Many women now expect - and need - to have a career. If they also want children, how do they fit them in? How easy is it to take a break from a job to have a baby? When is the right time to do it?
Talk about this from the mother's point of view. When is a good time, financially and emotionally, to have children? What are the advantages and drawbacks of waiting until you are financially comfortable? What about the health aspects?
Discuss with young people what they know about how pregnancy affects older women.
Also think about how it seems from the child's perspective. If parents have children later, that means they are older as the child grows up.
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