than their childless counterparts from the same socioeconomic background. It seem to be due to the fact that child birth was a great motivating factor in these young women's lives and pushed them to achieve greater than those women who had not had children.

it argued that these young women were a social scapegoat being singled out and whose collective wealth would not add up to one Fortune 100 company and therefore do not have the capacity to have a meaningful effect on society for better or worse. It also suggested that early pregnancies may even be economically advantageous as younger women often have better access to networks of kin support, child care and social programs.


I think society and religion try to tell us that there is only one ideal family structure for raising a child when in fact we are the most adaptable creature on this planet in many senses. I also don't believe we were ever meant for long term monogamy.