Kim Kardashian Describes a "Lockdown" Routine to Shield Her Four Children
Kim Kardashian says she switches her household into what she calls "lockdown" mode when negative stories circulate about her ex-husband, Ye, or when he is going through a mental health episode. Her comments, published on 29 October 2026 by Billboard, describe a deliberate effort to keep her four children away from the noise.
In Jonathan Van Meter's book Citizen Kim: The Woman Who Created the Future, Kardashian explains that lockdown means disconnecting the children from the outside world. The household has a shorthand for it. A "lockdown" text means no TVs, just movies. Radio is off as well. In the car, the children hear only music played from phones, and she avoids Sirius XM, the satellite radio service, because it discusses current events as they happen.
Her four children with Ye are North (13), Saint (10), Chicago (8) and Psalm (7). Kardashian said in the book that she worries about Ye all day, and she pointed out that he is the father of her kids.
The pair say they co-parent without much conflict. Kardashian said it has been smooth for a while, partly because the two of them do not talk that much. She also said she remains close with Ye's family and keeps an open-door policy, inviting them to dinner and encouraging them to spend time with the children.
Their working relationship extends to the children's careers. In an interview with The Sunday Times earlier in October, Kardashian said she and Ye are aligned on co-parenting their daughter North West's music career, and that they approve projects together.
Kardashian and Ye began dating in 2012. They married in an Italian ceremony in 2014, after North was born. Kardashian filed for divorce in February 2021, after more than six years of marriage.
The lockdown routine is a private family arrangement, and Kardashian describes it in personal terms rather than as a policy. Its practical side is simple, though. For children who grew up in front of cameras, the screens and radios are switched off, and the people who love them keep the news at a distance.
