Marriage during college?

dmd77
Sun, 07 Oct 2007 20:33:14 +0000

My son was telling me about two MIT friends of his who had a baby (and got married) her freshman year, his junior year. At the same time that he was telling me that it bugged him when they brought the baby to parties, I found myself thinking: at least there’s readily available day care on the MIT campus. And then I found myself wondering whether it might not make MORE sense to have kids early rather than later in a career. The young woman will finish MIT about the same time her child is ready for kindergarten… would it be easier to build a career if you didn’t interrupt it to have children?