Kristin Cavallari is teaching her kids the value of a dollar — by restricting their access to luxury travel.
While appearing on the “Aspire with Emma Grede” podcast on Tuesday, July 7, the Hills alum, 39, explained that she typically makes her three children fly economy when she opts for first class when they travel.
Cavallari — who shares sons Camden, 13, and Jaxon, 12, and daughter Saylor, 10, with her ex-husband, Jay Cutler — insisted there are good reasons behind her parenting choice.
“I really value how my mom raised me with money,” Cavallari told host Emma Grede. “So my kids don’t just get whatever they want. And if they want something, they have to work for it.”
The “Let’s Be Honest” podcaster said it was important for her kids to develop the same work ethic that she was taught.
“So, a good example is last summer, both of my boys created their own little businesses. So, one of my boys was washing windows, people’s windows,” she said, “and the other one was washing people’s garbage cans because if they want something, they got to go work for it. They got to make it happen.”
Acknowledging that her three kids have been born into privilege, Cavallari added she didn’t want her kids to take advantage of the wealth and opportunities that not everyone is blessed with.
“I try to be very hyper-aware of that because they are growing up in a very fortunate situation, and I want them to know this is my money, this is not your money,” Cavallari continued. “And you know, something as small as they fly coach and I’m flying in first class, that was important to me when they became old enough that they could.”
Cavallari isn’t the first celebrity to speak candidly about taking a stance against buying first class tickets for their family members, even if they theoretically can afford it. Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay previously echoed a similar sentiment.
Speaking to The Telegraph in 2017, Ramsay, 62, said he never lets his children fly first class either. (Ramsay and his wife, Tana, share six kids: Megan, 28, Holly, 26, Jack, 26, Tilly, 24, Oscar, 7, and Jesse, 2.).
“I have got to keep it real with the kids, and also I think just getting kids at the age of 5, 6 and 7 used to first class and those big seats, they do not need the space. They get entertainment on their iPads,” he told the outlet at the time.
He added, “I do not want them sat there with a 10-course f***ing menu with champagne. I am not embarrassed. It is my wife and I’s choice to discipline them and to keep them real.”
