Kim Kardashian admits she cries herself to sleep because of parenting stress

Kim Kardashian is opening up about the “most challenging” parts of being a single mom.

“There are nights that I fall asleep crying. Like, shit, this fucking tornado in my house. Like, what just happened? admitted the reality star on Monday’s episode of the show “By the way with Jay Shetty” podcast.

Kardashian, who shares her four children North, 9, Saint, 7, Chicago, 5 and Psalm, 4, with rapper Ye (formerly known as Kanye West), opened up about how “being a father has taught me the most ”. about me.”

Speaking about the difficulties of managing a household full of children as a single mother, she added: “You know, with all the moods and personalities and sometimes they’re fighting, and you know, there’s no one there. how is [just] me to play the good cop and the bad cop.”

in a interview clipThe Skims founder said she sometimes has to take it “hour by hour” to “see if we’re going to survive” during particularly chaotic nights at home.

“If you throw a tantrum, oh my gosh, your life is completely turned upside down,” she confessed. “But she teaches you so much more about yourself than I think anyone, any parent, could ever have anticipated.”

Despite the ups and downs of parenting, the TV star gushed that “it’s the most rewarding job in the world,” though he stressed that “there’s nothing that can prepare you” for parenthood.

“Everyone says the days are long and the years are short, and that statement couldn’t be more true,” added the “Kardashians” star, who revealed she’s working on being “a little more assertive” with her kids.

“I mean, there are nights where you don’t wash your hair for days like mom and you’ve spit on yourself and you’re wearing the same pajamas, especially in COVID,” Kardashian recalled. “It was crazy, you know?”

She then shifted into gear to dish out words of encouragement, saying about parenting that “you’ll figure it out and it’ll make you so proud of yourself for figuring it out and making it through the day.”

kardashian She filed for divorce in February 2021 after more than seven years of marriage to Ye.

In December, he said it was “really fucking hard” co-parented with the Grammy-winning artist, who has been criticized for various controversies, including praising Adolf Hitler and making anti-Semitic remarks.

Sharing how he has tried to shield his children from their father’s negative publicity, kardashian said at that moment: “One day, my children will thank me for not sitting here and criticizing their father when I could… They will thank me and I will answer in private anything they want to know. But it’s not my place to really jump anymore.”