The former first lady discussed her philosophy in parenting.
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha walk to board Air Force One at Cape Cod Air Force Station in Massachusetts on Aug. 21, 2016 ."I never felt my job was to create mini-mes, or create people who were going to live out some brokenness in me or fill some hole or to be my friend," she explained. "As my girls joke, I always said — my favorite line was, 'I'm not one of your little friends.
She continued, "So I felt my job was raising people and when you're raising people rather than babies you make different decision. I had to raise them to be stand-up young people on their own, especially as the daughters of a former president. But people are quick to cut a kid off if you don't show up right and you've got a name behind you. So they have to come correct.
"They had to learn how to balance the unwanted attention, but do it politely," she said. "To build their own lives in the spotlight and not be eaten up by it. Well those girls had to be smart and confident and independent straight away even when they were living in a house with butlers and maids and florists. But I was raising them thinking, 'You're not going to live here, and with me, forever. So I've got to hand you your life soon and let you manage it.
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