InstagramWhile most people would jump at the opportunity to meet Michelle Obama, one little girl in Italy decided to run from her!
FLOTUS and her daughters, Malia, 17 and Sasha, 14, were hosting an ice cream party for military families in Italy when one child got nervous and started to cry. Visibly upset, the little girl ran away from the First Lady without any ice cream. Obama Instagrammed the adorable pic and captioned it, "Ice cream party with military families in Italy! This little girl took screaming for ice cream to a whole new level. #JoiningForces."
Hopefully she was able to get some of the good stuff afterwards and enjoy the rest of the afternoon. The Obamas are in Italy to attend the World Expo in Milan, and are expected to visit Venice, too. The First Lady has been incredibly busy on the home front in addition to her world travels, as she recently guest edited More magazine's July/August issue!
Inside the mag she and Meryl Streep discussed their moms, their kids and the struggles women face today, and both agreed that they're doing the best they can to raise their daughters with self-confidence.
"One of the things my mom always said to me is, 'You're not raising children; you're raising human beings,' so create an open line of communication as early as possible," Obama says in the magazine. "Now that my kids are teenagers, they can often go to their peers for advice. I try to remind them that I actually do know the answers and that I don't want them getting their best advice from another 14-year-old."
She adds, "I never lecture them about self-confidence. You sneak those conversations in when you're talking to them about their friendships, or about the challenges they faced in a game, or something that their dad said that made them mad. That's when I find they'll hear the messages most."
But at the end of the day she knows there's only so much she can do to help her daughters make good choices.
"One child can confuse you into thinking you're a good parent, that you had something to do with [who they are]. And then you have the second and you think, What happened to this one? This one is totally different. And you realize all you're doing is guiding," she explains.
"You're just slightly steering the boat. They come [into the world] with so much of who they are already in place. It's easy to step in and push them hard in a [certain] direction. I have to fight that. It's better to give them space and support."