Michelle Obama Covers People Magazine

In the issue, Malia and Sasha talk about how the rules are still the same in the White House, as they were in the Chicago house. The chores still need to be completed. They make their own beds, clean their rooms and even clear the table and clean the dishes! Damn mama and daddy Obama! But I'm not even mad at them for instilling these much needed values in their girls.

Michelle tells the mag, "People want to make your life easy, and when you have small kids – I've explained this to the staff – they don't need their lives to be easy. They're kids," she says when explaining how she informed the White House staff not to do too much for the young girls.

The girls do have roaming privileges all around the historic mansion and can pop into the Oval Office whenever they want. "I've tried to encourage them to feel like this whole place is their home," Mrs. Obama tells PEOPLE. "We actually had this conversation – just let us know where you're going."

The issue of People Magazine hits newsstands on Friday.