The Nation: Fast Start for the First Kid

Fun house or goldfish bowl? For the children of Presidents, the White House can be either one—or both. For Amy Carter, who at nine is the mansion's youngest resident since John F. Kennedy Jr. moved in with his parents at the age of two months in 1961, the first week seemed to balance out on the fun side.

Among the delights she found was the screening room, where she had Walt Disney's Freaky Friday run off for herself and a schoolmate, Claudia Sanchez, the daughter of a Chilean Embassy cook. There was also bowling in the basement alley, a snowball fight with...

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