Craig Robinson

You know, it's smaller. It's clean. It's just New York is just one of a kind.

And it just seems like a hard way to live.

And it just seems like a hard way to live.

And it just seems like a hard way to live.

Little ones. A little ones in a stroller going down the subway. I'm just like, wow, that looks hard.

Little ones. A little ones in a stroller going down the subway. I'm just like, wow, that looks hard.

Little ones. A little ones in a stroller going down the subway. I'm just like, wow, that looks hard.

I completely agree with you because that's my lifeblood. I mean, I'm blessed to have a brother that I love. My mother was there for us. We had a good extended family. But, you know, A lot of my support came from friends that I built, the friendships that I built outside of my family. But I do know that you have to have intentionality to do that, and it is well worth the effort.

I completely agree with you because that's my lifeblood. I mean, I'm blessed to have a brother that I love. My mother was there for us. We had a good extended family. But, you know, A lot of my support came from friends that I built, the friendships that I built outside of my family. But I do know that you have to have intentionality to do that, and it is well worth the effort.

I completely agree with you because that's my lifeblood. I mean, I'm blessed to have a brother that I love. My mother was there for us. We had a good extended family. But, you know, A lot of my support came from friends that I built, the friendships that I built outside of my family. But I do know that you have to have intentionality to do that, and it is well worth the effort.

At every stage of my kids' life, I made sure that I knew other parents, that I got to know them. so that I would know who my kids were going to a sleepover with. And that required me to invite some people to dinner or go to lunch with a mom or extend myself. And when we got to the White House, that was even weirder and harder, right? Because here I am, the first lady-

At every stage of my kids' life, I made sure that I knew other parents, that I got to know them. so that I would know who my kids were going to a sleepover with. And that required me to invite some people to dinner or go to lunch with a mom or extend myself. And when we got to the White House, that was even weirder and harder, right? Because here I am, the first lady-

At every stage of my kids' life, I made sure that I knew other parents, that I got to know them. so that I would know who my kids were going to a sleepover with. And that required me to invite some people to dinner or go to lunch with a mom or extend myself. And when we got to the White House, that was even weirder and harder, right? Because here I am, the first lady-

No matter how I acted, I'd come in with all the First Lady smoke. The Secret Service, the assistants, putting me in a hold room. We were just a disturbance to the ether. I had to try to be so much smaller to fit into a place to try to build community because nobody really could come up to me.

No matter how I acted, I'd come in with all the First Lady smoke. The Secret Service, the assistants, putting me in a hold room. We were just a disturbance to the ether. I had to try to be so much smaller to fit into a place to try to build community because nobody really could come up to me.

No matter how I acted, I'd come in with all the First Lady smoke. The Secret Service, the assistants, putting me in a hold room. We were just a disturbance to the ether. I had to try to be so much smaller to fit into a place to try to build community because nobody really could come up to me.

I mean, as friendly as I might be, there's just a wall of, you know, and if you came up too fast, you might get a, you might be in a lock hole, you know? So there was some physical barriers. So it was incumbent upon me to reach out or to, cozy up to somebody on the bleachers and start a conversation or to put a call in to the mom and to thank them. And from that,

I mean, as friendly as I might be, there's just a wall of, you know, and if you came up too fast, you might get a, you might be in a lock hole, you know? So there was some physical barriers. So it was incumbent upon me to reach out or to, cozy up to somebody on the bleachers and start a conversation or to put a call in to the mom and to thank them. And from that,

I mean, as friendly as I might be, there's just a wall of, you know, and if you came up too fast, you might get a, you might be in a lock hole, you know? So there was some physical barriers. So it was incumbent upon me to reach out or to, cozy up to somebody on the bleachers and start a conversation or to put a call in to the mom and to thank them. And from that,

Each phase of my life, whether it was in Chicago on the South Side or in the White House, I built this community of moms and other friends and people that I could call and get the inside scoop on where the party was for the sophomores and whether the parents were actually there and did they have drugs. And, you know, you're only going to get that information from other parents.