Parenting advice from Kim Kardashian

[Anonymous]

So I just read a great parenting tip from Kim Kardashian.

On each birthday, she writes her child a letter about the child’s previous year— new words, new foods, friends, special events, etc.—as she remembers it. It’s the kind of personal and individual info that could well otherwise be lost over time.

I love that idea and wish that I had done it.

[Anonymous]

Great idea!

[Anonymous]

I do this! Reese Witherspoon also did- that’s where I got the idea. Gave her child the stack of letters on her 18th birthday.

[Anonymous]

Wow, that's amazing. Great idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I just read a great parenting tip from Kim Kardashian.

On each birthday, she writes her child a letter about the child’s previous year— new words, new foods, friends, special events, etc.—as she remembers it. It’s the kind of personal and individual info that could well otherwise be lost over time.

I love that idea and wish that I had done it.

Her nanny probably does it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I just read a great parenting tip from Kim Kardashian.

On each birthday, she writes her child a letter about the child’s previous year— new words, new foods, friends, special events, etc.—as she remembers it. It’s the kind of personal and individual info that could well otherwise be lost over time.

I love that idea and wish that I had done it.

Her nanny probably does it.

You do realize most people on DCUM have nannies too.

Having a nanny doesn’t mean you do not spend time and parent your own child. Some people work and prefer a trusted adult care for their child in the comfort of their own home instead of sending them to a daycare center.

[Anonymous]

Do you include the not so good things too, or just the fun happy things?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I just read a great parenting tip from Kim Kardashian.

On each birthday, she writes her child a letter about the child’s previous year— new words, new foods, friends, special events, etc.—as she remembers it. It’s the kind of personal and individual info that could well otherwise be lost over time.

I love that idea and wish that I had done it.

Her nanny probably does it.

You do realize most people on DCUM have nannies too.

Having a nanny doesn’t mean you do not spend time and parent your own child. Some people work and prefer a trusted adult care for their child in the comfort of their own home instead of sending them to a daycare center.

Most
Ha ha ha!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I just read a great parenting tip from Kim Kardashian.

On each birthday, she writes her child a letter about the child’s previous year— new words, new foods, friends, special events, etc.—as she remembers it. It’s the kind of personal and individual info that could well otherwise be lost over time.

I love that idea and wish that I had done it.

Her nanny probably does it.

You do realize most people on DCUM have nannies too.

Having a nanny doesn’t mean you do not spend time and parent your own child. Some people work and prefer a trusted adult care for their child in the comfort of their own home instead of sending them to a daycare center.

"Most" people on DcUM have nannies? LOL at your weird social bubble.

[Anonymous]

How do they do that when they don't actually raise their kids. Info from nannies?

[Anonymous]

I feel like this is one of those things I’d never actually read beyond a skim - like so much mom effort would go into it and then as an adult I wouldn’t actually care that at 6 I tried soccer and didn’t like it and did a cartwheel for the first time and my best friends with Rosie and Claire

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I just read a great parenting tip from Kim Kardashian.

On each birthday, she writes her child a letter about the child’s previous year— new words, new foods, friends, special events, etc.—as she remembers it. It’s the kind of personal and individual info that could well otherwise be lost over time.

I love that idea and wish that I had done it.

Her nanny probably does it.

You do realize most people on DCUM have nannies too.

Having a nanny doesn’t mean you do not spend time and parent your own child. Some people work and prefer a trusted adult care for their child in the comfort of their own home instead of sending them to a daycare center.

Next you’ll say most people on DCUM are exactly like Kim Kardashian. Talk about being out of touch.

[Anonymous]

I cannot fathom why anyone would take parenting advice from a woman who has a graphic sex video.

[Anonymous]

I love this idea but do a slightly different version -- I have been keeping a notebook with stories and things I want to share with my kid since she was born, and then having them printed in a book with photos of her and our family when she turns 5. I did it in lieu of a baby book, because I find baby books kind of random.

I think I might do another when she turns 10 and another at 15 and then the last one at 20. I like having more time to figure out what I am putting in the book and to tell some stories that are longer. Like the book I'm putting together for this year has a story about her friendship with a girl she met when she was just a few months old and they will now be entering kindergarten together, plus a story about the pandemic and how it impacted our family and what we did in the early days when she was still very little. It's been really fun putting it together and I'm having two copies made so that I can keep one as a keepsake too.

[Anonymous]

I love it and there's many ways to achieve the same result - cards or letters on birthdays, regular e-mails to the kid (they won't access it until later), annual photo books, a journal, etc.

Also, if I had a nanny or anyone else who was a big part of my kid's life, I would definitely invite their participation. It's not shameful for your kid to know that they were cherished by multiple adults.