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Sasha and Malia - New Home, Same Rules
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Think First Daughters Sasha and Malia Obama will be waited on hand and foot in their new digs? Ha.
According to the new issue of PEOPLE, the rules are the same in the White House as they were in their home in Chicago.
Sasha, 10, and Malia, 7, are expected to make their own beds, keep their bedrooms spic-and-span and clean up after dinner. And although their grandmother, Marian Robinson, 71, is living in a third-floor guest room to assist the family, the girls are not allowed to take advantage of Grandma's help.
Michelle Obama has even asked the White House staff not to dote on the girls. "People want to make your life easy, and when you have small kids -- I've explained this to the staff -- they don't need their lives to be easy. They're kids," she says.
However, the girls can roam all around the White House and even hang in the Oval Office whenever they want. "I've tried to encourage them to feel like this whole place is their home," says the First Lady. "We actually had this conversation -- just let us know where you're going."
And if the girls need more tips on life at the historic mansion, they can always rely on former First Twins, Jenna and Barbara Bush, who passed on a few pointers on life in the "magical" kingdom. "Slide down the banister of the solarium, go to T-ball games, have swimming parties..." Or, in Sasha and Malia's case, dust the banisters, wash your play clothes and put away the pool noodles. Kidding.
What do you think of the Obama's parenting style? Are they setting appropriate boundaries, or are they too tough on those girls?
According to the new issue of PEOPLE, the rules are the same in the White House as they were in their home in Chicago.
Sasha, 10, and Malia, 7, are expected to make their own beds, keep their bedrooms spic-and-span and clean up after dinner. And although their grandmother, Marian Robinson, 71, is living in a third-floor guest room to assist the family, the girls are not allowed to take advantage of Grandma's help.
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Sasha Obama runs down the colonnade as she returns from a February 2009 weekend visit to Chicago with her father, President Barack Obama, to the White House.
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Sasha Obama back in DC after a weekend visit to Chicago.
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US President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle, daughters Malia and Sasha, and mother-in-law Marian Robinson walk across the tarmac to board Air Force One at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. Obama and his family were returning to Washington after spending the weekend in Chicago.
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The First Family walks down the stairs from Air Force One upon they arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on February 2009.
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Sasha and Malia, kissing her mother Michelle, get ready for the first day of school in Washington, DC, as President-elect looks on. The Obama family are staying at the Hay Adams Hotel prior to their move into the White House.
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Michelle Obama has even asked the White House staff not to dote on the girls. "People want to make your life easy, and when you have small kids -- I've explained this to the staff -- they don't need their lives to be easy. They're kids," she says.
However, the girls can roam all around the White House and even hang in the Oval Office whenever they want. "I've tried to encourage them to feel like this whole place is their home," says the First Lady. "We actually had this conversation -- just let us know where you're going."
And if the girls need more tips on life at the historic mansion, they can always rely on former First Twins, Jenna and Barbara Bush, who passed on a few pointers on life in the "magical" kingdom. "Slide down the banister of the solarium, go to T-ball games, have swimming parties..." Or, in Sasha and Malia's case, dust the banisters, wash your play clothes and put away the pool noodles. Kidding.
What do you think of the Obama's parenting style? Are they setting appropriate boundaries, or are they too tough on those girls?
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ReaderComments (Page 5 of 13)
3-07-2009 @ 3:08PM
Michele said...Who cares?! I would really like to know why their father keeps jetting off and partying? Doesn't he have some work to be doing?
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3-07-2009 @ 3:08PM
angel said...I don't think they are to hard on the girls and they want them to have a semi normal life and to learn to do things for themselves. You gotta give Obama a chance its gonna take time for him to turn this country around it took Bush 8 years to f*ck it up its gonna take Obama some time everyone is fast to judge him he's only been in office for over a month.
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3-07-2009 @ 3:09PM
William J Bonner said...I am sick and tired of "first" this and that, of "Lord Edward" Kennedy and all that stupid bowing and weaving to upper priced and lower morals American "nobility." We threw off all that in our revolution and I hate to see how people and media crawl to the feet of these ordinary people who eat and fart like anypig or donkey for that matter.
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3-07-2009 @ 3:45PM
Catherine said...Other presidents have been knighted while in the White House; to be precise, his title is Sir Edward Kennedy.
Peace
3-07-2009 @ 3:18PM
Matthias Dasplang Yakubu said...i think think that is the appropriate thing parents expected of parent most especially of kids like Sasha and Malia who at this age are very adventurous. let them be whereever they want to be but let granny, mum or daddy know before such adventure takes place. As far as i am concerned, the parents are just doing exactly what a loving parent ought to be doing.
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3-07-2009 @ 3:10PM
angelondty said...Thumbs up for this First Family. Sounds to me like they are trying to keep it real. Hard position to do that in. I wish them all the luck in the world.
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3-07-2009 @ 3:13PM
greg swofford said...Ask me if I care! I didn't vote for him! The market is down 25%
since he took office. He has never run anything but his mouth.
He is ruining this county one trillion at a time...and all he can
do is blame Bush. He makes Bush look like a piker on spending.
He wants change...what he didn't tell you is that he wants
every last dime of change in your pocket! May God help
us!
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3-07-2009 @ 3:24PM
Helen said...Have you considered moving to another country? Don't be a hater! What have you done for this country lately? As the late president John F. Kennedy so eloquently stated: "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."
You sound as if you voted for "W" so grin and bear the eight year mess that he left for President Obama and do your part to help!
