it difficult to support children financially until later ages. This shift to having children later in life is affecting society through lower birth rates, which could challenge governments to support aging populations without a large working tax base in the future.

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    In some countries around the world men and women are having children later in life.

    What are the reasons for this development?


    What are the effects on society and family life?

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    In many developed countries, couples are choosing to start a family at an older age than
    they used to. Not just developed countries, plenty of developing countries are following the
    same trend. Below will be an outline of a couple of the main causes of this change and will
    examine the consequences for society and families.

    It is undeniable that millennials are choosing to prioritise their university education and
    climbing the career ladder. As a result, this has possibly reduced the importance of having
    children in their twenties. To illustrate this point, many graduates have spent their twenties
    completing further education courses and trying to progress to a managerial position.
    Another factor behind the delay in having children is related to the high cost of living. This is
    more notable in developed countries where it can take several years to save for a house
    deposit. This explains why many couples prefer to delay having children until they feel ready
    to provide for them.

    Children being born later has resulted in some substantial changes in society especially the
    falling birth rate. This may create a situation in which the number of senior citizens could
    outnumber workers. If this issue is not resolved, governments could be faced with a
    challenging situation to pay for pensioners retirement costs without the benefit of
    taxpayers’ contributions. Despite the aforementioned societal issue, there is a clear benefit
    for family life that parents have more life experience when raising children. Having babies at
    an older age may allow more stability for their offspring because their parents should be
    more adept at handling a variety of situations.

    To sum up, there is no doubt that many millennials are placing more importance on
    becoming successful as an individual first and this is contributing to them having children in
    their thirties or later. This situation is posing problems for governments in many countries
    including dealing with a falling birth rate, on the other hand, there are some potential
    benefits for the future of family relations.

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