Obama’s 10 Tips for Parenting

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Life in the public eye has spotlighted how the Obamas raise their children. Some of the tips :

1. Assign responsibility: Kids have an 8 p.m. bedtime, make their beds every morning and set their own alarms each night.

2. Be involved: Parents try to never miss a parent-teacher conference or dance recital.

3. Carve out couple time: Barack and Michelle Obama maintain “date” nights to maintain sanity.

4. Never underestimate the power of Grandma: Marian Robinson, Michelle’s mom, is credited with baby-sitting during the busy campaign and will live with the family in Washington to help with the girls.

5. Be in touch: When you’re on the road, call home every night.

6. Protect the kids’ privacy: When a photographer got too close as Dad walked Sasha to a Halloween party, he snapped, “You’ve got a shot. Leave us alone.”

7. Read to your kids: Ann Walker Marchant, a family friend, said she watched Obama read to his children even when his voice was hoarse from campaigning.

8. Don’t spoil them: The Obamas told Barbara Walters they wanted the kids to feel special to their parents, but not better than anyone else.

9. Play together: Friends and neighbors describe the Obamas participating in Saturday outings playing Scrabble and Twister.

10. Teach them to help those less fortunate: The family volunteered at a Chicago food pantry the day before Thanksgiving.

Source: chicagotribune.com

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