Michelle Obama Watch

The concept of work-life-balance is something desired by most working moms. This is the concept that Michelle talked so much about on the campaign trail and now it appears she is living up to her own “campaign promise.” Christi Parsons writes about Michelle and her execution of work-life-balance in an online post at ChicagoTribune.com called, “Michelle Obama’s First Job: First Mom.”

Says Parson,

“Michelle Obama’s first days as First Lady make her look a lot like “First Mom.”

“She flops down on the floor to read books to children in public and schedules games for the kids at White House parties. Every afternoon after school, she’s home to greet her daughters. She huddled with White House chefs in the kitchen to help preview Obama’s first state dinner. And she has placed an explicit priority on opening up the White House to people who have never been invited there before.”

Parson’s makes a stark comparison with the role that former First Ladies have taken upon assuming the esteemed role. She also mentions that Mrs.Obama is known for taking her time and testing the waters before jumping in.

“But whatever she has in mind, one thing is clear: she won’t make the same opening mistakes as the last Ivy League attorney who held the job. First Lady Hillary Clinton suffered a backlash for barreling straight to the role once termed “co-president,” after joking that she had chosen professional fulfillment instead of cookie-baking and tea-hosting.

Michelle Obama is clearly taking the opposite approach, starting with hearth and home and venturing outward from there. It’s a more familiar route for the experienced six-figure professional with the reputation for sizing up the waters before diving in.”

As we have often asserted on MOW, Mrs. Obama is blazing her own trail. She is not duplicating nor imitating. This article is worth the read simply because it keeps Michelle Obama accountable and proves that she is not all campaign talk, Mrs. Obama is a woman who can also walk the walk.  

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