Michelle Obama has shared an insight into her husband Barack Obama's relationship with his two daughters – Malia, 27, and Sasha, 24. The former first lady admitted that one of her daughters was more "difficult" to raise.
During the latest episode of IMO, the podcast she hosts with her brother, Craig Robinson, Michelle discussed the dynamics between siblings and parents with her guests, Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade.
Michelle recalled raising her children in the White House between 2009 and 2017. "I'd say this to Barack when it comes to [our] oldest Malia, she is going to figure out who you are and what you like and discuss it," she said.
"When Malia was a teenager, it wasn't that she was going out any less or doing anything differently [but] she would tell me 'I'm going out this weekend, but I'm going to go in and give dad like 15 minutes.'"
Michelle continued: "She'd go into the treaty room and go, 'Tell me about Syria?'
"Then she'd be like 'Ok, we'll, I'm gone.'"
"Barack would come out of the treaty room going, 'I just had an amazing conversation with Malia,'' and I'm like 'Ok,'" recounted Michelle.
However, the 61-year-old admitted that her youngest daughter, Sasha, was more "like a cat" and shared a different relationship with her father. "She's like, 'Don't touch me, don't pet me, I'm not pleasing you, you come to me,'" she shared.
"Barack's like, well, 'She's difficult,' and I was like 'No, the first one was a pleaser, right?'"
Michelle explained that her daughters still have the same "temperament".
Michelle and Barack's parenting style
This isn't the first time Michelle has opened up about her parenting techniques. Back in July, Barack discussed how his parenting style would have been different if he were to raise boys.
"I think we did a pretty good job of raising our girls, but I've said often that I think I would have had more difficulty raising a son," he shared on the podcast.
"I think I might've been more judgmental, harder, and I would've tried to – I'd like to think I would have been more self-aware enough to combat that, but I just think father-son relationships, for me, particularly if I don't have a dad around to show it to me, might've been more difficult," he continued.
Michelle agreed with her husband before he went on to discuss the difficulties of parenting boys in the current political climate. "If you're not thinking about what's happening to boys and how are they being raised, then that can actually hurt women," he added.