Kim Kardashian employs five nannies for four kids — and still handles school runs herself

Kim Kardashian has five nannies on staff to help raise her four children — one always on duty, four rotating — but she still does the school run herself every day and sits down to dinner with her kids every night, she told The Sunday Times' Style Magazine in a profile published Saturday.

The detail, drawn from a wide-ranging interview, puts a precise number on the support structure behind one of the most scrutinised parenting arrangements in celebrity culture. Kardashian, 45, has primary custody of the four children she shares with ex-husband Kanye West: North, 13, Saint, 10, Chicago, 8, and Psalm, 7.

I think I am an intermediate-strict parent. I'm extremely patient and loving. I still have a kid sleep in my bed when they want. I read books with the kids every night.— Kim Kardashian

The nanny disclosure lands against a backdrop of Kardashian's long-running public comments about the difficulty of solo parenting. During a 2024 appearance on the 'What's in the Winkler' podcast, she said she feels 'alone' in raising her kids, and acknowledged that while she has 'great support systems,' the hardest moments come in the middle of the night when children are in her bed 'kicking' and 'crying.' She has said she doesn't discuss those struggles often to avoid judgment, according to Page Six.

The interview also touched on how she talks to her children about the wealth and privilege surrounding them.

It's something I talk to my kids about constantly, about hard work, never taking things for granted, always having gratitude. I lead by example. I'm really open with them about my work, all of the hard work that I put into my law studies, and they're proud. I think that you can have a big life and still have that spirit in you. But it is more challenging.— Kim Kardashian

On the question of fame and her children's exposure to it, Kardashian said she worries — particularly as North's public profile grows following the release of her debut EP, N0rth4evr.

Each kid does what they're comfortable with. So, my little ones come around when I'm filming but they don't really do storylines. North loves it a little bit more than the rest. I hold her back. All she wants to do is forward-facing projects. And so it's like us really kind of trying to savor those moments and not doing everything that comes her way, so we can really make sure that we manage it the right way.— Kim Kardashian

North's music career has also become an unexpected point of connection between Kardashian and West, who divorced in 2021 after seven years of marriage. Kardashian said the two communicate better on that subject than on most others.

That is something that her dad and I have better communication about. We make sure we're aligned and that she's in projects that we both approve.— Kim Kardashian

The co-parenting relationship has been publicly fraught. In an October 2025 appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast, Kardashian described sharing custody as 'a lot of work,' saying the children live with her full time and that she pushes for a healthy relationship between them and their father. She also pushed back on a persistent narrative about her behaviour, according to The Independent.

The one thing that gets me is that there's this narrative that I keep the kids...away from him. I never once [have] done that.— Kim Kardashian

West, 49, married model Bianca Censori in December 2022, less than a month after his divorce from Kardashian was finalised. He has previously responded publicly on social media when Kardashian described herself as her children's 'main provider,' according to Page Six. Kardashian, meanwhile, has been in a relationship with Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton and recently wrapped filming on Season 2 of Ryan Murphy's series 'All's Fair,' in which she plays a character named Allura Grant. She is also continuing to work toward passing the California bar exam after several failed attempts, though an insider told Page Six in May that she has paused studying to focus on filming and production commitments.

Kardashian also told The Times she spent five years single after her split from West, describing it as a deliberate choice. 'I could focus on my kids and projects that I really wanted to be involved with. I really felt no rush,' she said, according to TMZ.

Why it matters — The interview offers the clearest account yet of how Kardashian structures daily life for her four children amid a high-profile career and a co-parenting arrangement that remains publicly complicated — and reveals North's music career as a rare point of alignment with West.

Reported by pagesix.com, people.com, cosmopolitan.com, independent.co.uk, celebtattler.com, tmz.com, usmagazine.com