The home is the child's first school, the parent is the child's first teacher, and reading is the child's first subject.

I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.

I'm not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.

I'm worried about parents who aren't parenting.

You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.

I think a lot of our problems are because people don't listen to our children. It is not always easy. They're not always so brilliant that you want to spend hours with them. But it is very important to listen to them.

And who knows? Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the President's spouse. I wish him well!