Those first thousand days are crucial to a child's development, to developing—as we've heard tonight—the strong bonds and feeling safe and secure, and I take my hat off to all parents who do that juggle, but especially to single parents. We need to be supporting them; not punishing them. Let them decide what is in the best interests of their family, including deciding whether they are ready to go back to work. This bill does that and allows parents to spend more time with their children. I commend this bill to the House. 