WASHINGTON – Michelle Obama says her daughters aren't on Facebook, and that's the way she likes it. The first lady says her girls, Sasha, 9, and Malia, 12, have certain restrictions that other children don't have because of Secret Service security issues. But she also said during an interview on NBC's "Today Show" on Wednesday that she's "not a big fan of young kids having Facebook." Even if the girls weren't living in the White House, Mrs. Obama says Facebook is "not something they need." Maybe when they get older, she added.
Oh hey everyone, let's all congratulate Michelle, good for her parenting, she's such a good mom (end sarcasm).
Talk about a non-story. Hey Michelle, the minimum age for Facebook is 13. Come talk to us when Malia is of FB age and throwing shit-fits about not being able to log in to "Like" all of her peers Twilight related status updates. I'm not going to cheer and applaud you for setting a redundant rule for your children, I'll wait to see how you handle it when you've got a 13 year old ball of hormones running around 1600 Pennsylvania, hiding secret Facebook profiles and stalking 8th grade boys because they're so much more mature than the boys in her grade.
And personally, I think you should let her on at that point. You don't want to end up raising another semi-hippy weirdo like Chelsea do you? Flitting about from one cause to the next, letting her husband walk all over her. She's gotta learn how to deal in the real social world somehow, going to be tough enough with Secret Service goons standing over her shoulder at all times, at least let her lead a normal digital teen life.
