Everything the Kardashian-Jenner Siblings Have Said About Coparenting

Crushing coparenting! The Kardashian-Jenner siblings have been honest about the highs and lows of raising their kids amicably with their exes.

Kourtney Kardashian, for example, welcomed three children with Scott Disick ahead of their split. The Poosh creator gave birth to Mason in 2009, followed by Penelope and Reign in 2012 and 2014, respectively.

“The truth is, my problems shouldn’t affect our kids,” the Flip It Like Disick star told Us Weekly exclusively in June 2019 of making it work with Kardashian. “Just because their mother and I couldn’t make it as a perfect, romantic couple shouldn’t have anything to do with the kids. They don’t deserve our mistakes, so we figured out a way. We still need to be as honest and as good to each other as if we were together. Let’s raise these children together and that’s it.”

The Talentless creator added at the time: “We live a few miles apart and it’s simple.”

Coparenting hasn’t always been “the easiest thing” for the former couple, the New York native revealed in an April 2019 YouTube video.

“The fact that we’ve tried and made it work makes life that much better,” he noted at the time. “I couldn’t imagine raising three children with somebody I couldn’t speak to every day.”

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Kardashian and Disick have inspired Kylie Jenner in her own coparenting journey following her split from Travis Scott in October 2019 — as well as Khloé Kardashian and Tristan Thompson, who share their daughter, True.

“It has not been awkward between Kylie and Travis at all,” a source told Us exclusively when Jenner and the rapper called it quits. “There’s no animosity, no ill will or any negative feelings at all right now. They are both putting aside any romantic differences to be the best parents in the world for their daughter, [Stormi]. Kylie has followed the same footsteps as her sisters Khloé and Kourtney in that respect.”

Keep reading to find out what the makeup mogul and her siblings have had to say about raising their little ones with their exes.

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Putting in the Work

“I had the best dad. I don’t want to get emotional, but it’s just been a day for me. It is hard. Coparenting is really f—king hard,” Kim said on the “Angie Martinez IRL” podcast in December 2022. “I had the best dad and the best experiences, and that is all I want for my kids. As long as they can have that, that is what I want for them.”

She added: “If they don’t know things that are being said, why would I ever bring that energy to them? That is real, heavy, grownup s—t that they are not ready to deal with. When they are, we will have those conversations. One day my kids will thank me for not sitting here and bashing their dad.”

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Putting in the Work

In November 2022, Kim noted she made an effort to stay in touch with West about their kids amid their divorce.

“Kanye tends to not care about his stuff and gives it all away,” she explained during season 2 of The Kardashians. “Even now when he was at the height of not speaking to me and being angry with me. He won a few Grammys and I still reached out and was like, ‘I know you just won a few Grammys, I gotta add them to the vault.’ He’s like, ‘OK.'”

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Dream Dynamic

Kim wants her and West to be “coparenting goals” one day. “I look back and my mom and dad went through their hard time, and it took people a minute to readjust and I’ve seen it all before,” she said during an April 2022 “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast episode. “I’m always really hopeful and, you know, he’s an amazing dad.”

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In the Know

North and Saint “know what’s going on” with their parents’ divorce, Kim told Robin Roberts in April 2022. “The younger ones don’t understand as much,” she explained. “You have to just be there for them. No matter what, even in this crazy life that we live, you just have to have a really open dialogue with your children. Kanye and I have had conversations. We have to talk daily for the kids, so you know, I hate that it had to play out like that. But when it comes to family, I mean, Kanye and I will always be family.”

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Clapping Back

When Chyna tweeted in March 2022 that she had “no support,” Rob replied, “I pay 37k a year for my daughter’s school. I handle every single medical expense. I pay for all her extracurricular activities. Why would I pay child support? Lol.” Tyga noted that he pays more for son King, asking, “Let me know the plug?”

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Being the Bigger Person

Kardashian maintained in a March 2022 Ellen DeGeneres Show appearance that she was still “hopeful” about her coparenting relationship with West, adding, “No matter what goes on, that’s the father of my kids. I’ll always be protective. I always want my kids to see the best of the best as hard as it can best sometimes. … [I] take the high road.”

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Custody Claims

“I didn’t … have a say-so whether or not [my kids] went to [their school], Sierra Canyon. Most men do not — there’s no such thing has 50-50 custody in society today. It always leans toward the mom,” West said in a March 2022 Instagram video that has since been deleted, going on to allege that he “doesn’t have custody” of North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm.

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Setting the Record Straight

When West wrote via Instagram about recently being “allowed” to see his children the previous week, his ex-wife clapped back, commenting, “Please stop with this narrative, you were just here this morning picking up the kids for school.”

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Positive in Public

“I don’t think I would ever criticize the father of my children on my TV show. That’s just not really what I’m about, and I just don’t think that would ever make me feel good,” Kim told Variety in March 2022. “Being in the public eye and having disagreements publicly is never easy. But I do believe in handling it all privately. I believe in championing publicly and criticizing privately.”

