Kourtney Kardashian Shares Eyebrow-Raising Opinion on Parenting & We Have So Many Questions

Parenting on reality TV can’t be easy, and the Kardashians have faced more than their fair share of backlash for their controversial parenting takes over the years. However, what Kourtney Kardashian just said might be her most eyebrow-raising opinion yet. She just shared her feelings on this seemingly uncontroversial parenting decision, and it’s more than a little confusing.

The Lemme founder appeared on her sister Khloé Kardashian’s podcast, Khloé in Wonder Land, this week, where she chatted about how she started therapy and began “challenging the ways that we did things.” Kourtney said, per PEOPLE, “I feel like I love to just go against the grain, I think.”

This prompted Khloé to dig a little deeper. She asked whether Kourtney actually liked doing things a different way, or if she just wants to stand out.

“No, I think living authentically is not conforming to whatever it is,” Kourtney replied. “For me, there’s so many ways. There’s ways we function as a family that…it’s like if someone does the same thing every day. Like I do it with everything, it’s not about our family.”

Then, she shared one of these controversial takes: she doesn’t think kids should go to school. (*record scratch*) Wait, what?! Yes, she thinks kids should not go to school every day, and we have no idea how to take that.

“Like, let’s say the school system. I’ll think, ‘Why do kids f—— go to school?’ Truly. It’s so dated,” Kourtney said.

Um, OK, let’s start with the easy one: kids go to school to learn? Like, duh! Are we still having this conversation in 2025? I mean, sure, some kids are homeschooled. But that’s a personal choice, and definitely not one that would work for everybody. Like in families where both parents work. Or families with single parents. Or families with parents who just aren’t teachers and don’t want to be responsible for their children’s education (I can barely handle my son’s second-grade homework!).

Saying that it’s “outdated” to send your kids to school is a hot take — and one that could potentially be dangerous if people actually took that to heart. Because while Kourtney might send her kids to private school or pay for expensive tutors to come over and teach them every day, she is definitely not just keeping her kids home every day to do nothing during the school day. Um, Kourt, your privilege is showing!

Instead of calling her sister out, Khloé actually agreed. “Oh, I’m such a homeschool person. So don’t even get me going,” she responded. Again, for millionaires, homeschooling is a much easier option than for most Americans.

Unsurprisingly, Kourtney’s kids Mason, 15, Penelope, 12, and Reign, 10, who she shares with ex Scott Disick, agree with her take. Because what kid wouldn’t? She said that they will send their mom videos of “successful people” whose kids never went to public school.

“And then I’m like, ‘What’s the goal here? You want to do homeschool? Let’s do it!’ Or whatever it is. I think it’s anything,” Kourtney said. She also shared some other hot takes — like not taking her kids to the doctor either.

“I will like nurse the fever of my kids versus giving Tylenol or ibuprofen,” Kourtney, who is also mom to son Rocky Thirteen, 18 months, with husband Travis Barker. “I just want to do that. And whatever it is, there’s so many things like that where I feel like I kinda do, maybe in the world generally does maybe more what I do, but in the United States [it’s different].”

Even Kourtney’s mom doesn’t always agree with her parenting decisions, like her choice to co-sleep with her babies. On an episode of The Kardashians last month, Kris Jenner said she doesn’t agree with having a “kid in the bed” like Kourtney does.

“This is a different generation,” Jenner said. “We didn’t co-sleep in the ‘80s, no, we didn’t,” she continued. “We had structure. We had schedules. We had mealtimes. We put our kids to bed at 7 o’ clock. And then we go to dinner and have some grown up time and it was a wonderful life.”

Kourtney defended herself, saying, “With my babies and my husband, I have a desire to slow down,” she explained. “It’s nice to actually linger in a moment, not rushing so you can experience everything. If you just slow everything down, then everyone can enjoy and experience things more together.”

Before you go, check out Kourtney Kardashian’s best quotes about being a mom.