Chrissy Teigen has 42 million followers on Instagram , where she’s known for sharing with vulnerable honesty—especially when it comes to parenting her four kids. But thinking about them using the ’gram? Not her favorite subject. “I know I absolutely want to delay social media,” Teigen, 38, said Tuesday in New York City onstage at the Digital Parenthood Summit, a daylong event focusing on kids and screens , from online safety tool Aura .
“I would say [first] get through high school. That would be my absolute dream.” Teigen was interviewed by media executive Jeffrey Katzenberg, whose WndrCo counts Aura in its portfolio.
He asked Teigen about her fears around her kids and social media considering her own heavy use of it. “I know! Trust me. That’s the hard thing,” she said, explaining that she feels other technology, in small doses, is fine for her little ones—Luna, 8; Miles, 6; Esti, 1; and Wren, 11 months.
That includes Duolingo for her oldest and YouTube episodes of Ms. Rachel for Esti. “I am into letting them have the freedom because of how much they do on a regular basis outside, activity-wise, and I do think it’s okay to give them that break sometimes,” said Teigen, who dove into her own complicated relationship with the internet, referencing a recent post in which she expressed frustrations over being criticized and misunderstood by followers.
“I always try to live very authentically online, and I was getting to the point where I felt so stifl.
