Michelle Obama : "America's Mom-In-Chief "

The First Lady takes no role, cauxe or mission more seriously than the one she calls "mom-in-chief." For Michelle Obama, mother of two very active girls, Malis,11,and Sasha,8,
taking care of family" come first, Michelle tells USA WEEKEND Magazine during an exclusive interview in the Map Room ay the White House. The President, no matter who he is, doesn't have the time or the energy to focus in that way, so someone has to be that, she says on a recent weekday morning while the girls was at school, "It would be true if the president were a woman: There would have to be someone taking care of the home because the role of the president is all-consuming."
Michelle's self-appointed title projects the image of a mother in charge - a power-mom fully in command of her own brood who has decided to help the nation's children,too. Her "Let's Move !" initiative to conquer obesity in American children is a perfect extension of Michelle's own carefully plotted household.
Bearing those famous biceps in an explosive fuchsia-colored dress and metallic heels, Michelle is no Donna Reed from an era past, when it comes to her family , her take is unapologetically and forthrightly old fashioned, even she is surprised at "how much she draws on her own childhood and her mother's style of mothering." Her mother, Marian Robinson, 72, lives right above the first family on the third floor of the White House and is a key part of the Obamas' family sypport system. A graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law, ex-corporate attorney and professioal hosiptal administrator , Michelle is applying her formidable smarts and pragmatism to focus intently on making sure Sasha and Malia feel like "regular little kids.
How Malia and Sasha's mom handles : (Homework) "I want them doing their homework in their rooms. Usually my mother or me, we're around, coming in and out, just checking in on them. The first thing they have to do when they get home on Friday, usually, is a little homework, that's the same thing when they wake up on Saturday morning, they can't just run and turn on the TV. I have to see that they've done a page of homework."
(Computer time) : During the week, they can be on the computer, but it has to be for homework. You have to sort of monitor that, because there's Skype and all that, and you sort of lean over and you think, 'are you really doing homawork?'
(Spanking) :I did it one or two times and just found it to be completely ineffective because it was less about teaching a lesson and more about teaching a lesson and more about my own [feeling] Malia was younger, probaby 4.
(Allowance) : That's the president's responsibility, and it's been sort of hit and miss because he'll forget. There are just some things I don't want to have to monitor, so I tell Malia , in particular, if you want your allowance, you have to remember to ask for it, or else you don't get it.
(Waking up for school) I got my kids alarm clocks very early because I want them to be able to control their time independently, so they wake up on their own.
(Boys) : They're not really interest. Right now, the thought of boys is just like, 'Yuck! Please !'
Prayer for the future: In the end, the first lady says , being a good mother is all about consistency and love.
I pray that they are happy with temselves so they are confident and secure in who they are. Thats the basis of everything - that they feel loved, and they have an internal peace. Then everything else will fall into place.
My spin on the mom-in-chief : I like the way you think...you give your kids love and confident and make them feel secure and they will grow into healthy adults.if only parents would take the time to raise their kids, it would be a much better world. But hey, that's just me.
Kicking back and keeping it real.