Kirstie Allsopp urges young women to put off university and have children younger

[sullydnl]

Obviously she's entitled to her opinion but in this case it happens to be a rather stupid one.

It's not even that her opinion is particularly conservative, it's more that it's particularly illogical. There are a hell of a lot of practical reasons for having kids later, whereas there are very few practical reasons for having them early. It's as simple as that really, what she's saying doesn't make sense in the real world.

 

[Wibble]

It's a kind of socially conservative view except she advocates women having a career afterwards.

I think there's a genuinely interesting point in there about how people live a lot longer but this hasn't extended women's fertility, and how perhaps adapting to this truth could lead to a reordering of priorities in life.

People in their twenties now aren't going to retire until their seventies, let's face it.

I'm not sure The Honorable Kirstie Allsop is the person I'd be taking my parenting or career advice from. One small part of what she says is sensible and that is to make sure you don't leave having kids too late as fertility declines dramatically from your mid 30's onwards. Other than that is it all irritating and patronising guff from a posh bird who doesn't realise that putting Uni off to have kids would mean never going to Uni for many, if not the majority of, women.

 

[Dargonk]

I'm not sure The Honorable Kirstie Allsop is the person I'd be taking my parenting or career advice from. One small part of what she says is sensible and that is to make sure you don't leave having kids too late as fertility declines dramatically from your mid 30's onwards. Other than that is it all irritating and patronising guff from a posh bird who doesn't realise that putting Uni off to have kids would mean never going to Uni for many, if not the majority of, women.

Good point, I can't see many women having kids and then going off to uni. In the end, by the time the kids are old enough to allow you to go to uni full time you are at the point where you can't really afford to stop working to study due to all your other finiancial commitments.