They also encouraged the girls to use the staircases as indoor slides.

“Just let us know where you’re going.”

To achieve her plan, she got the White House staff involved.

Michelle Obama talking and pointing with one finger

“She told me and my brother, ‘I wasn’t raising children.

I was raising adults,'” the former first lady said in 2018, perCNBC.

“She would include you in big grown up conversations.

Malia and Sasha Obama, Marian Robinson, and Michelle Obama

There was never anything that she wouldn’t talk to us about.”

She wanted us to feel the power of our competence."

Despite his demanding job, Barack made family meals a priority.

Malia, Sasha, and Michelle Obama smiling while Barack Obama speaks

After dinner, Barack spent additional time reading to his daughters and hearing more about their days.

“you’ve got the option to’t walk around every day in a full tuxedo.