Barack Obama opened up about fatherhood and personal shortcomings during a revealing conversation on Michelle Obama‘s podcast, admitting he’s thankful he didn’t have to raise a son because he believes it would have been “more difficult.”
Appearing on wife Michelle’s podcast, IMO, Barack, 63, acknowledged he was glad they had had daughters Malia, 27, and Sasha, 24, rather than boys.
“I think we did a pretty good job of raising our girls, but I’ve said often that I think I would have had more difficulty raising a son,” Barack said, to which Michelle, 61, replied, “I agree”.
Barack added his chief concern lay around his ability to offer empathy to a boy compared with how he had parented his daughters.