Having Kids While In College - I Gave Up the Dream

Having Kids While In College - I Gave Up the DreamAs an undergrad at a top college, I found that there were some great reasons to have kids while I was still in college. My husband and I would go on long trips with friends and enjoy our college experience and then everyone would always bring up how much we missed the kids. The friends would all be a little grumpy because they didn't want to come home with kids. So I knew there was a time to have kids but it wasn't to be now.Then, I found out about time management and having the time to take care of our family. My husband would always tell me that he wanted me to get a degree, have kids and then leave the day job. I'd thought he was crazy for years. I really didn't understand how I could have kids while I was in college.Then one day I was talking to my mother and I told her about the time I was thinking about leaving college to have children and she said that it wasn't the best idea. She said that you had to be ready to sacrifice ever ything you loved and take care of your family. But you also had to make sure that you were really ready to move on with your life.I still believed in the idea of having kids while I was in college but I knew that my mother was right and I had to get my life in order first. I needed a professional life coach and mentor to help me with the college homework. This helped me decide that having kids while I was in college was not the right decision.Then I looked into student loans. The best part of having them while I was in college was that I was getting a better deal than I would have gotten if I had no student loans. This was a huge benefit to me because I was a scholarship student so I couldn't afford to pay back as much as I should have. Plus, it gave me more freedom to pursue the love of my life.Well, this was another interesting time because I decided that I would be taking it easy while I was in college. I thought that maybe it would help me get more work done while I was in colle ge. I did find that it helped me have more focus in college.Having kids while I was in college wasn't a good idea. So now that I am not having kids I feel much better about my life.