The older you get and have work, college and other things... also I have a history of getting sick very easy. I have serious emotional issues and have been put in the 10th floor (aka, mental instatution, but only for a certain reason.) before. Trust me. You don't want me around kids or having kids of my own to take care of. The divorce rate is higher than ever and it takes money, LOTS of money to take care of a kid.
I've had a lot of friends make the mistake of getting pregnant before they were even seniors in high school and had to drop out because their parents weren't always going to take care of everything. Of course they love their kids, but they will tell you they wish they had waited a little longer before becoming a parent.
I say, a better age to want to try and have a kid is in your late 20s. There you'll know what you're doing in life and heading for. Also if you have the finacial money to get them clothes, food, medican, and other things a child needs.
Plus the career I want to get into, we don't get payed that much and we also need other jobs other than drawing for story books and news papers to support our own selves.
I'm also not surprised with where the world is going. I couldn't bare to bring someone into the world and before you know it lose'em. This is my reason why.
I know I'm gonna find my soul mate, and I'm sure we'll talk of the idea of kids, but I know there is a high, high, HIGH chance I'm not going to have kids of my own.
I come from a very lager family. My mother is the oldest of 9 kids, so I have tons of cousins to play with. So I guess that takes care of it.