Sasha and Malia Obama may be the First Daughters, but they still have to make their own beds, their father reports.

And they don't watch TV during the week, President Obama says. A followup question, Mr. President: Not even during the summer?

My kids get a half-hour of TV on weekdays during the school year and a bit more in summer (though they spend most of their days at day camp).

With last week's illness crisis, though, we relaxed the rules. The kids were really too uncomfortable to do much else, let alone go outside and play.

Their parents had to try to get work done, and watching a few extra shows and movies seemed to help distract them from being miserable.

Have you relaxed the TV rules -- and the chore routine -- for illness? Was it hard to go back?

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