Kristin Cavallari Explains Why She Flies First Class While Her Three Children Sit in Coach

Kristin Cavallari may be flying first class, but her three kids aren’t.

During a recent appearance on the Aspire with Emma Grede podcast on Tuesday, July 7, Cavallari, 39, who shares Camden, 13, Jaxon, 12, and Saylor, 10, with ex-husband Jay Cutler, opened up about the parenting decision, telling host Emma Grede she draws a concrete line when it comes to spoiling her children.

“My kids don’t just get whatever they want,” Cavallari shared. “And if they want something, they have to work for it. So, a good example is last summer, both of my boys created their own little businesses. So one of my boys was washing people’s windows. And the other one was washing people’s garbage cans. Because if they want something, they got to go work for it. And they got to make it happen.”

And that includes their first-class flying privileges, with Cavallari telling Grede, 43, she wants to be sure to remind her kids, “This is my money. This is not your money.”

The Laguna Beach alum continued, “Something as small as they fly coach, I’m flying first class. That was important to me when they became old enough that they could. It’s not [difficult to do] when they’re older. I’m like, ‘Bye guys, have fun back there.'”

Cavallari said she waited until her kids were older before enforcing the rule, but it’s one she has no plans to change, especially given that they’re growing up with a reality star-turned-business owner mom and a former NFL player father.

“It’s good for them,” Cavallari maintained. “And I think it’s the little things like that as a parent that make, ultimately, I think, a big difference in the long run.”

Despite the somewhat controversial parenting take, the Uncommon James founder told Grede that her kids come first, adding that she’s always sure to be out of her Nashville, Tennessee office by the time they get home from school.

“I think there are so many ways to come into being a businesswoman and a mother, and there is no one-size-fits-all,” she added. “What works for me is very different from what will work for you.”