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Over It

Kim wrote that she “very much desired to be divorced” in divorce docs obtained by Us in February 2022, adding, “I have asked Kanye to keep our divorce private, but he has not done so. Kanye has been putting a lot of misinformation regarding our private family matters and coparenting on social media which has created emotional distress.”

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Words of Wisdom

“You could be so hurt or angry at your ex, but I think in front of the kids, it always has to be ‘Your dad’s the best,’” Kim told Vogue in February 2022. “Make sure you are your coparent’s biggest cheerleader, no matter what you’re personally going through.”

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Taking a Stand

After West slammed Kim for allowing North on TikTok in February 2022, the KKW Beauty creator clapped back via Instagram Stories. “As the parent who is the main provider and caregiver for our children, I am doing my best to protect our daughter while also allowing her to express her creativity in the medium that she wishes with adult supervision — because it brings her happiness,” Kim wrote at the time. “Divorce is difficult enough on our children and Kanye’s obsession with trying to control and manipulate our situation so negatively and publicly is only causing further pain for all. From the beginning, I’ve wanted nothing but a healthy and supportive coparenting relationship because it is what is best for our children and it saddens me that Kanye continues to make it impossible every step of the way.”

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Playing Nice

Khloé opened up to Drew Barrymore in March 2021 about finding “common ground” with Thompson while coparenting. “There are days that are definitely more trying, bumpy or turbulent, but you never speak poorly about someone that you have a child with or even an ex at all,” she said at the time. “Like, at some point you chose to be in that relationship and at some point there was love and respect.”

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Peak Coparenting

“Tristan is so great and really trusts me as a mom and knows I’m always gonna do the right thing for [our daughter], True, so he really doesn’t tell me ‘no’ a lot of the times,” Khloé told Kelly Clarkson of their “great communication” in February 2021. “I’m grateful for that. I think as moms, we sort of feel like we have the right and know what we’re doing with our kids.”

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New Normal

Khloé got “territorial” at the thought of sending her daughter to Cleveland to be with her dad during the NBA season, she admitted to Kris in an April 2020 Keeping Up With the Kardashians episode. “To coparent is a different beast, probably the hardest thing I’ve had to figure out,” she said. “Like, ‘This is my baby, why are you telling me what to do?’ You forget it’s both of your baby.”

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BFFs

Jenner said she and the rapper were “like BFFs” in March 2020, telling Harper’s Bazaar at the time: “We both love Stormi and want what’s best for her. We stay connected and coordinated. I think about [my parents, Kris Jenner and Caitlyn Jenner], in situations with Stormi, what they would do. They were very hands-on with me, and I want the same for Stormi.”

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Big Fan

In February 2020, Khloé told Laura Wasser: “I know [True’s] dad is a great person. I know how much he loves her and cares about her so I want him to be there.”

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Perfect Perspective

“He is a good dad to her,” Khloé wrote of Thompson in March 2019. “My sweet and special baby True will NEVER be put in the middle of him and I. I can promise that.”

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Honesty Hour

That same month, Khloé told Jay Shetty that coparenting is “not easy” for her, explaining, “It would be easier for me to keep my daughter away and be like, ‘No, because you hurt me.’ But he never hurt True. Him and I have our own relationship, and then Tristan and True have theirs. I will never come in-between that, I don’t believe in that.”

She added in the “On Purpose” podcast episode: “As long as it’s not hurting [me] in any way. If coparenting with Scott was hindering Kourtney’s growth or if [coparenting] hinders my growth, then you also have to put yourself first because you are, in fact, taking care of your children. But if it’s not hindering you or hurting you in any way, I think it’s important to work on all relationships.”

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Grateful

“I’m really proud at the coparenting place that we are in,” the Revenge Body host captioned a November 2019 Instagram upload.

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Perfect Perspective

“Tristan and I are in a really good space,” Khloé told Andy Cohen in a July 2020 KUWTK clip. “It’s like, I have to be an adult. Why make it difficult for myself for the rest of my life? I have to deal with him. And he’s her dad and he’s a great dad to her. So I’m not gonna drag my feet. I’ll make it as good as I can. Because that would just be harder on me.”

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Surprise, Surprise

“We’re doing a great job and I’m really grateful that we’re able to,” Khloé told Daily Pop of coparenting with Thompson in July 2020. “I come from a family that … just because people aren’t together doesn’t mean you have to be rude or they’re out of your life.”

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A for Effort

“It’s one of the hardest things I’ve ever done,” Khloé told Ellen DeGeneres in October 2020 of coparenting. “Because you have your own personal feelings, but when you can put those aside and you just put your child first — it sounds great when you’re all in love and everything, [but] when you go through something, it’s such a challenge. But to do it, I know how good I feel about myself.”