Cindy Crawford revealed that she avoids giving “unsolicited advice” to her daughter Kaia and son Presley and instead opts to give them her “true opinion.”
The supermodel, 58, who recently stated that she started earning more than her parents at age 18, opened up about raising her children while appearing on Podcast The Wonders of Kerry Corrigan along with fellow guest, Christy Turlington.
The latest episode is the fourth in a five-part special series ‘about moms in honor of Every Mother Counts,’ according to the 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 children unless they specifically ask for it.
Cindy, who has been married to Rande since 1998, told Corrigan and Turlington: “They know that if they ask me, they will get my true 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 “true opinion”; seen in September 2023 in New York
Crawford, who shares Presley, 24, and Kaia, 22, with her husband, Rande Gerber, explained that she doesn’t offer advice to her children unless they specifically ask for it.
“But if you 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.”
In fact, Cindy learned her 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 mother 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 mother didn’t work and when I was young, I didn’t respect that, I was like, she’s just at home, taking care of four kids, shopping and cleaning the house.”
‘She didn’t have the life I aspire to. And I also felt like my mom always saw the bright side of everything and I was like, “Urggh, she’s a Pollyanna.”
“Only when I grew up did I realize that it’s hard to be… she chooses to be a positive person, because life throws obstacles at us all all the time, not everything turns out well,” Cindy continued.
“And the fact that my mother was able to choose to see the good, maybe I was 25 or 30 when I thought, ‘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: “You know that if you ask me, you will get my true opinion”; seen in 2017 in Paris
“But if you 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 In late November last year, Kaia, who followed in her mother’s modeling footsteps, gave insight into her relationship with Cindy.
“I feel like we’ve established a really strong bond and friendship beyond the mother-daughter dynamic, which has been a lot of fun for me over the last few years,” the Palm Royale actress told the outlet.
Cindy, who also participated in the interview, revealed that both she and Kaia have similar interests, such as reading and going to the theater.
Kaia also humorously admitted, “She’s a great mom and she still embarrasses me constantly.” But it’s good! She brings me back to earth… I probably embarrass her constantly too.’
The mother of two also previously joked about “embarrassing” her two children during her last interview with British Vogue. “No matter how cool you are, you still aren’t cool with your kids.”
“There’s still an element where they’re ashamed of you and you say, ‘I’m not that embarrassing, really,’ but you still embarrass your kids. So I think in that sense 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 that today it is a “much bigger ask.”
“If I was buried in my phone while I was putting on my makeup, I might have missed the opportunity to make a new friend or connect with someone…”
While speaking to People in late November last year, Kaia, who 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 children during her last interview with British Vogue. ‘No matter how cool you are, you still aren’t cool with your kids’; seen in November 2023 in New York
“Feeling more part of the team,” she continued, “rather than just 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 larger way… just try to be in the moment; when you’re with people, be with people.”
Elsewhere on the last episode of the podcast before Mother’s Day, Cindy revealed that she started making more money than her parents at the age of 18.
While recalling her beginnings in her modeling career, the supermodel explained that she began earning more than her parents “quickly, within a year.”
“I started modeling in Chicago, and Chicago is a small pond, so I quickly became the big fish,” the catwalk queen said.
He added: “And I was making more money than my parents made, more money than they could have ever dreamed of.”
After her brother Jeffery died of childhood leukemia at age 3 in 1975, Crawford’s rapid wealth made her feel as if “I was the son in a strange way.”
“When I got married and didn’t change my name, (my dad) said, ‘Yes, the Crawford last name will continue!’ she recalled. ‘I was able to help where I could. I don’t feel like I’ve become a father.’
Crawford noted that she “has been able to take (her family) on a nice vacation,” following her girls’ trip to Miami in January with her mother Jennifer and sisters Chris and Danielle.
While remembering her beginnings in her modeling career, the supermodel explained that she began earning more than her parents “quickly, within a year”; seen in 1992 in Westwood, California
He added: “And I was making more money than my parents made, more money than they could have ever dreamed of.”
“Fun weekend with my mom and sisters,” she captioned a group photo of the moment. Despite her wealth, Crawford said she tries to avoid buying lavish gifts for her two brothers.
The brunette beauty fears that by being too generous, she could “castrate her husbands.”
Cindy explained, “If I give my sister a nicer ring than her husband gives her or something, it gets kind of weird.”
‘I was more interested in giving experiences and then helping them if they needed a down payment on a house or something like that. My sisters have been great because they always gave it back to me. But navigating being in that financial situation where a lot could be done is complicated.”