The work-life balance is a harsh reality for so many women, who are forced every day to make impossible choices. Do they take their kids to the doctor...and risk getting fired? Do they work weekends so they can afford to send their kids to better childcare...even though it means even less time with their families? Do they take another shift at work, so they can pay for piano lessons for their kids...even though it means they have to stop volunteering for the PTA? It just shouldn't be this difficult to raise healthy families.

No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens.

I've seen firsthand that being president doesn't change who you are. It reveals who you are.

Now, a good education is about so much more than just learning geometry or memorizing dates in history. All of that is important, but an education is also about exploring new things -- discovering what makes you come alive, and then being your best at whatever you choose

Don't let anyone speak for you, and don't rely on others to fight for you.

Barack Obama was a black man that lived on the South Side of Chicago, who had his share of troubles catching cabs.

To be able to do it in the warmth and - of the White House and to do it around people who do care about my kids in a country that has been respectful of my children and their privacy, it has been less stressful than I would have imagined for me.