Dad presidents: Raising kids in the Oval Office

US presidents vary between authoritarian figures and nappy changers, writes Olivia Kelleher

Being the leader of the USA isn’t very compatible with family life. Franklin D Roosevelt once told an aide that one of the worst things in the world was being the child of a president saying they led a “terrible life.”

Joshua Kendall in his new book First Dads Parenting and Politics from George Washington to Barack Obama breaks US presidents down in to various categories of parenting.