Why Barack Obama Once Called Daughter Sasha Obama “Difficult” | E! News

Malia and Sasha Obama couldn't be more different, at least that's what mom Michelle Obama says. In an August 20th episode of her IMO podcast with brother Craig Robinson and guests Dwayne Wade and Gabrielle Union, the former first lady shares why Barack Obama once labeled youngest daughter Sasha as difficult, explaining the former president was used to Malia's way of moving through the world. Our oldest, Malia, she's gonna figure out what, who you are, what do you like, and let's discuss. Right? I used to say Barack was like, when Malia was a teenager, it wasn't like she was going out any less or doing anything differently. She would tell me, I'm going out this weekend, but I'm gonna go in and give dad like 15 minutes. And she'd go into the treaty room and tell me about Syria. Oh, wow, really? Oh, that must be, and then she'd be like, okay, well, I'm gone. Barack would come out of the treaty room going, I just had an amazing conversation with Malia. Sasha is like a cat. She's like, I don't touch me. Don't pet me. I'm not pleasing you. I, you come to me, you know, and Barack's like, well, she's difficult. I was like, no, the, the, the first one was a pleaser. Michelle says it's important to understand that all kids are different and have their own unique personalities. If you're not sort of understanding the temperament, so you were probably temperamentally somebody who just understood people dynamic in a different way, right? You have to be a chameleon. And if you can be a chameleon, you know, but some people parent to one child or one personality child, but then you have three. Yeah.