English subtitles for clip: File:Life Lessons from POTUS- On Being a Parent.webm

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The President: Hey, people.

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How's
everybody doing?

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Audience Members: Good.

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The President: Kids
demand your attention.

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They just do.

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It is the great joy of my
life -- and Michelle's life

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-- our daughters.

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Every superlative that's
said about being a parent

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is true.

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But, it's time consuming --
particularly when they're small.

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So, very practical advice --
be a little settled before

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-- that will help you
get the right balance.

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The balance comes a lot
easier if you've a partner

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who is prepared to share
that process with you.

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Now that doesn't mean like,
it's 50-50 all the time.

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I've got a lot of friends
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-- they sort of alternate.

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You know, people talk about
balance -- but the truth is,

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is that if you come home
and then all you're doing is

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just sitting in
front of a TV set,

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then you're not
really there anyway.

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So, one thing that you do
learn when you're busy is

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make it count
when you're home.

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If you're going to
be home, be home.

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Don't be home and then
you're just -- vegging out.

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Don't be home and you're
watching a ball game and

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once in awhile you
say, "Hey, kid."

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(laughter)

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Be engaged.

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And just understand that
that part of your life is

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going to be as
important as any.

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Here's one way to
think about it.

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It's hard when you're young,
but I'm old enough where I,

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you know, sadly, imagine
my own mortality.

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If I think to myself, "What's
the thing that I'm going to

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remember on my last breath?"

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It's not going to be
anything to do with my office.

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I'm not going to be
thinking about Grant Park,

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and me getting elected.

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I'm not going to be
thinking about even passing

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healthcare -- as important
as that has been.

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What I'm going to remember
is me holding my daughter's

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hand and walking
her to the park.

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And seeing the sun go down,
and pushing her on a swing.

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That's what I'm positive
-- that's one thing I know.

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That's what I'll
be thinking about.

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And so, act
accordingly, you know?

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Remember what's important.