Michelle Obama forbids daughters from mixing with celebrities

As she attempts to forge a normal family life in the White House, America’s First Lady,  Michelle Obama, is banning celebrity socializing for her daughters Malia and Sasha. Family friends told Us Weekly that Mrs Obama is “trying to keep them grounded” and insisting on no special treatment as they begin their new lives in Washington. The girls’ final encounter for now with A-list stars, such as Beyonce, whom the girls were thrilled to meet, came on the night of Barack Obama’s inauguration That means an end to hanging out with celebrities during the campaign, according to their father. The Jonas Brothers boy band also made a surprise appearance in the White House as Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, explored their new home and their parents danced at the inauguration balls. Perhaps this means Malia and Sasha will not be able to take up Daniel Radcliffe on his open invitation to have the Obama Girls visit the Harry Potter set.

Us Weekly notes that Mrs Obama will not be hiring a nanny as her mother, Marian Robinson, 71, has moved into the White House to help look after the two grandchildren on whom she is said to dote. The First Lady has reportedly confided to friends that the biggest plus for their family set-up is that President Obama can have breakfast and dinner with his wife and daughters – a luxury he rarely enjoyed during the previous two years on the campaign trail.

After the excitement of the election, the move from Chicago and the inauguration, Mrs Obama’s next priority as self-styled “mom-in-chief” is to make sure her daughters settle in well at Sidwell Friends School, a prestigious private Quaker academy.

“Michelle is spending a lot of time talking to the girls about the new school and she’s reached out to fellow parents at Sidwell,” another friend says.

Although the Obamas did not speak directly to the magazine for the report, they posed for a happy family portrait and clearly authorized friends and staff to be quoted, on and off the record.