Seven Rules For Sasha and Malia Obama

People Magazine's latest issue has the scoop on campaign life for Malia and Sasha, and Reuters sums up the Obama household rules:

1. "No whining, arguing or annoying teasing,” says Mom 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 Dad puts it, “want to teach some limits.” Says Mom: “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 Mom.
   

Photo courtesy of Barack Obama.