Barack Obama's 9-Year-Old Shuns Hiltons

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Sen. Barack Obama took an unusual break from the campaign trail – to gaze into a crystal ball with Tyra Banks.

And what does he see in his future, Banks asked the 46-year-old presidential candidate? "I see the White House," he replied, matter-of-factly, on her show Monday.

Obama also made clear that his wife and daughters are extremely particular on where it spends their nights.

"This isn't a Hilton hotel, is it?" he said his 9-year-old daughter, Malia, will ask as the family tours the country – because the little one keeps up with the news and does not approve of Paris Hilton, he says.

"Parents have to realize, kids want limits, they want structure," he said. "They don't want you to be their best friend. They want you to be the parent. If we had more parenting, then the kinds of influences we see on television don't matter."

Obama stressed that it is his wife, Michelle, who is the disciplinarian in the family – even making sure he stays off cigarettes.

She is also the role model to their two girls. (Besides Malia, there is 6-year-old Sasha.)

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