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1 – “No whining, arguing or annoying teasing,” says wife Michelle Obama.
2 – Make the bed. “Doesn’t have to look good-just throw the sheet over it,” she says.
3 – Set your own alarm clock. “They get themselves up, get their own clothes,” says Sasha and Malia’s grandmother Marian Robinson. “They’re very easy to take care of; there’s not much left for me to do!”
4 – Keep playroom toy closet clean.
5 – Allowance from dad for doing chores: $1 per week.
6 – No birthday or Christmas presents from mom and dad, who spend “hundreds” on birthday slumber parties and, as Barack puts it, “want to teach some limits.” Says Michelle: “Malia says, ‘I know there is a Santa because there’s no way you’d buy me all that stuff.’”
7 – Lights out at 8:30. “They got an extra half hour when they were ready to read on their own,” says Michelle.