Imagine being a teenage girl and having someone follow you around wherever you go.
The Secret Service began protecting presidents back in 1901 after President William McKinley was assassinated.
Through the years, Secret Service duties expanded to family members, vice presidents, and even presidential candidates.
Still, whenSasha and Maliawere First Daughters, they had agents with them wherever they traveled.
Obama also noted that growing up in the spotlight may have steered them away from very public careers.
“As a father, I want to protect my girls from that stuff.
If they decided to do it, obviously I would be extraordinarily proud of them.”
