Being a Younger Parent - pro/con me.

[Jakeyesq]

Pro / Con me please (on all things related - career, social, the actual parenting bit, relationship etc)

This is what I am good at - maths, statistics, facts, lists

So if you wouldn't mind - thanks

I had my 1st at just 19 and my last (of 4) at 26.
Pros:
Your body recovers quicker and better.
You can cope with less sleep.
If you have them really young (pre career) you won't have to adjust to complete change of life from career to baby.
You may be lucky enough (like me) to enjoy nights out with your 20-somethings!
You may be lucky like me and be a young Granny!
You can do the race 4 life with your 3 grown-up daughters and they don't have to carry you!

Cons:
Less patience - I def have more patience now but they have turned out great and I sometimes think people have too much patience anyway!
A bit isolating as non of my friends had chldren so young.
Less money - hard but not impossible.

I will think of more but that's pretty much it!

I had my two at 18 and 19.
I think it depends what you mean by younger. I think you have to put your life on hold howeverold you are and that it is probably easier to do that when you're young as you generally have less to give up. It's hard going money wise and you don't have the same freedom and choices but at the same time you have a lot more energy and a lot of time for 'living' once they are a bit older.