<div class="bbWrapper">I am a parent twice, and from personal experience it's in line with what everyone else said:<br />
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- Kids are a lot of work<br />
- You need to be financially ready to have a kid, it's easily $600-$1000 per kid a month for at least 18 years (averaged out)<br />
- You need to be emotionally ready, if you asking yourself is having kids a good idea? You are not ready, keep doing what you doing, and comeback to this question in few years. Essentially if you ready you will just know.<br />
- If your woman is about to expire and wants to have kids, and you feel bad about it, and thinking about having a kids because of that, don't, talk to your woman, tell her you not ready, and see where that goes.<br />
- You will have less personal fun time, but you will have a lot of kid fun time.<br />
- Choose wisely who you are having kids with, wait until at least you've been with the person for few years. Your woman's career, education, personality and support network will matter once you have a kid.<br />
- Try to hold off on having kids after you are 30, you are completely different person then when compared to 20s.<br />
- And last, kids are super awesome, however not everyone can spend 7 days a week with their kid, don't feel bad, it doesn't mean you are a bad parent.<br />
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LEF</div>