People are always asking President Obama and our First Lady, Michelle Obama how they manage to keep themselves and their children down to earth. Well, basically all you need is a mother to keep it real. Mrs. Obama has that in her mother Marian Robinson, who lives with the family
, in the White House, and Malia and Sasha have that with their mother, who keeps it real, even when she’s doing press tours.
Recently, when the First Lady sat down for an appearance on “Live! With Kelly and Michael” they asked her about Sasha and Malia appearance on Time magazine’s “Most influential teens of 2014″ list . While Mrs. Obama could have said some nice, fluffy words and pretended to be honored by the distinction, she dismissed the title as a bit ridiculous.
“Yeah, I don’t know why – they’re not influential; they just live here. They have done nothing to gain any influence.”
In fact Mrs. Obama says she doesn’t even think the daughters have even heard about the article.
“I don’t even think that they realize that they’re influential. I don’t think anybody showed them that article, so don’t mention it!”
Basically, the article said these two were influential because Malia’s appearance at Coachella was more talked about than some of the concert acts and Sasha’s unicorn sweater sold out with a quickness on Asos. So yeah, while they do have some pop cultural pull, Auntie Chelle is generally right, they haven’t done anything yet. They still have plenty of time though.
The recipe to staying humble? A Black mama who keeps it real. You can watch Mrs. Obama’s full interview in the video below.
http://madamenoire.com/524097/michelle-obama-keeps-it-real-about-sasha-and-malia/