Gud news for those dreamers who wish to date and marry Obama's DaughtersPresident Barack Obama said his daughters(Malia and Sasha) will be allowed to date during his second term – but any prospective teenage boyfriends will have to deal with the Secret Service.
The US president has long maintained a commitment to allowing Malia, 14, and Sasha,
11, to grow up as normally as possible, and pledged that over the next
four years they would also have a special area in the White House for
sleepovers with school friends.
By the time their father leaves office, the Obama girls will be 18 and 15.
They will
have spent most of their school years living at 1600 Pennsylvania
Avenue, and Malia will be at the age of proms and university
applications.
They have so far been carefully shielded from the glare of publicity by their parents.
The public
has seen them only in choreographed glimpses, including on their first
day at school in Washington, watching the Super Bowl, and when the
president coached Sasha’s basketball team. As he celebrated his 2012
election win, they appeared on stage with him in Chicago looking
poised, and much taller than four years ago.
In his 2008 victory speech, Obama made his daughters a promise that led to the arrival of the family’s dog, Bo.
This time
he told them: “Sasha and Malia, before our very eyes you’re growing up
to be two strong, smart, beautiful young women, just like your mom. And
I’m so proud of you guys. But I will say, for now, one dog’s probably
enough.”
In an
interview on election day, Obama was asked by US radio host Ryan
Seacrest whether the girls would be allowed to date boys during his
second term.
The president said: “I think any young man who has the guts to get through Secret Service deserves a hearing.”
He added:
“All they (Malia and Sasha) want to do is be treated like anybody else.
I embarrass them all the time. Michelle is very good about making sure
that we’re creating a space for them where they can have sleepovers.
“They can go to the mall. They can go to the movies. They’re going to homecomings at their school.”
The
president has promised Malia that she will be able to learn to drive,
rather than being ferried around by the Secret Service.
However, unlike the majority of their contemporaries, the Obama girls will not be on Facebook.
Michelle
Obama told ABC News last month that she has had serious conversations
with them about the perils of the internet and social media, and has
told her children they have a “little extra burden” to carry in how
they behave.
She told
them: “You can’t go off on somebody, you can’t act bratty. You may be
having a moment, but somebody could use that moment and try to define
you forever. So you want to be cognisant of that. So there you go,
Malia. There’s your hardship. You’re not going to have Facebook for a
long time.”
The Daily Telegraph
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