--- description: The first lady was spending time with the children of executive branch employees at the White House's Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day title: Girl Hands Michelle Obama Her Dad's Resume During Q&A image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Economy](/tag/economy/) ## Economy Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Girl Hands Michelle Obama Her Dad's Resume During Q&A  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 25, 2014 3:12 PM CUT  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 25, 2014 3:12 PM CUT Michelle Obama was reportedly “taken aback” when a 10-year-old girl handed the first lady her father’s resume Thursday [during](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/first-lady-gets-resume-girl-jobless-dad "undefined") a question and answer session with children. “My dad’s been out of a job for three years and I wanted to give you his resume,” the girl seated in the front row said as she handed Obama a folded piece of paper. Obama hugged the girl and told the others gathered, some of whom may not have heard the exchange, that the matter was “a little private” but the girl was “doing something for her dad.” Michelle Obama was spending time with the children of executive branch employees on Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day at the White House, the Associated Press reports. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/77327/girl-hands-michelle-obama-her-dads-resume-during-qa/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/77327/girl-hands-michelle-obama-her-dads-resume-during-qa/"},"headline":"Girl Hands Michelle Obama Her Dad's Resume During Q&A","datePublished":"2014-04-25T15:12:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:30:29.032Z","description":"The first lady was spending time with the children of executive branch employees at the White House's Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day","url":"https://time.com/77327/girl-hands-michelle-obama-her-dads-resume-during-qa/","keywords":["Economy","White House","Michelle Obama","Unemployment"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/economy/","name":"Economy"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/77327/girl-hands-michelle-obama-her-dads-resume-during-qa/","name":"Girl Hands Michelle Obama Her Dad's Resume During Q&A"}}]}] ```