The next four years for Sasha and Malia Obama will likely be marked by many teenage milestones, including dates, proms and college. But the Obama girls have former first daughters, Jenna and Barbara Bush and Chelsea Clinton, before them to look up to for guidance.
When Sasha and Malia entered the White House in 2009, they were 7 and 11. Now, at 11 and 14, their lives are set to change as they enter their later teenage years during their father’s second term.
Chelsea Clinton was 12 when her father, Bill Clinton, became the 42nd president. Her first four years as first daughter were very similar to the Obamas’. Clinton rarely gave interviews and glimpses into her childhood in the White House by the public were few.
After a “Saturday Night Live” skit mocked Clinton, then 12, for her awkward appearance, her parents and their aides declined to respond to inquiries into Clinton’s young life.
With Sasha and Malia still at a young age, they have remained relatively off limits to the public as well except for public appearances with their parents.
“It’s a tough issue,” Bob Thompson, a professor of pop culture at Syracuse University told ABCNews.com. “There is a sense that if a president has young children, those children didn’t sign on to be president. Even though he is the ultimate in public figures, the kids are in a difficult territory.”
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