The White House made Obama's family life more 'normal'

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President Barack Obama wrote an essay on fatherhood for the June edition of women's magazine More, because, well, when your wife guest-edits a magazine issue, you better contribute.

It's hard to imagine living in the White House normalizing a family's interactions, but Obama wrote:

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.