Megyn Kelly Quotes

I took a long time off to have my baby and spend time with my family.

Shared parental leave is good for dads. Looking after their newborn on their own is a unique learning experience.

We know taking care of an infant isn't just women's work - so why should maternity leave be the norm when paternity leave is the exception? There's no question that taking care of and bonding with a new baby is just as important and meaningful for dads as it is for moms.

It is the responsibility of all of us to create a culture that encourages and enables fathers to spend more time with their families.

That’s not me. I wouldn’t [take paternity leave.] Quite frankly, I would have said C-section before the season starts. I need to be at Opening Day. I’m sorry.

When my daughter was born, I was a stay-at-home dad for the first two years.

What we should notice is that studies show that fathers' presence in their children's lives has a marked effect on how well their kids do later in life, so why aren't we asking how we can better liberate men from the workplace to be home with their kids more often?

We need a national family leave policy that will allow both men and women to take paid time off from work to care for a newborn or a sick relative.

I think it's incredibly important to spend the first year with your child, and it should be made possible for all women.

I was quite lucky: although my dad worked a lot, whenever he was free, he would play sports with me and my brother, and I can't wait to do that with my child.

The great thing about small children is they're portable, so we take them everywhere, but when it comes to 2015, Zachary's going to school, and I want to be there to drop him off and pick him up. I don't want to just be the father who reads them a bedtime story.

I have a child and I don't want to be at work all the time when he's small. I want to spend time with him.

You're watching your kids playing football, and you're not present. It's like the worst... it's horrible. I despise myself for it. I think it's a particularly male thing. Being present and in the moment with your kids is something a lot of men struggle with.

I'm not sure if I want to continue to work when I have kids.

The most important thing with children is to give them your time. Actually, that's all that matters.

Maternity leave and parental leave is absolutely vital for strengthening families. It's an issue for men and women.

I'm grateful that President Trump is willing to talk about paid leave, but his policy, unfortunately, is woefully inadequate.

All working parents should have paid family leave. That's one of many reasons I'm working to elect Hillary Clinton. She has a plan to guarantee workers - men and women - up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.

I, as a mom, wanted to be really present for my son in the first couple of years, because I know that those years are very important for a kid. So I decided not to work during that period.

How can we say we're for family values when so many women in the United States have to jeopardize their livelihood to take a few weeks off from work after giving birth? Should a man have to sacrifice his economic security to take care of his sick mother or his wife returning wounded from active duty?

Men want to play a bigger and equal role in raising their children, but as a society we don't support them in that.

The piece of legislation that I'm so excited and delighted to be doing is shared parental leave.

One reason women are left 'holding the baby' is anti-male discrimination in rights of maternity/paternity leave.

We will not achieve gender equality in the workplace until we fix our system of parental leave.

We need a national universal paid family leave program that allows families to be together in the most important moments of our lives - from having a baby to caring for a dying parent.