Kim Kardashian has a household protocol most parents have never considered, and it all starts with a single text. According to Jonathan Van Meter’s new bookCitizen Kim: The Woman Who Created the Future, when negative stories about Ye start circulating, Kim messages her entire household:“We’re on lockdown.”No TVs. No radio. Just movies and music played through phones, so North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm never encounter real-time coverage.
The book also gives a rare update on how co-parenting is going in 2026. Kim says things have been“pretty smooth”lately, and her explanation is refreshingly blunt: they“don’t talk that much.”Still, she admits she worries about Ye constantly, calling it the burden of raising children with someone she doesn’t always see eye to eye with. She keeps an open-door policy with his family and encourages the kids’bond with their dad.
What makes this relatable is that every family has its own version of a lockdown, whether it’s turning off the news when grandma visits or banning the group chat at dinner. Kim’s just happens to play out in public. Would your household survive a screen-free lockdown, or would the group chat revolt first?
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