Ciara, 40, says motherhood keeps her learning every day.
During an appearance on Friday’s episode of the “Angie Martinez IRL” podcast, Ciara spoke about staying connected to her kids and what it takes to keep up with their world.
“I think my kids also keep me young, too. You know, mama’s got to stay tapped in,” Ciara told podcast host Angie Martinez.
The singer is a mother of four. She shares a son with her ex, rapper Future, and two daughters and a son with her husband, New York Giants quarterback Russell Wilson.
Staying current helps her better understand her kids and the challenges they face at their ages, Ciara said.
“I want to be, like, aware of what’s happening in their world,” she said.
She added that she often reflects on what life was like when she was their age, so she can better understand what her kids are experiencing now.
“I want them to feel comfortable with me, but I also want to make sure I’m like, thinking about what I could have done better to serve them better,” she said.
Ciara also described herself as a “partial” helicopter mom, and said she likes to “be up in the mix.”
“This world is like bananas, and so I think you’ve got to be locked in even more now because the access is so high,” Ciara said. “And my greatest fear is that the world tells my kid information that shapes them when I could be the one telling them.”
As her kids get older and start talking at school, they can pick up and sometimes make up all kinds of things, she said.
“I feel really proud sometimes when you beat the world to telling your kids something,” Ciara said. “I feel really proud of those moments, like having real conversations with them. So you’re just only empowering them, you’re only armoring them for the world.”
In March, Ciara told Parents that she wants her daughters to learn to create their own self-worth.
“I want my girls to know that they’re not limited by their gender or the color of their skin,” she said.
Speaking to Vogue in August, Ciara said becoming a mother changed how she saw her career and herself.
“When I first began, I’m in an industry where it was taboo to have a child. The moment you had a child, you were automatically labeled as older or not focused. So having my babies and being on this journey to go after all that I’m trying to achieve has just been one of the coolest things,” she said.
