# How old is too old to have children?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 29, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-have-children/328510 "2005-10-29T22:02:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-have-children/328510/41 "2005-11-01T04:45:31Z")

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Perhaps an equally informative question would be “How young is too young?”. For me, having children in my 20s would’ve been a disaster - financially, physically, and particularly mentally, I was a wreck. And I didn’t have a support network (with twins, that’s a necessity!).

But if you can pass the “not too young” test, I’d say go for it ASAP. Having children is the greatest joy I’ve known - and I’m a joyful person! It’s a LOT of work, but soooo rewarding.

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