The age you have your first child predicts your long-term educational and financial success

Photo credit: Hollie Santos via Unsplash. Article by Eric W. Dolan. PsyPost – May 10, 2026. Research article: PLOS One.

Becoming a parent at a younger age tends to be linked with poorer long-term financial, educational, and physical health outcomes that only begin to level out if a person delays having a child until their late twenties or early thirties. A recent study published in the journal PLOS One provides evidence that having a child early in life disrupts standard life transitions, creating persistent disadvantages that follow parents well into adulthood. […]

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