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Not sure if anyone else touched on this point, but there is a hidden disadvantage of having kids later. Young children take a lot of your time, attention and energy (or at least they should). Either explicitly or implicitly this takes a hit to your career. It would be better theoretically to have that hit happen early in the low-earning phase of your career than at the peak-earning phase of your career, no?
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Not necessarily. We waited until I was in my mid-30's to have kids. (who are now 2 and 4) Had we gotten pregnant sooner, I am sure that we would have played the cards were dealt, but for us, later was better. We are in a position to afford quality day care. We are also in a place in our careers where it is ok for us to take time off for kid related emergencies. I can't imagine how hard it would have been to have to try to balance work and babies 10 years ago.