According to SVT Nyheter, Lina Suarez's family received the news with joy and supported her decision to become a mother at a young age. Her father was also happy and immediately started thinking about how he could help, as she described to the outlet. However, SVT Nyheter reports that Lina Suarez has been told she is too young, will not manage it, and that her life is over, leading her to even end relationships with people who do not support her.
Comments and looks from the surroundings have made her question herself, according to SVT Nyheter, and she described to the outlet that it has been heavy to wake up and know that people think that way about one. She is not alone in receiving negative comments for choosing to become a young mother, as SVT Nyheter notes. This personal struggle unfolds against a backdrop of Sweden's declining birth rates.
My mother had children when she was young, so she understood me. My father was also happy and immediately started thinking about how he could help.
43 children per woman, the lowest number ever measured, according to SVT Nyheter. The government has appointed an inquiry to understand why the desire to have children is decreasing. Statistics Sweden reports that the average age for first-time parents in 2024 was about 31 years for mothers and 33 years for fathers.
Societal norms around timing for parenthood are shifting, with Lina Suarez believing this affects the norms around when it is considered 'right' to have children, according to SVT Nyheter. She described to the outlet that many have a picture of how life should look before having children: education, job, and housing, and if you don't have all that, you get questioned. On social media, she has met with great support and many who have recognized themselves in her story, SVT Nyheter reports.
It has been heavy to wake up and know that people think that way about one.
She has received many comments and messages from other young mothers who have experienced exactly the same thing, and they have also been told that they are too young or that they will not manage it, as she described to the outlet.
I believe that many have a picture of how life should look before having children, education, job and housing. If you don't have all that, you get questioned.
I have received very many comments and messages from other young mothers who have experienced exactly the same thing. They have also been told that they are too young or that they will not manage it.