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Megyn Kelly reveals her greatest parenting regret: 'It haunts me'
Megyn Kelly confessed her decision to have children later in life 'haunts' her because it means she will have less time with them.
Kelly, 54, admitted her feelings during an interview on The Dr. Jordan B. Peterson Podcast earlier this month.
The two discussed the increasing age at which women have children and the impact that being an older mom can have.
Kelly, who had her first child in 2009 at the age of 38, admitted there are downsides to having children later in life.
'Unfortunately, and believe me, I think about it all the time, it means that my children and I have a shorter runway together, and I hate that fact. It haunts me,' she said.
'I'm so grateful that I have them at all, you know, unlike so many women who weren't this fortunate, but I hate the fact that every time we talk about their lives, I'm calculating, you know, it's his age plus 42.
'That's what I'll be, you know, when my youngest has his children, and boy, my kids better have kids young if they want me to be part of that child's life.'
Kelly married her husband Douglas Brunt, 53, in 2008, and they share three children together: Yates, 15, Yardley, 14 and Thatcher, 12.
The radio show host said she did not plan on being an older mom, but believes it has had a positive effect on her children.
'I didn't reach that place in my life until I was older, and unfortunately, it wasn't planned this way because I didn't meet my husband till we were 35,' she said.
'I have no regrets about how I did it, but I also acknowledge it's not all roses and unicorns. There are downsides to doing it the way I did.
'I really think that the calm I've brought to motherhood, the life lessons, the wisdom has been a boon to my children who are calm and cool.'
Women are having their first child older than ever, according to new data that suggests the already-shrinking US fertility rate could see further declines.
A new CDC report analyzing births from 2016 through 2023 found that the average age of first-time moms rose by nearly a year - from 26.6 years old in 2016 to 27.5 years old in 2023.
Similar increases were also observed among women having their second and third children, with the average age at birth rising by one year for second births and just short of a year for third and higher-order births.
In 2020, Kelly announced she removed her three children from their private New York City schools and relocated to Connecticut.
Her sons attended the $55,900-a-year Collegiate School on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
Her daughter is believed to have attended the $57,385-a-year Spence School on the Upper East Side.
'We loved our schools,' she said. 'Loved our teachers, loved the students and faculty and parents.
'They were definitely leftist - we are more center right - but that was fine; my whole family are Democrats.
'But then they went hard left, and then they started to take a really hard turn toward social justice stuff.'
