also let their pet snake slither around the White House dining room . John F. Kennedy Jr. was known for hiding under his father 's Oval Office desk . His older sister , Caroline , had a pony who romped untethered around the White House grounds . President Abraham Lincoln 's youngest son , Thomas , used to startle everyone in the building by making all the White House bells ring at one time . But with the mischief and pranks comes a lifetime of pressure , said Noah McCollough , who wrote the book `` First Kids . '' `` John Quincy Adams ' kids went through alcoholism and addiction because they could n't live up to their parents expectation '' in their later years , McCollough said . Read up on the blessed and star-crossed lives of some other White House kids '' Much of Malia and Sasha 's White House experience will be monitored by their mother , Michelle Obama , who seems determined to be active in their lives . Even as her husband campaigned for the presidency , Michelle Obama was a soccer mom , cheering from the sidelines of her daughters ' games .
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Barack Obama 's daughters are moving into a house with a swimming pool , a bowling alley and its own movie theater . Sasha Obama , left , and Malia Obama will make the White House home come January 20 . When their father is inaugurated on January 20 , Malia Obama , 10 , and Sasha Obama , 7 , will also be moving into a place where they 'll not only be under the watchful eye of the Secret Service but also under the eye of the media . `` One of the negatives of the White House is that its very much a fishbowl , '' presidential historian Doug Wead said . `` There 's something that Sasha or Malia will say or do and they 'll be remembered for it for the rest of their lives , '' said Wead , who wrote `` All the Presidents ' Children , '' a book on the lives of kids at the White House . Watch what life 's like for White House kids '' Theodore Roosevelt 's children used to like to drop water balloons on foreign dignitaries , Wead said . They