It seems even presidential parents can’t resist spilling the beans about their kids’ online habits. In Malia and Sasha Obama’s case, it was their mom and dad who accidentally let it slip that they indeed have social media accounts.
Barack Obama was the first to break, hinting that Sasha was on Twitter when he joined Hillary Clinton’s campaign trail, according to Entertainment Tonight. While subtly shading Donald Trump, he dished: “I mean, Sasha tweets, but she doesn’t think that she thereby should be sitting behind the desk!” Months later, he made another revelation; this time, the former president shared that Sasha was an avid Snapchat user. Barack told Jimmy Fallon about the time he asked Sasha to teach him how to use the app, which ultimately ended with him doing the schooling. “[And I] come to find out she was recording us the whole time, and then sent to her friends afterwards: ‘This is my dad lecturing us on the meaning of social media,'” he said. “And she took a picture of herself sort of looking bored.”
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Michelle Obama, too, is privy to her daughters’ digital lives and keeps up with what they like. “I know what they’re watching on Vine, and I know what they’re giggling about,” she told The Verge in 2016. However, she knows better than to pry, opting not to follow them. “It’s better for them to be checked by somebody younger than me,” the “Becoming” author shared in an interview with Oprah (via People).
