President Obama wipes a tear: daughter Leaves the white house

The first family. photo: Paul Sancya

Malia, The oldest daughter of the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, is set to leave the white house to start her college career.

President Obama at an event on Wednesday lamented that his daughters are growing up too fast.


"Just yesterday, Malia started her first day of senior year. You know, I was sitting in her room because I was going to see her off her first day of school. She puts her head on my shoulder and she says, 'Daddy, you know, you realize this is probably going to be the last time that you ever send me off for my first day of school,'"


"I had to look away. I didn’t want to just be such a crybaby. It makes no sense. Michelle and I are way too young to have daughters who are both almost in college now. So as a parent, I was a little freaked out," he said, pretending to wipe away a tear.

photo: Paul Sancya

"The truth is the girls are wonderful," the family man told Extra in June, praising Malia and his youngest daughter, Sasha. "You know they work hard, they work a lot harder than I ever did when I was a kid."

He continued, "Most importantly, they're kind, they're respectful, they don't have an attitude," he said. "Partly because maybe my mother-in-law was here, you know we say we don't want to see any attitude out of them. And they've been terrific."

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