In general I'd agree, yet now that I married later and had kids later I think I waited too long. Emotional maturity can come with age and yet some younger folks with more experience or better mentors were years ahead of me.

Sometimes I wish there were pre-child counseling focused on helping parents strategize before they're pregnant -- or at least before children are born.

Regardless, folks need to do the math, especially if considering having many kids. And still consider their bodies aren't getting any younger or lives and longer.