NATIONAL BRIEFING / WASHINGTON, D.C.
How do the Obamas keep their girls’ lives normal in the White House? Chores. “We’re pretty old school,” President Obama told Harry Smith of CBS News in an interview set to air today, Father’s Day.
“Malia and Sasha, they have to make their beds,” the president said.
“They have to walk the dog. They have to feed the dog. They have to do their homework. They don’t watch TV during the week.” Sasha is 8 years old and Malia 10.
The president is making a prominent effort to promote responsible fatherhood.
He says part of his job as a dad is to give his daughters structure. As the president put it: “Kids thrive on order.”
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