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As the former First Family, the Obamas are intimately familiar with the weight of public scrutiny. But now that her daughters are forging their own paths in life, Michelle Obama regularly reminds Malia and Sasha that they need not allow external influences to impact their personal growth and development.
“What I tell them is what I continue to tell themselves is that they have to walk their own walk,” she told Oprah Winfrey (via People). “They cannot define themselves by looking at each other or looking at me or their dad. They have to take the time to get to know themselves—give themselves a moment to figure out who they want to be in the world, not who they think I want them to be, not what the rest of the world says about them, but to really think about how they want to shape their lives and how they want to move in this world.”
In an interview for British Vogue‘s September 2019 issue, Michelle offered a bit of advice to guest editor (and new mom) Meghan Markle, saying, “Motherhood has taught me that, most of the time, my job is to give them the space to explore and develop into the people they want to be. Not who I want them to be or who I wish I was at that age, but who they are, deep inside.”
Written by: Nicki
