Kourtney Kardashian sparks huge debate over no school rule | HELLO! (2025)

Kourtney Kardashian was never one to follow the crowd, and her parenting style is no different.

The reality TV star joined her sister Khloé on herKhloé in Wonder Land podcast, revealing that she believed that sending her kids to school was "so dated".

Going against the grain

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Kourtney shares kids Mason, 15, Penelope, 12, and Reign, 10, with her ex-partner Scott Disick, and welcomed her son Rocky with her husband Travis Barker in November 2023.

"Ithink living authentically is not conforming to whatever it is,"she said on the podcast."There'sways we function as a family that…it'slike if someone does the same thing every day. Like I do it with everything,it'snot about our family."

"Like,let'ssaytheschool system.I'llthink,'Why do kids [expletive] go to school?'Truly.It'sso dated,"she declared.

Her sister, who shares kids True and Tatum with her ex-partner Tristan Thomson, chimed in:"Oh,I'msuch a homeschool person, sodon'teven get me going."

Kourtney added that her kids frequently send hervideos about"successful people"whose kidsare homeschooled.

"I'mlike,'What'sthe goal here? You want to do homeschool?Let'sdo it!'Or whatever it is. I thinkit'sanything,"she continued.

Her comments sparked a huge debate, with one commenter on X writing, "She needs to home school her kids. The question is will she do it or go hire a teacher," while another wrote that her comments were "outrageous" and "out of touch".

Parenting 101

Kourtney'sapproach to caring for her kids when they fall ill also differs from the norm, with the 46-year-old admitting that she prefers to nurse them the traditional way rather than administer medication.

"Iwill, like, nurse the fever of my kids versus giving Tylenol or ibuprofen,"she said."I just want to do that. And whatever it is,there'sso many things like that where I feel like I kinda do, maybe in the world generally does maybe more what I do, but in the United States [it'sdifferent]."

Aside from being a busy mom of four, Kourtney is also a stepmother to her husband Travis'two kids.

The Blink-182 drummer shares Alabama, 19, and Landon, 21, with his ex-wife Shanna Moakler; the former couple were married from 2004 until 2008.

"Ilove my role as stepmom, because Idon'tfeel likeit'sup to me to discipline,"Kourtney explained on the podcast."We'vekind ofallowed each other to…we'lltalk about it, hecan handle the harder things.I definitely give advice or try to be a good role model."

"Some daysI'vethoughtlike,'Wow, this is really hard blending families,'"she admitted."But even in the days that are hard,there'sso much more love.It'ssuch a deeper, richer existence."

Joined at the hip

The Poosh founder shared some words of wisdom while on Khloé'sshow, explaining why her preferredstyle of parentingis to stay attached as much as possible to her kids during their early years.

"Ithinkit'sreally not separating for as much as possible in the first three years,"she said, adding that it"really helps nurture"her bond with her children.

Kourtney revealed in an April episode ofThe Kardashiansthat she and Travis co-sleep with Rocky as they can'tbear to be apart from him overnight.

To learn more about Kourtney and Travis' relationship, watch below...