I can’t help feeling like he in particular doesn’t enjoy his kids very much. He leaves them behind for hours on the golf course instead of enjoying a family vacation, and then they go to dinner without the kids multiple nights. The kids are only going to be young once...the golf course will still be there when they’ve grown up. I just can’t imagine taking my kids on vacation and then repeatedly leaving them behind, but maybe it’s just me and our family style...?
Remember when Michelle was in Spain and met the King and Queen for lunch? The King had arranged a separate lunch for Sasha, so the adults could dine alone. But Michelle insisted Sasha be allowed, and dragged her along. I am sure it was all the Spanish royalty could do to tolerate that.
Yet, the Obama girls never seem to be taken to a nice restaurant with Mama and Papa Obozo, nor when adults are around. The girls only get to go to the ice cream stands, pizza shops, lunch diners, etc. Otherwise, it appears, they are kept at home to eat from the WH kitchen with Granny. It is either that the Obamas don't want their girls around "big people" because they might be a bother. Or..maybe their table manners are so poor that the parents don't want the public to see them eating in better restaurants?
There is just something weird about the interaction in this family.