Malia (L) and Sasha (R), daughters of US President Barack Obama hand out Thanksgiving food at the Capital Area Food Bank in Washington. PHOTO: REUTERS
Malia, age 15, and Sasha, age 12, are "very sensible," Obama told comedian and talk show host Steve Harvey in a television interview that aired on Friday.
"And the second thing is, I've got men with guns following them around all the time," Obama quipped, referring to the Secret Service detail that is a constant presence around his family.
"This is the main reason I ran for re-election," he joked in the light-hearted interview taped at the White House. "You know I'm going to have them covered for most of high school."
Obama and his family left for a two-week holiday in Hawaii on Friday. He and his wife, first lady Michelle Obama, have worked hard to keep their daughters out of the public eye as much as possible during his presidency.
"They're doing great, but they grow up so fast," Obama said in the interview.
Obama said he worries about "getting in the way of the girls just having a normal life" and said he has taught them to make good decisions about relationships.
"What I've told them before is, as long as that young man is showing you respect, and is kind to you, then I'm not going to be hovering over every second," he said.
"I think it's intimidating enough to be asking out the daughter of the president without me adding to that intimidation factor," he said.
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How low can this paper go. This is a slap on the face of all Pakistanis. "Btw, you know the man who's ordering indiscriminate drone strikes, which are killing your countries citizens, hes giving dating advice to his daughters". As if we're supposed to be happy for his "precious" daughters.
He even makes jokes about it too, Google Jonas brothers drones.
ET, let this comment through, i think out of the last 50, about three are let through, meanwhile trolls from a certain nation say much worse things, and you give a platform to people who are deliberately controversial, via "blogs", just because it sells... At least let this through...
Is it THIS important? I think not.