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Michelle Obama shared her unfiltered take on "young mommy bloggers"—and it has got internet users talking.
Obama, 61, visited People Inc, America’s largest book publisher, in New York this week to talk about her new book The Look.
Speaking to actress, TV personality and fellow mom friend La La Anthony in front of a live audience, the former first lady didn’t hold back when the conversation turned to the advice shared by young moms online.
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"Let me hear what you think when they're 27, and that's when I'll take your advice," Obama said. "It's crazy … maybe you can tell me about the latest stroller, but that is it. Otherwise, you are insecure, losing sleep, and you don't know what you're doing."
Obama, who is mom to Malia, 27, and Sasha, 24, questioned why parents are listening to young mother bloggers.
"I wanna [sic] talk to Marian Robinson," Obama continued. "I want to talk to a woman who has raised the first lady. You know all parent bloggers should be grown people."
Parenting website Parents (@parents) shared the conversation in a reel on Instagram, which has garnered almost 200,000 views.
The clip sparked debate in the comments. Many mothers disagreed with Obama’s opinion and said that younger parents deserve space to share their experiences.
"There are plenty of young parents with wayyyy more sense than their parents and grandparents. With age definitely comes wisdom but only if you’re wise enough to see it and understand it," one user wrote.
"I love her but I'll never be too wise to learn from someone younger than me," another added.
Others argued that there is space for both, and parents find different perspectives helpful.
"We need the experienced moms that have been there done that so we know this s*** is doable and we come out on the other side and we need the young, anxious new mom bloggers to help us along the way. We need it all," a third user commented.
Dr. Sasha Hall, an educational and child psychologist, told Newsweek there is an important distinction between professional knowledge, theoretical understanding and lived experience.
"Through my professional career as a psychologist, teacher and nursery nurse, I developed a deep understanding of child development, family systems and the factors that influence children’s well-being," Hall said.
"However, becoming a parent myself added another dimension to that understanding—the realities of sleep deprivation, the emotional load of parenting and the experience of parental burnout, which are difficult to fully appreciate through study alone."
Hall said that Obama’s comments highlight "the difference between sharing early reflections on parenting and speaking from the perspective of having experienced the full journey of raising a child into adulthood." That distinction, she added, can be valuable—but it shouldn’t silence younger parents.
"It’s important to recognize that every parent’s circumstances are unique and that people at different stages of parenthood may still offer valuable reflections and support to others," Hall said.
From a psychological viewpoint, Hall added that parents benefit from hearing a range of voices, provided that the information shared is presented as personal experience rather than professional advice.
Overall, it seems that hearing wisdom from the older generations and seeing fellow millennial or Gen Z moms in the thick of it is beneficial for parents.
"Parenting is a process of continuous learning," Hall said. "And insights from different stages of that journey can each have value when shared responsibly and with reflection."
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