Cindy Crawford revealed that she avoids giving ‘unsolicited advice’ to her daughter, Kaia and son Presley – and instead opts to give them her ‘real opinion.’
The supermodel, 58 – who recently stated that she began out-earning her parents at the age of 18 – discussed raising her kids while appearing on Kerry Corrigan’s Wonders podcast alongside fellow guest, Christy Turlington.
The latest episode is fourth in a special, five-part series ‘about moms in honor of Every Mother Counts,’ per an official episode description.
Crawford – who shares Presley, 24, and Kaia, 22, with her husband, Rande Gerber – explained that she doesn’t offer advice to her kids unless they specifically ask for it.
Cindy – who has been married to Rande since 1998 – told Corrigan and Turlington, ‘They know if they ask me, they’re going to get my real opinion.’
Cindy Crawford, 58, revealed that she avoids giving ‘unsolicited advice’ to her daughter, Kaia and son Presley – and instead opts to give them her ‘real opinion’; seen in September 2023 in NYC
Crawford – who shares Presley, 24, and Kaia, 22, with her husband, Rande Gerber – explained that she doesn’t offer advice to her kids unless they specifically ask for it
‘But if they don’t ask me…I really try hard, and I’m probably about 70 percent good at this…I try not to offer unsolicited advice.’
Cindy actually learned the life lesson from her own mother, who once told her, ‘”Don’t give advice unless [it’s] asked for.”‘
The beauty previously confessed to putting her mom on a ‘pedestal’ and also admitted that her attitude towards her own mother changed over time.
She expressed to British Vogue in 2018, ‘When I was young, my mom didn’t work and when I was young, I didn’t respect that, I was like, she’s just home, taking care of four kids and grocery shopping and cleaning the house.’
‘She didn’t have a life that I aspire to. And also, I felt like my mom always would see the good side of everything and I was, “Urggh, she’s such a Pollyanna.”‘
‘Only when I got older did I realize it’s hard to be…she’s choosing to be a positive person, because life throws curveballs at all of us all the time, not everything works out right,’ Cindy continued.
‘And the fact that my mother was able to choose to see the good, maybe I was 25 or 30 when I was like, “Oh wow, that’s real strength, that’s real inner strength.”‘
While Crawford has opened up about motherhood over the years, her own children have also gushed about the supermodel.
Cindy – who has been married to Rande since 1998 – told Corrigan and Turlington, ‘They know if they ask me, they’re going to get my real opinion’; seen in 2017 in Paris
‘But if they don’t ask me…I really try hard, and I’m probably about 70 percent good at this…I try not to offer unsolicited advice,’ she added; seen in April in West Hollywood
While talking to People late last year in November, Kaia – who has followed in her mother’s modeling footsteps – gave insight into her relationship with Cindy.
‘I do feel like we’ve established a really strong bond and friendship outside of just a mother-daughter dynamic, which has been so fun for me over the last few years,’ the Palm Royale actress told the outlet.
Cindy – who also joined in on the interview – revealed that both she and Kaia have similar interests, such as reading and gong to the theater.
Kaia also humorously admitted, ‘She is a cool mom and she still embarrasses me constantly. But it’s good! It brings me back down to earth…I probably embarrass her constantly as well.’
The mother-of-two also previously joked about ’embarrassing’ her two kids during her past interview with British Vogue. ‘No matter how cool you are, you’re still not cool to your kids.’
‘There is still one element where they’re embarrassed by you, and you’re like “I’m not that embarrassing, really”, but you still embarrass your kids. So I think, in that way, we’re just the same as everyone else.’
Crawford also opened up to People last year in April about the values she tries to instill in her two children, including being more present – but expressed that she understood in this day and age, is a ‘much bigger ask.’
‘If I was buried in my phone when I was getting my makeup done, I might have missed a chance to really make a new friend or connect with someone…’
While talking to People late last year in November, Kaia – who has followed in her mother’s modeling footsteps – gave insight into her relationship with Cindy
The mother-of-two also previously joked about ’embarrassing’ her two kids during her past interview with British Vogue. ‘No matter how cool you are, you’re still not cool to your kids’; seen in November 2023 in NYC
‘Feel more part of the team,’ she continued, ‘as opposed to just like sitting in a chair and letting someone do my makeup.’
‘It’s like when you’re present, you’re actually part of the process in a bigger way…just try to be in the moment – when you’re with people, be with people.’
Elsewhere in the latest podcast episode ahead of Mother’s Day, Cindy revealed she began making more money than her parents by the age of 18.
While reminiscing about her early modeling career, the supermodel explained that she started out-earning her parents ‘quickly, within a year.’
‘I started modeling in Chicago, and in Chicago, it’s a small pond, so I was the big fish pretty quickly there,’ the catwalk queen said.
She added, ‘And I was making more money than my parents made, more money than they could ever have even dreamed of.’
After her brother Jeffery died of childhood leukemia at age 3 in 1975, Crawford’s quick wealth made her feel like ‘I was the son in a weird way.’
‘Like, when I got married and didn’t change my name, [my dad] was like, ‘Yeah, the Crawford name will go on!” she recalled. ‘I was able to help where I could. I don’t feel like I became the dad.’
Crawford noted that she’s ‘been able to take [her family] on nice vacations,’ following her January girls trip to Miami with mother Jennifer and sisters Chris and Danielle.
While reminiscing about her early modeling career, the supermodel explained that she started out-earning her parents ‘quickly, within a year’; seen in 1992 in Westwood, California
She added, ‘And I was making more money than my parents made, more money than they could ever have even dreamed of’
‘Fun weekend with my mom and sisters,’ she captioned a group photo from at the time. Despite her wealth, Crawford said she tries to avoid buying lavish gifts for her two siblings.
The brunette beauty fears that by being too generous, she could actually ’emasculate their husbands’.
Cindy explained: ‘If I’m giving my sister a nicer ring than her husband gives them or something like that, it just becomes this weird thing.
‘I was more about giving experiences and then helping them if they need a down payment on a house or something like that. My sisters have been awesome because they always paid it back. But navigating being in that financial position where you could do a lot is tricky.’
