"As I tell my kids: Dessert is not a right"

The crowd at the convention center—which at times was reminiscent of church on Sunday, complete with an organ—hung on the first lady’s every word, nodding and even hooting and hollering when appropriate.

“In my house, in Marian Robinson’s house, we ate what we were served,” she said. “We ate what was there or we didn’t eat [and] there was always a vegetable on the plate.”

“In the afternoon there was no way we’d be allowed to lie around the house watching TV,” she continued. “Our parents made us get up and play outside.”

Later, speaking about her own children she added, “As I tell my kids: dessert is not a right.”