(CNN) – Even though Gisele Bündchen “doesn't really care” what the world says about her, she has strong feelings when it comes to her family and raising her children.
In an interview with Harper's Bazaar published on Thursday, the supermodel opened up about some of the challenges she's faced while co-parenting with her ex-husband Tom Brady, explaining that she sometimes feels “pushed back” by her children. become.
“Especially because they live in two different houses now and there are two different paths,” Bündchen said, adding that their individual parenting style boils down to feeling like they have a “duty” to their children, namely them to pass on the valuable lessons her own mother had taught him.
These lessons include: “The way you organize your room; the way you organize and make your bed is the way you will organize your life,” she shared.
Bündchen admitted that her children are growing up with more privilege than she had at their age and said she tries to give them the tools they need to navigate life.
“If you don’t learn here and now, when and with whom?” he said.
Bündchen has two children with Brady: Vivian, 11, and Benjamin, 14. She is also the ex-stepmother of Jack, 16, whom the athlete had with actress Bridget Moynahan.
Brady and Bündchen jointly announced in October 2022 that they were divorcing after 13 years of marriage. Both emphasized at the time that raising their children together was their priority.
Because Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady are two very public figures, she knows that her personal life – especially as she navigates this new era as a single mother – is under more scrutiny than ever. But he doesn't care about outside opinion.
“I can't really worry about what other people say about me because what they say about me is none of my business,” Bündchen told Harper's this week, adding, “It's really up to them what they choose to do.” trying to project myself.”
“If this affects me,” she said, “I will never live my truth.”