Lessons of Life: Mrs. Clinton Urges Focus on Children

By Deborah L. Cohen

Washington

Families, communities, politicians, and institutions need to stop pointing accusing fingers at each other and come together to give children what they need to thrive in today's society, Hillary Rodham Clinton argues in her new book.

"One of the reasons I wrote this book is because I think there is a readiness on the part of many people to get beyond old ways of thinking and the categories that often paralyze our actions," Mrs. Clinton said in an interview last week with Education Week .