I would recommend being in a rock-solid relationship with a person you love enough to marry and respect enough to work with should the love fail. I would also recommend being in good health and having enough money for housing in a safe neighborhood, decent food and health insurance. If at all possible, I would recommend that parents together work no more than 1.5 jobs, split any which way, and that you be mature enough to deal with any special conditions the child might have. mg