In the contemporary era, there has been an upward trend that individuals or couples tend to have children later in their life. This essay will examine remark reasons, along with noticeable demerits that I believe outweigh its merits.
To begin with, having children later means that parents will prepare full factors, specifically financial aspects to ensure their babies are taken care all-rounded because having children requires loads of goods, such as clothes, healthcare services, vaccines for babies, etc which take a big expense to invest on. Another reason is that an increasing number of individuals want to pursue career development, especially women who consider having children as the obstacles, preventing them in promoting their jobs and receiving a higher career path.
However, having children in later life also faces some challenges. Firstly, getting older means that the possibility of pregnancy will reduce significantly in both genders compared to younger parents, because experts believe men decrease the ability of producing germline which is true for women in case of producing eggs. Secondly, the existence of generation gap between elder parents and their children will expand, leading the close relationships to reduce gradually because it is not easy for old parents to catch up with their children, especially youth generation in recent years who tend to spend much time using modern technology. Because of these problems, having children in later life is not a good choice for couples, when its disadvantages outweigh advantages, which focus on preparing financial aspects.
In conclusion, there are two reasons for this trend, including financial factors and career developments. This trend brings more disadvantages, like the decreased ability of having babies and generation gap than its benefits, which is only a financial point.