The former first daughter, Jenna Bush, has her hands full (of babies!).

With 20-month old Poppy, 4-year old Mill, and an anchor gig on the Today show, Jenna has more stamina than any of us combined. And if you ask her, it’s all because of her mother and “feminist” dad, President George W. Bush.

“I think the thing that my parents did so well and might surprise people, although I don’t know why, is that they really wanted us to be curious, independent thinkers,” Jenna said to People magazine. “They wanted to raise us to have our own views and to be able to articulate them.”

She said that she and her twin sister Barbara Pierce Bush “always felt sorry for the boys in [their] class because our dad led us to believe that we were the smartest, most capable kids out there. People laugh at this, but I think my dad was a feminist. He showed us that we could be whatever we wanted to be. I want my girls to feel that way. I want them to feel strong and capable and feel like they can conquer the world.”

Despite raising her children in New York City, miles away from her family’s town of Midland, Texas, she said, “The most important thing is to raise loving humans. Her teacher said that Mila’s really empathetic and that when somebody in her class feels sad, she feels sad, and when somebody’s happy, she feels happy. Like I’m going to do right now, I broke into tears because, to me, that’s what’s most important is to raise really kind girls — and I’m so happy my girls are kind.”