There are many different ways to write a great intro. Here is one.

What many people write here is something like: "Many individuals opt to have offspring ... ." Not that this is wrong. But this is weak because the sentence is too close to the original and relies solely on synonyms. 💔

Let's try to step away from the direct paraphrasing—while retaining the original meaning, of course.

Let's try to find a shell noun or an umbrella term for the topic at hand. So, people who have children—who are they? Parents. Let's take this word one step further and talk about the state of having children. What would be the word for that? Parenthood. And what kind of parenthood is "at an older age"? There are words for that: late parenthood and delayed parenthood.

And then, after you've found a shell noun or an umbrella term, you can continue the sentence with:

- ... is becoming increasingly common.

- ... has become a (common) (choice / trend / phenomenon), with people increasingly …

Here is my first sentence of the intro: “Delayed parenthood has become a common life choice, with people increasingly choosing to have children in their thirties and forties or even later.”

Some other useful collocations that will allow for better paraphrasing of the topic might be "to enter parenthood" or "advanced parental age."

Over to you. Use this technique for one of the topics below and write the first sentence of the intro in the comments:

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