Yolanda Hadid and Kris Jenner are featured in the Harper’s Bazaar October 2019 issue, out on September 24.
Here’s what the matriarchs had to say…
Kris, on social media backfiring: “If people put more energy into going out and being a productive human being and getting a really great job and focusing on their own selves, they wouldn’t have time to criticize somebody else on social media in order to make themselves feel better. At times I’ve told my kids, ‘Just stay off the Internet for a while.’”
Yolanda, on women supporting each other: “Women need to support each other, not fight. I always tell my kids, ‘Be kind and acknowledge everybody around you. People might not remember your beautiful face, but they’ll remember your beautiful heart.’”
Yolanda, on raising her kids: “In my family, none of the kids are alike, so I learned very early on that I had to manage their characters in very different ways. One is good at academics. The other one isn’t, and so forth. They’re all individuals, right?…I think you should keep your kids at home until they’re at least 18. It’s so important for young girls to develop without cameras, without people judging them on the way they look. They need to fall in love, have heartbreak. They need to go to school. They need to have friends. They need to have all these experiences before they go out into the world.”
Kris, on raising her kids: “I’ve worked really hard since they were little to nurture relationships with my children. I was the Brownie leader and the soccer coach and the room mother and the carpool driver. I had the time of my life being in charge of my own little tribe…Kim was the first one to realize, ‘Hey, my mom’s not going to buy me everything I want, so I’ve got to get a job.’ When she was 13 she worked in a clothing store. Then she started her closet organizing business. Her best friend Paris Hilton was one of her first clients. After that, she borrowed money from her dad, bought up all these Manolo Blahnik and Christian Louboutin boots, and sold them for a profit on eBay. My kids were savvy about the Internet. They figured it out fast.”
For more from Yolanda and Kris, head to HarpersBazaar.com.
