Now that her kids are all grown up, Michelle Obama is not so quick to hover over Malia and Sasha Obama. “I’m moving from mom-in-chief to advisor-in-chief. That’s a lovely thing — to be able to watch my girls fly and have the relief that okay, I think I didn’t mess them up,” she shared on “Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast.” Michelle went on to say that she doesn’t look at them with a “critical eye” anymore and recalled once telling Malia, “You’re wrinkly — you’re gonna do something about this.” At that moment, Michelle realized she was “fixing things” and stated, “[Our] kids just want our gladness. They don’t need us to fix them. They don’t need us to point out the thing that’s wrong, first.”
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As first lady, Michelle has had to balance being an open book without sharing too much information about her daughters. On having to share her truth in her memoir, “Becoming,” she shared with People, “It is hard for me to delve too deeply … into the lessons I’ve learned as a parent because I’m trying to protect the privacy of my girls. You have to pull back on how much you share about their lives and how much you put them back out in the public eye because they’re not looking for the attention.” As adults, Malia and Sasha still maintain a level of privacy and now that they have moved out, Michelle revealed what life is like without her daughters at home.
