1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: You want some fascinating data about how we've changed in 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: the last sixty years, look at the birth data from 3 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: Stats today, and especially the age at which mums are 4 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: having babies. So last year, fourteen percent of births were 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: to mums younger than twenty five, fourteen percent. In nineteen 6 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: ninety five, which is one generation ago, it was double that. 7 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: It was twenty eight percent of births to mums under 8 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: twenty five, And in nineteen sixty, which is two generations ago, 9 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: it was forty six percent of births, nearly half of 10 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: the births to mums under twenty five. There are now 11 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 1: more babies born to mums older than forty than there 12 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: are to mums younger than twenty five, and I'm one 13 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 1: of those mums. I was counted in late last year's data. 14 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:41,480 Speaker 1: Last January, I was forty. I had a baby. Now, 15 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:43,840 Speaker 1: in retrospect, I reckon, if I could do my life again, 16 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: it would probably have been better to have my kids 17 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: about a decade younger. Your knees at forty are not 18 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 1: what your knees were at thirty. You don't want to 19 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:52,519 Speaker 1: run around after them. They want you to run, but 20 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: you don't really want to run anymore. You feel more 21 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: tired at forty, though you also realize the value of time. 22 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 1: If I have my kids at forty and they have 23 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: their kids at forty, I'm going to start being a 24 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: grandmother around the age of eighty, which means I'm not 25 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: going to have that long left right, I'm not going 26 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 1: to be able to see my grandkids get married and 27 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:11,480 Speaker 1: have their kids, which is one of the joys of life. 28 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: I would imagine leaving it late means you miss out 29 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: on a whole bunch of stuff that previous generations had. 30 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,319 Speaker 1: But then, on the other hand, there are upsides to 31 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:21,039 Speaker 1: leaving it a bit later. You're a better person at 32 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 1: forty than you are at thirty. You're more in control 33 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 1: of your emotions, which is a really big thing to 34 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:29,040 Speaker 1: teach your kids. You become a better parent, I feel 35 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: like more importantly, and I reckon this is why so 36 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:34,960 Speaker 1: many mums are leaving it later. You're more financially secure 37 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: by your late thirties. You got yourself a house, You've 38 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 1: paid off a decent chunk of it, You have an 39 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: established career. Your partner's income is helpful. It helps to 40 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: pay the bills, but you're not dependent on it. In 41 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: the same way that your grandmother was on her husband's 42 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 1: And I think that's the reason that the age of 43 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 1: mums will not ever go back down again, because mums 44 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 1: are more financially independent than they were two generations ago, 45 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: which means that they have choices, and the choice that 46 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: they are making is the one you're seeing in the data. 47 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: The choice is to leave the kids a lot later nowadays. 48 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to 49 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 1: news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 50 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.