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Irina Shaykis sharing some of the lessons she’s learned from her little girl.The model, 37, got candid about confidence and motherhood in an essay forHarper’s Bazaar, sharing that her 6-year-old daughterLea De Seinewith exBradley Coopercontinues to inspire her to “love myself.““My daughter is a big part of why I started to love myself even more,” she explained. “She’ll say, ‘I love Daddy so much, I love Mama so much, I love Nana, I love Babulya—’ who is my mom. Then she goes, ‘And I really love myself.’ And I’m looking at my daughter and I’m like, ‘Wow, I wasn’t like that at 6 years old.’ You know what I mean? I didn’t have her thoughts at 6 years old.“Shayk went on to share that she and Cooper, 48, are making sure to teach Lea about the importance of kindness.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Steve Granitz/WireImage"We’re teaching our daughter that the most important thing is to be kind to people. Every time we send her to school, we’re like, ‘Just remember kindness and love,’ " Shayk wrote.“So I think that’s what true beauty is. It’s not about putting on masks, putting on makeup, brushing your hair, putting on nice clothes,” she continued.“With TikTok and Instagram and social media, my daughter is growing up in a different environment than I grew up in, so sometimes it kind of scares me. But most important is teaching our daughter bigger values than being pretty on the outside.“TheOscar-nominated actor and theSports Illustratedmodel began dating in the spring of 2015 and welcomed a child together in 2017 beforecalling it quits two years later.Shayk toldELLEin 2021 that they don’t use the term “co-parenting,” explaining, “I never understoodthe term co-parenting. […] Co-parenting is parenting.”
Irina Shaykis sharing some of the lessons she’s learned from her little girl.
The model, 37, got candid about confidence and motherhood in an essay forHarper’s Bazaar, sharing that her 6-year-old daughterLea De Seinewith exBradley Coopercontinues to inspire her to “love myself.”
“My daughter is a big part of why I started to love myself even more,” she explained. “She’ll say, ‘I love Daddy so much, I love Mama so much, I love Nana, I love Babulya—’ who is my mom. Then she goes, ‘And I really love myself.’ And I’m looking at my daughter and I’m like, ‘Wow, I wasn’t like that at 6 years old.’ You know what I mean? I didn’t have her thoughts at 6 years old.”
Shayk went on to share that she and Cooper, 48, are making sure to teach Lea about the importance of kindness.
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“We’re teaching our daughter that the most important thing is to be kind to people. Every time we send her to school, we’re like, ‘Just remember kindness and love,’ " Shayk wrote.
“So I think that’s what true beauty is. It’s not about putting on masks, putting on makeup, brushing your hair, putting on nice clothes,” she continued.
“With TikTok and Instagram and social media, my daughter is growing up in a different environment than I grew up in, so sometimes it kind of scares me. But most important is teaching our daughter bigger values than being pretty on the outside.”
TheOscar-nominated actor and theSports Illustratedmodel began dating in the spring of 2015 and welcomed a child together in 2017 beforecalling it quits two years later.
Shayk toldELLEin 2021 that they don’t use the term “co-parenting,” explaining, “I never understoodthe term co-parenting. […] Co-parenting is parenting.”
source: people.com
