To not expose your children to the realities of race, according to Khloe, would be a disservice. “Even if you do live in a bubble, whoever you are, I think that can be really jarring then when your kids are set free, then they’re going to be so either devastated, hurt, traumatized, confused, overwhelmed,” she said. “I think it’s our duty as parents to really expose them while they have the safety and security of their parents to, I think, communicate that with them and still guide them and help them instead of just like letting them out into the free world and now they’re like, Wait, this isn’t what—I didn’t hear about this, I had no idea this was what real life was.”
When it comes to parenting her daughter, Khloe anticipates another challenge. “Something that I already know I’m going to have trouble with is letting her make her own mistakes,” she said. “That’s how we all learn in life.”
As she put it, “I know it’s a never-ending journey being a mother. It’s not just when they’re 18 and you just forget about them…You’re always their mom.”