Her father may be the President and she may live in the A-list spotlight, but when all is said and done, Malia Obama finds her dad just as embarrassing as all daughters find their dads.
For the Obama girls, parent-teacher conference comes with the added hazard of their father's highly conspicuous motorcade.
In a frank interview with CBS's This Morning, the First Lady revealed that, like any children, hers find their parents 'not cool' and that Malia, 13, has her own cell phone in an attempt to live as normally as possible.
When asked by host Gayle King whether the children ever get embarrassed by their parents, Michelle Obama, 47, said that, apart from finding their mother's singing and dancing cringe-inducing, Malia and Sasha, 8, especially don't like their parents visiting their school.
'They don't really want us to come to school,' she said on a tour of the White House's private East Wing. 'Because - especially the President - because when he comes for a parent-teacher conference, it's a motorcade.'
The First Lady went on: 'The other day, Malia was like, "Oh no, is dad coming? Is he bringing all those cars? Really it's like the other day I think they almost hit my teacher."'
The kids don't like to use the sumptuous red velvet White House movie theatre, instead option to head to public cinemas.
'I'm like, "We have that movie here" and they're like "I don't care,"' said Mrs Obama.
'My kids are like any children: anything we do is not cool. They will go in the other direction.'
The stylish First Lady said that she is looking forward to her daughters dating and getting 'excited' about meeting boys they like - something that may be helped by Malia having her own cell phone that she can use to 'reach out to friends.'
But while the phone gives the teen a certain amount of freedom, her contacts list is restricted and her calls are monitored.
The interview also touched upon the importance of exposing the young girls to life beyond the 'bubble' of White House life and the candid family and work photos lining the walls of Mrs Obama's offices.
And, in case any readers may be hoping for a son to join the two Obama sisters, it may be time to stop holding your breath.
'There'll be no other children in the White House. I can officially make that announcement here,' said an unambiguous Mrs Obama.
'Put the mic up. You heard it here first.'
Elsewhere, Mrs Obama today joined 1,500 raucous children at a special premier of the Nickelodeon iCarly show in which she had a cameo role.
At the packed Virginia high school auditorium, she told the children - all of whom are sons and daughters of military parents on deployment - that she 'did this episode because we want the country to know how proud we are of all of you. Know that you have an entire country that stands behind you guys, ok?'
A highlight of the event was a 'random' dance party on stage in which the First Lady is said to have shown up the programme's cast by pulling off some impressive moves. Before leaving, she characteristically reminded the crowd of youngsters to eat their vegetables.
The special episode of iCarly, iMeet the First Lady, will air on Monday.
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