I find it funny that I spent my 20s and 30s doing everything in my power to avoid having kids and at this stage in my life I’m doing everything to have kids.

I do feel that 30 year old me would definitely be in better shape to chase kids around.

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tedggh 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There’s never a right time to have kids. But having them older has its perks. You are much more calmed, patient, you are wiser and likely financially stable. Throwing money at problems definitely makes life 10X easier when you have kids, something most people can’t do in their 20s or even 30s.

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sacul an hour ago | parent [-]

I disagree. As a father of nine children, I submit that the best time to have children is when you’re young. The next best time is now.

Sure, you’ll be poor, and you’ll make lots of mistakes. But how do you know you’ll be able to have children later? And what’s so important now that makes it worth putting off children?

	▲	dalyons 20 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		As a father of nine you have to acknowledge your perspective is an extreme outlier. Not criticizing, just, not a generalizable take.
	▲	Aeolun 32 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		You’ll feel poor anyhow. More money just means you want more. I’ll say there’s benefits to having a single child, but not nearly as many as there are to have multiple.

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Aeolun 34 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> I do feel that 30 year old me would definitely be in better shape to chase kids around.

Can confirm that starting at 30 makes it relatively easy to keep up. Still not early enough though. Wish I’d started at 25.

It’s mostly a matter of effort though. You’ll become very good at it out of sheer need if you genuinely want to keep up. In far better shape now than I was at 30, mentally and physically.

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voidmain0001 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This. I’m an old dad. I realized two years ago that to keep up with my pre-teens I had to change my lifestyle. For me that meant cutting out alcohol, not eating processed foods, avoiding sugar, reduced caffeine, way more protein and doing calisthenics. I sleep well and I have energy. I just have to keep this up for 10 more years when my youngest will be 21, then I can die. ;-)

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computerdork an hour ago | parent [-]

Haha! Very interesting life goal - When your dependents have sucked all the life out of you, you can kick the bucket:) (And am sure it’s worth it)

	▲	Aeolun 31 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Rather sounds like they’ve given them their life back.

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testing22321 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I was 41 when my daughter was born. I think it’s a great reason to stay for, strong and healthy.

My goal is to keep up with her mountain biking, snowboarding and hiking for as long as I can. Hopefully I’ll be on the game well in my 60s and her 20s