How does Michelle Obama do it?

We can ask the same question of every working woman. There are no super-women, just those with the resources to enable them the freedom to work. Of course, the bottom line is sufficient money to pay for the physical support. But the First Lady To Be has something, or I should say someone else, equally important.

Obviously, I don't mean her husband.

Do you know who takes care of the children? It's not a paid babysitter or day-care center. Her mother, the children's "beloved grandmother" are in full charge when their mother is not there.

So that's the bottom line.

If you want to leave your children, don't make them "latchkey kids." You can't supervise over the phone, even if you leave them a schedule or a prepared meal.

All children need a mother's love and a mother's loving mother works well, too.

I don't think attention from a nanny or day-care worker is the same.