With so much focus on Barack, we were interested in seeing what his first lady, Michelle Obama, had to say about child rearing. As a mother of two young children, it’s interesting to read her views on raising a family.
Know when to fold them: In an interview aired in September on the season premiere of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” Michelle Obama was asked whether she and her husband were planning to have a third child.
“I think I’m done,” Ms. Obama told Ms. DeGeneres. “I think our third child is this campaign.”
Co-opt their father into helping more: From The Chicago Sun Times, “Michelle keeps him very grounded. She makes him throw out the trash,” said Davila. “He makes the bed when he’s in town. They are a couple. He’s a husband and father, so when he’s home he has to do things the way other people do them.”
Incorporate more snuggle time: From the Wall Street Journal, Michelle Obama talks about the effects of the presidential campaign on family life.
WSJ: With Mr. Obama traveling almost nonstop, are you doing anything differently with your daughters?
Michelle Obama: Without Barack there in the morning, the girls and I have “snuggle time” in my bed. I turn on the lights and we stay there cuddling … have deep conversations and talk about what it would be like if we could stay in bed all day but that wouldn’t be realistic, we wouldn’t learn to read…
