Michelle Obama Says She 'grew Up Grateful,' But Kids Today Are Less So

In a caller section of her podcast, erstwhile first lady Michelle Obama says that she grew up thankful, but that kids coming are importantly little so. 

"When I deliberation astir what our parents did aliases didn't do, and possibly it's a small spot different because we're brother-sister, because that aforesaid gender move whitethorn make it a small spot hard," Obama said connected Wednesday's episode of her podcast, which she co-hosts pinch her brother, called "IMO pinch Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson." 

"But I cognize we sewage on for some of nan aforesaid reasons," Obama said. "Our parents worked difficult capable without america fighting and causing havoc. We knew our parents were moving arsenic difficult arsenic they could. We knew that they were giving america arsenic overmuch arsenic they could. I conjecture we grew up grateful." 

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Former First Lady Michelle Obama says that she grew up thankful but that kids coming are importantly little so. (Photo: YouTube screenshot)

"What we had was a batch of gratitude for nan small spot that we did have," nan erstwhile first woman continued. "So it was benignant of like, well, what was location near for america to beryllium fighting about?"

The existent generation, she said successful nan speech that besides included Damon and Marlon Wayans —brothers who are actors and comedians — doesn’t grounds gratitude. She said that parents, too, person changed.

"Perhaps sometimes successful this generation, wherever kids have, I think, excessively much, parents are giving kids a batch of stuff, and they're not giving them immoderate guidance," she said.

"I don't cognize astir you, but my parents ne'er asked maine erstwhile whether I was happy. There was ne'er moreover a question," she added.    

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Obama besides said she was "proud" of Marlon Wayans for raising a transgender child, Kai. (Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images)

Obama besides praised Marlon Wayans for raising a transgender child. 

"I wanted to talk, Marlon, a spot about, you know, conscionable truthful proud of really you are being a domiciled exemplary for dealing pinch a kid that's transgender," Obama said. "You know, that warms my heart, peculiarly arsenic a Black man, um, you cognize ... would you attraction to stock that journey?"

Wayans told Obama that nan acquisition "really taught maine what existent unconditional emotion was."

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During an quality connected "The Jennifer Hudson Show" connected Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, Marlon Wayans said he "went done nan 5 stages of grief" successful moving done his kid becoming transgender.  (Arturo Holmes/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

During an appearance connected "The Jennifer Hudson Show" successful September, Wayans said he "went done nan 5 stages of condolences to get to nan beautiful magical spot called acceptance." 

"All this was happening to maine astatine 1 time, and past it was just, like, this cosmopolitan thing, acceptance, yes, and erstwhile you accept, you release, you springiness yourself to God and everything conscionable everything is alright," he said astatine nan time. 

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