ideal age for childbearing

Seeing as the age of consent is 16 in New Zealand, I really wanted to know what the Giant Bomb Community thinks the ideal age for rearing a child,

this is important information to know, and topical.

Biologically it makes sense, as we´re not built to live much longer than 40-50 years anyway.

By the way 16 is the age of consent here in Norway also.

Edit: voted A (purely from a scientific standpoint.) Practically and socially it could be quite different.

I voted for F, because fuck it.

In this economy, no age.

Just put this here

http://www.webmd.com/baby/guide/pregnancy-after-35

What the fuck is up with these threads.

Ideal childbearing.

ideal time to die.

consent of age laws.

?

I'd say like 12-14, ideally. Get 'em while they're still young.

@Rowr said:

What the fuck is up with these threads.

Ideal childbearing.

ideal time to die.

consent of age laws.

?

What's prompted these threads?

25-30

Any gyneacologist will tell you 25-30 out of this list...but 20 - 25 is the best. Below and higher than that, there is increased risk of miscarriage and higher than 35 is a steep increase in Down-syndrome and congenital birth defects.

@L44 said:

@Rowr said:

What the fuck is up with these threads.

Ideal childbearing.

ideal time to die.

consent of age laws.

?

What's prompted these threads?

My girl was pregnant at age 31 (32 now), and let me tell ya, it took for-fucking-ever. Plus she felt like shit the whole time. I voted 25-30.

I personally want a big family, so the only way i'm going to get that is if I get a girl young but given I would like her to have a high level of education I would have to settle on around 22. Also I consider 35 to be kind of risky, what if problems arise, or maybe she matures earlier etc.

I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE.

...

I hope.

@SirOptimusPrime said:

I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE.

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I hope.

see what

Are we voting based solely on the population of New Zealand and what age is good for it? If that's the case, I have no clue. I figured the whole country was filled with nothing but hobbits, wizards, trolls, and people that like walking. = /

Dial F for Fuck You.

@jakob187: More sheep than people.

Fuck having kids in my 20s.

well crusader kings 2 taught me that all women lose the ability to have babies at 45 on the dot, so any time before that.

Late 20s, maybe early 30s.

Never? Children are loud and sticky.

Are you a cop? By law, you gotta tell me if you're a cop.

10.

Slow day today.

For females, around 24. Males shouldn't have to do any child bearing, so F for them.

I'll have a bear child whenever I feel like it.

If there's grass on the field... Honestly it's whenever you have the rest of your life in order. When you have a safe place to live and as close to a steady income as a person can have in this day and age. Honestly though, the idea of having a kid holds zero appeal to me personally so never, but by someone's 30's they can usually have the above mentioned met.

@Daneian said:

Are you a cop? By law, you gotta tell me if you're a cop.

Shhh. You'll blow my cover.

http://criminologycareers.about.com/od/Work_Environment/a/Law-enforcement-myths.htm

On topic. Mid 20s-early 30s.

@_Chad said:

@Daneian said:

Are you a cop? By law, you gotta tell me if you're a cop.

Shhh. You'll blow my cover.

http://criminologycareers.about.com/od/Work_Environment/a/Law-enforcement-myths.htm

Believe me, I know. It's how my parents met. Prostitution ring.

Is it bad that I read the title of the thread as "ideal age for childbeating"?

It ain't a matter of age; it's a matter of mindset.

@kerse said:

Is it bad that I read the title of the thread as "ideal age for childbeating"?

that's the next poll

@Red12b said:

@SirOptimusPrime said:

I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE.

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I hope.

see what

You know.

@Mr_Skeleton said:

@Red12b said:

@SirOptimusPrime said:

I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE.

...

I hope.

see what

You know.

say it

@Agamemnon said:

Biologically it makes sense, as we´re not built to live much longer than 40-50 years anyway.

Actually, I've heard that while the average life expectancy throughout history is between 40-50 years, that this statistic is largely influenced by the ridiculous mortality rate of infants and children. So on average, even with all the advances in medicine, adults don't live that much longer than they used to. More like 10-15 years longer, as opposed to 20 or 30. Then again, who knows how legit the information I got was.

Just remember duders, if you wait too long all your kids will be retarded.

IMMEDIATELY AFTER CONCEPTION

I vote for... until you can afford to have children? Having a child costs a lot of money... or maybe that's just me thinking that way?

Only after you have accepted Jesus as your lord and savior.

@Pr1mus said:

Only after you have accepted Jesus as your lord and savior.

HALLELUJAH

Red12b strikes again, shaking up moral standings one dark/innocent soul at a time.

I'd say somewhere between "never" and "look at all this extra time and money I have."

25-30.