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Study: women in their thirties make better mothers

Categories: Just For Moms, Babies

I had Nolan a few months after I turned 30. Not old, by any stretch, but certainly not dewy-eyed chick, either. For me, really, it was the perfect age. My twenties were a blurry cocktail of travel, career, and late-night cocktails -- I shudder to think of myself as a Mother at any age prior to around 29-and-a-half.

Even at the age of 30, I was the first of my friends to give birth. Increasingly, it seems, women are waiting until they're established in their careers, find a perfect mate, get rid of all that itch underneath their skin. And a new study published by UK Professor Elizabeth Gregory claims that all this advanced maternal age stuff is actually a very good thing.

Among the reasons Ms. Gregory pinpoints as reasons thirty-somethings make better Mothers? Balance in personal and career goals, financial prowess, better management skills and a stronger network of close friends.

Her reasons certainly resonate with me, though some mornings, when Nolan is flailing on the bathroom floor in a ruckus about wanting to flush the toilet, I wish idly that I'd started birthing at twenty, so I could be off sunbathing on a Greek island in 5 years, with my baby out of the house and on his way to college.

What about you? Do you think your age is a big factor in your ability to parent?

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