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3-07-2009 @ 3:16PM
Glenn Nelson said...I don't think that Mrs. O or Prez O need are advice on how to raise THEIR kids. They seem to be doing a pretty damn good job. The fact that the Prez and Mrs O are trying to make the White House more homey--i.e. the swing set, letting the girls go anywhere they desire, bravo. Remember what you are seeing, you are seeing a successful FAMILY. Take the Politician out of the picture, this is a family. White,black,yellow, brown,red, blue,green, I don't care we all could be better parents and make better families.
I know the Bushies were older, but no one told their parents how to raise them, so let's live the O's alone.
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3-07-2009 @ 3:19PM
sandie said...Ok, wow, this is crazy. Does anyone look at the whole picture anymore. Lets see, last I looked we have a Senate, House, Congress who make up all the rules. Now lets count Democrats and Republicans sitting on each. Now who really makes the changes in the United State, The President?. NOT. I see our new president just taking the word of a bunch of ignorant party holders. Has he even sat down and thought for himself through any of this. I don't think so. Did Bush cause the recession? I don't think so. Who did you vote for when it came to your own state representitives? Do you even remember?????Probably not. Many of you don't even think about it. Maybe its time you did. Oh, and lets start being American's. You may not like all the decissions that the government makes, but is it not for the better of our countries face to show support and unity? Maybe you will call me crazy, but I'm worried, and I pray we Americans come together and fight together as one team so we as a team can win this challenge.
Ok, go for it, rip me apart..........
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3-07-2009 @ 4:33PM
Kiwi said...Sandy you are absolutly right! This economy started going under when people started buying houses they couldn't afford. They can't blame anybody but themselves. Why would you get a $4000 mortgage knowing that your monthly income is only $4500. Now because of the mortgage crisis everything has to go up because banks are failing. If you want to blame somebody, blmae the loan officers that are pushing $300,000 homes on people barely making $35,000 yearly. Anybody can say that its the Presidents fault but think about if you can afford your home if you lose your job!
3-09-2009 @ 10:42AM
Mary Sullivan said...Sandie--I disagree about Obama not thinking for himself. He's more of a thinker than we've had in decades in that office. Clinton was a smart guy, too, but seemed to lack common sense...esp. in his, uh, personal life. Obama needs to think big and think practical at the same time, then inspire Americans to do the same. I think he can do it. Totally agree though about overspending + predatory lending = disaster. Everyone's to blame, so everyone has to help fix it. We need to grow up.
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3-07-2009 @ 3:18PM
Tinydog said...I agree with you on that comment, also wonder what the kids do when they throw those big parties, every Wed??????????/ he's living high on the hog, at our expense, while we wonder where our next meal will come from.......every time I shop the prices are higher, and that's at Walmart.........the gas is inching up also, and he wants to add more taxes. Don't give me this crap it's Bush's fault, no way, this started when those dumbcrats took over in 06. I'm retired living on a fixed income, the way he's governing he doesn't want anyone living on S.S. so he can spend it on his people.....I'm sick of him and his policies...................Vote for Sarah Palin in 012.
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3-07-2009 @ 3:37PM
Jane said...Obama is 'running this country into the ground' - oh, really, where was it exactly only a few weeks ago when he took office - nearly 6 feet under, I think. Really people, the mess the Republicans created will take years to improve.
As for the girls, they are delightful, seem to have an intrinsic style sense like their mother, and of course they should do a few chores. I certainly agree with the person above who said, 'How many girls know how to sew anymore, how many boys know how to fix anything around the house? Boys and girls should know how to do a lot of things - education isn't just in school. Parents have a responsibility to insist that their children learn how to care for themselves and others, and doing chores is where is begins. By the time these girls are in their mid-late teens their father will be out of the White House (yes, assuming 8 years), and they'll be on to their own lives. Well prepared, I believe, by their parents.
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5-14-2010 @ 1:49PM
mike said...People lets remember the Presidents mother is white. And I think he is relly trying to do the best he can. So what is all this race comments? He is black and white. So maybe he can see both sides which would be great.
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3-07-2009 @ 3:27PM
Fred J said...This artical started off with the question concerning the Obama girls and shifted to the Presidents budget. This in itself is a testiment to brain thrust or lack of that has caused this country be in the shape that it is in currently. We talk so much about how great we are and yet we can'y see for looking and finding fault in all the wrong places. The fact is we have growned as a country and as a people inspite of the haters and do nothiners. So to those haters and lifeless do notherners I say take a true inventory of youself and if you find that there is room in your world to grow in the positive......seek that path.
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3-07-2009 @ 3:31PM
Joanne said...To the person who referred to George Bush as "trailor trash" - you are so ignorant that you haven't a clue. He is a two term president, son of a president, Yale graduate, former governor, brother of a governor.Yup! Sounds like trailer trash to me. Moron. Get thee back to the moron farm.
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3-07-2009 @ 3:45PM
Catherine said...This is not news...they are ordinary children. Not special, not pretty, just ordinary children.
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3-07-2009 @ 3:37PM
Brooke said...This is for everyone who is trashing Obama,
First, he has only been in office for a month and a half and he has got his hands full after how badly Bush screwed up our country. I'd like to see all of you guys who are complaining try to fix all the damage thats been done already. Give him a break, HE'S ONLY ONE PERSON. Second, this goes to Chris Alward- the girls did not ask to live in the white house. You are assuming that they are rich snobby people and you are wrong. Give some credit to Barack and Michelle, they are juggling a family and the fate of the US in their hands. I'd like to see you do better. applaud their choice to give the girls responsibility and everyone else should, too.
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3-07-2009 @ 3:39PM
Jo said...I think that all children should have some level of responsibilty. I see nothing wrong with a child having chores. My 18 year old son is autistic and even he has chores. He knows exactly what his chores are and he does them as soon as he comes home from school. We understand that there are some things that he really can't do, but we gve him chores that he is capable of doing. I think it's great that the Obama's are treating their children like normal kids.
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