Currently under FMLA These people do NOT qualify

Non-eligible workers and types of leave

workers in businesses with fewer than 50 employees (this threshold does not apply to public agency employers and local educational agencies);
part-time workers who have worked fewer than 1,250 hours within the 12 months preceding the leave and a paid vacation;
workers who need time off to care for seriously ill elderly relatives (other than parents) or pets;
workers who need time off to recover from short-term or common illness like a cold, or to care for a family member with a short-term illness; and
workers who need time off for routine medical care, such as check-ups.

So what this says is that if you're someone like me who averages  less than 25 hours a week (which is A LOT of jobs right now) and have been there for 11 months... Guess what? Your job is not guaranteed to be there. So you're left to take care for your kid/s with NO JOB.

Currently in Canada our neighboring country
Family Leave in Canada
http://www.catalyst.org/publication/240/family-leave-us-canada-and-global
"Female employees are entitled to a standard 17 weeks unpaid, job-protected maternity leave. In addition, both male and female employees are granted up to 37 weeks unpaid, job-protected parental leave (35 weeks for women if being combined with maternity leave for a total of 52 weeks) in order to care for a newborn or newly adopted child. 20 If unable to work as a result of sickness, injury or quarantine, an employee may be entitled to a "sickness benefit" from the Canadian Government of up to 55% of previous average insured earnings. This "sickness benefit" may become payable two weeks after earnings are interrupted due to an inability to work and provides benefit of up to 15 weeks of loss of earnings due to sickness. A combination of pregnancy, parental and sickness benefits can be received up to a combined maximum of 50 weeks. 21"
This is for full and part-time employees and you only have to be at your job for 13 weeks which in the U.S. after 90 days an employer considers you "hired" permanently.

How can we thrive in this country and protect our scarce jobs and pay bills and raise children with this kind of treatment? This is down right sexist and should be ILLEGAL! This is a crime against humanity.

I am proposing that FMLA be revised to include ALL female AND male workers who have worked at their job for at least 90 days regardless of how many hours worked be guaranteed 12 weeks un-paid leave and their position at their job. If anyone has to be hired in place of the person on leave due to lack of functionality in the work place without the employee, then the new hire will be considered "temporary" until the employee on maternity leave comes back.