While chatting about parenting with her sister Khloé Kardashian on her podcast, Kim Kardashian shared that she’s been homeschooling her daughter, North West.
Around the 17-minute mark of the latest episode of Khloé in Wonder Land, Kim opened up about the criticism she’s faced for allowing North to freely express herself. She said she tries not to dwell on outside judgment about her parenting and noted that while she has firm rules for North, she still encourages her individuality. “She really is who she is and always has been that girl, and so, I nurture her,” Kim said, revealing that she homeschools her 12-year-old daughter, whom she shares with ex-husband Kanye West.
“She is homeschooled, and a lot of it is me helping her do a lot of the teachings and the things that we do, a lot of realistic courses, things that she’s really into,” she explained. “Math. We’ll give budgets and we’ll go around we’ll get stuff and we’ll add it all up and subtract it all. She has a brand-building class, it’s an actual course and a curriculum, fully interactive learning.”
Kim also shared details about a course she created around North’s interest in jewelry and crafts. “We made it a course and she has to do the web design, and she has to do the budgeting, and she has to go to the stores and get materials and sewing,” she said. “We do full fashion courses. She goes, in the summers to, to FIT in New York and goes to fashion camp. [She] loves these more interactive experiences, and so, I nurture her. It’s a full-time job even for me and her teacher. I think people don’t realize that I’m with her and the kids 24/7.”
She added that she’s essentially taken on the role of a teacher because North wants her involved in the learning process. “I took the last six months off to be able to really do her courses and get the curriculum from her teachers and be there in the room with her,” Kim said. “It’s been a lot, and it’s been so fun to see her blossom and even, like, her music course at school… She’d do a regular music course and learn certain things. But at home, she’ll do an eight-hour music studio session where she’s producing and writing.”
Kim also mentioned that reviewing North’s songwriting for spelling and grammar has become part of her education. “I think they would be proud to see how smart she really is, and how creative she really is,” she said. “I can only dream that my children all find a passion and purpose as young as she has.”
Elsewhere in the conversation, Kim touched on co-parenting with Ye and hinted that North’s growing interest in music has helped her reconnect and bond with her ex-husband again.
