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Your time is limited. A was talking with a friend (who incidentally is a VC) over breakfast. He noted that he was 46, and was worried about how old he'd be when his future child (his wife is pregnant) went off to college.

People also don't like hearing that they need to get married before the age of 30 if they want to have kids at a younger age, but that doesn't make it untrue.

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Except that having a child is a readily achievable goal that anyone can reach at any time they choose to. The decision to have a child, whether at a younger or older age, is almost entirely up to the two consenting adults.

Hoping to strike it rich before the age of 45 is pretty much the complete opposite.

Ah, the young. Find a couple in their 40s, and ask them if having a child is a readily achievable goal any time they choose.

Yes, and that time constraint is due to biological processes that can be planned for ahead of time.

Men can easily have childrens on their 40s (not recommended though, it's hard work) but women cannot. It's sad to see that most intelligent, talented woman fall in the trap of their careers and die childless. If you are an intelligent entrepeneur woman in their 20's, do yourself a favor, stop to have some childrens and then resume your career.

I think people should seriously consider that not all women want children.

Women aren't idiots. We think about the tradeoffs.

How can you know about the tradeoff? you remember your past lifes? nobody can, you will have to guess and often you will guess wrong. That's why very few people has great family planning skills at their 20's.

Female fertility starts declining from about 24 and starts dropping like a rock from about 35. Men have less to worry about but there are still declines.

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