Letters to the Editor
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Debt affects choices
My husband and I put off having children during our 20's because of our student loan debt for undergraduate and graduate school. While our education has afforded us good jobs (we each make about $60K as librarian and higher ed fundraiser, respectively), we ended up waiting too long and fertility issues got in the way. We don't have children as a result. We've considered adoption, but my point is that student loan debt is affecting the choices people make--we knew that having a baby when we had $40K in debt and were barely making $30K combined when we first married wasn't very smart. Alas, waiting until the loans were paid and we had good paying jobs wasn't a good idea either. The only upside (if it can be called that) is that now we are able save more money than if we had children and might actually be to retire someday, maybe...