Most parents try to keep their kids off social media for as long as possible, but 43-year-old Nicole Richie takes a different approach with her teens, Harlow, 16, and Sparrow, 15.
She shares both kids with her rockstar husband, Joel Madden, and during a recent interview on The Drew Barrymore Show, Nicole talked about how she deals with her kids on social media.
You know, I think I have been more inclined to, instead of make it this forbidden thing, to really, first of all, understand it on my own so that I know the world that they know. The digital world and the real world are very different things, but it’s very real.
So for her, it’s important she knows as much as possible, so she can better understand exactly what her kids are doing on there.
And it seems to be working because she can actually have conversations with them about it…
The more I understand it and then talk to them about it and, you know, just say to them, ‘Anything that you put out there is going to be out there forever,’ By the way, they know it. They know it very well.
Honestly… not a bad approach! You can’t ban them from it forever. Best to be prepared!
