Jenna Bush Hager Offers Advice to Sasha and Malia on Life Post-White House

The First Daughters club is a small one. And while there are certainly advantages to growing up in the White House, living out your formative years in the public eye is an experience that very few can ever fully understand.

So you know former First Daughter Jenna Bush Hager meant it when she said, "They need none!" when asked what advice she had for the Obama girls as they prepare to leave the White House.

"They are such remarkable girls—they've done such a terrific job," Hager continued in a recent interview with Time magazine about her new book, Our Great Big Backyard. "We were lucky enough to be in college—I guess, 'lucky enough'—but they're in high school and they've taken advantage of the amazing opportunities, which is what our hope for them was, to travel and see the world, which they've done. I think that they'll just do it with grace, the way that they led the last eight years."

Hager's co-author (and mother) former First Lady Laura Bush also chimed in with some thoughts for Michelle Obama regarding the transition out of the White House:

"I don't know what advice to give her, I'm sure she'll do great. I'm sure they're both looking forward to the next part of their life. It goes so fast—it's sort of shocking how time flies. It's hard to believe that we've actually been home almost eight years, eight years in January, and their time in the White House has seemed really fast."

Of the "ups and downs" of leaving, Bush said, "There are trade-offs of course. It's great to have your own house and be back into private life, but on the other hand, it's such a huge privilege to get to live in the White House, and I know [the Obamas] think that. The hardest part is saying goodbye to all the friends you've made in Washington, the people you've met [who work] at the White House from president to president, the butlers and the ushers."

Fortunately for the Obamas, they plan to stick around D.C., at least until Sasha can finish high school, so no need to say those farewells just yet!