Raising children is never an informal company, but imagine doing that while the world observes, and while the Secret Service also does. That was the reality for Michelle Obama.

During an appearance on Tuesday in the podcast “Let’s talk about the camera with Kelly Ripa, “the former first lady opened about the emotional and logistics gymnastics of raising daughters in the public eye. He admitted that it was” a lot of work “, according to e! News.

When Barack Obama took office in 2009, Sasha was 7 years old and Malia was 10 years old. During that time, Michelle Obama said, he faced challenges of giving his children aspects of a normal life and at the same time maintain his safety.

The then Senate candidate, Barack Obama, sits with his wife, Michelle, and the daughters Sasha, left and Malia while waiting for the returns of the elections on November 2, 2004 in Chicago, in Chicago, in Chicago
The then Senate candidate, Barack Obama, sits with his wife, Michelle, and the daughters Sasha, left and Malia while waiting for the returns of the elections on November 2, 2004 in Chicago, in Chicago, in Chicago

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“They had to drive and had to go to the graduation dance and were in teams and traveled to other schools and had to do university searches, and went to parties and took drinks, and tried smoking and did all things,” said Michelle Obama, according to e! News.

She confessed that once adolescence arrived, “every weekend it was a nightmare,” driven by the panic that any false step could end in pagesix.

When his children were younger, said Michelle Obama, he had meticulous attention so that children could do everyday things.

“When your children are under the security of the Secret Service, you almost have to work double so that your life is normal,” said Michelle Obama, for E! News. “Imagine establishing the first game date or the first time children are invited to a game date. The process of having my children at home meant that an advanced team had to come to ask and look at home and ask if I had drugs and weapons.”

Michelle Obama brings Malia, on the left, already Sasha to the stage of the National Democratic Convention in 2008 at the Pepsi Center in Denver.
Michelle Obama brings Malia, on the left, already Sasha to the stage of the National Democratic Convention in 2008 at the Pepsi Center in Denver.

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In a 2019 interview, he recalled that even something as apparently innocent as a pijamada involved high -level logistics.

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“Imagine that Malia and Sasha come home for a pijamada,” said Obama, said through News. “It’s like,” Hello. Ok, we will need your social security number, we will need your date of birth. “