Which advantage do first-time parents in their late 20s have over first-time teen parents?

First-time parents in their late 20s are generally more emotionally mature and stable than teen parents, which can help them handle the demands of parenting. Fertility is not typically higher in the late 20s than in the teen years, and pregnancy still involves medical costs. Late-20s parents also do not have a lower risk of birth defects than teen parents in a way that makes choice D the best answer.

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