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Over the past few years, Kylie Kelce has become more famous than ever — along with being former NFL player Jason Kelce‘s wife, she’s also a star in her own right after launching her wildly successful Not Gonna Lie podcast.
But unfortunately, that comes with consequences for their family that weren’t this serious when Kylie and her kids could more easily fly under the radar while they were out and about. Now, Kylie says she has to prepare her four daughters for being approached by total strangers when they leave the house, because apparently, people can’t just act normal around kids.
Kylie wants her kids to ‘experience the world,’ but for their family, that looks a little different.
Kylie spoke about parenting in the spotlight when fellow celebrity mom Joanna Gaines joined her on her podcast this week. She said that while she tries to maintain privacy for daughters Wyatt, Elliotte, Bennett, and Finn, she also doesn’t want to lock them away from the world so that they miss out on all the best parts of childhood.
“Our kids are young, and obviously there are situations we can’t control, like being out in public and whatever,” she said. “I always say, like, we’re not gonna hole up in our house and keep our kids hidden. We’re not hermits. But at the same time, it’s interesting to try and navigate those moments with kids.”
She continued, “I always explain it that I think people sort of lose sight and their excitement overrides social etiquette or proper social behavior. And their excitement is like, ‘Oh, my gosh, that’s whoever,’ and it’s like, whoever is 5 years old.”
Every time she takes her kids somewhere, Kylie shares some important reminders with them.
Knowing how people can be when they spot her family out and about, Kylie has a little speech she gives her kids every time they arrive somewhere new.
“Every single time we get out of the car when we’re going somewhere, I’m like, ‘Just because someone knows mom’s name does not mean that mom knows them,’ or ‘Just because someone might call you by your name, you might not know them,'” she said. “And so, those are the moments where I’m like, I have to prepare my 7, 5 and 3 year old for adults that can’t get on the other side of an appropriate social interaction.”
It has to be so confusing for her kids to be so young, and try to understand why strange adults know who they are or would want to talk to them, but people struggle with boundaries these days. What else is Kylie supposed to do to keep her kids safe?
She never wants them to feel uncomfortable in the spotlight.
Kylie and Jason’s daughters didn’t choose this life, so Kylie wants to make sure that they are prepared to handle what the future might hold as they get older.
“I hope that they are prepared for that and I hope that they don’t feel uncomfortable,” she said. “You don’t want to put your kids in a situation where they don’t feel comfy.”
Now, if we could just get adults to leave kids alone who they don’t personally know while out in public…
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