President Barack Obama, who is spending billions of dollars to overhaul the U.S. public education system, says there's one sure thing parents can do to assist their kids learn, regardless of financial means: prohibit them from watching television on school nights.
His own daughters, Malia, 11, and Sasha, 8, Obama told Essence magazine: "The girls don't watch TV during the week. Period."
The first thing they’ll do after school is homework. If they haven't completed by dinnertime, around 6:30 p.m., they pick up where they left off after the meal. And after that, they can study until they hit the sack. Malia's bedtime is 9 p.m.; Sasha's lights go out a half hour earlier, he said.
Obama and first lady Michelle Obama also began reading to their daughters when they were babies, and encouraged them to appreciate education.
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