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Kylie Kelce is among the many parents getting ready for the back-to-school season
Kylie and husband Jason Kelce share daughters Finnley, 4 months, Bennett, 2½, Elliotte, 4½, and Wyatt, 5½
Kylie tells PEOPLE about the emotional journey that comes with this school year as the first Kelce girl heads to school full time
Kylie Kelce is loving life in her family of six!
Speaking with PEOPLE about her partnership with Dove to introduce a short film — “Fans of Confidence,” the latest installment in their ongoing work to champion girls’ self-esteem through sport — the mom of four shares an update on life in the Kelce household.
Of fitting daughter Finnley, 4 months, into the fold, Kylie shares, “It’s not too much. She’s still at the age where, like most of the time, I just strap her to the front of me and we go anywhere.”
Kylie credits husband Jason Kelce with “tagging in heavy on bedtime,” changing the rhythm of their day.
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“We used to tag team bedtime and now it’s a little bit of like, he’s doing it on his own, which he’s the best at. I think they prefer that,” she shares.
Laughing, Kylie continues, “They’re like, ‘Mom, why are you even in here? You can get out.’ He gives the best back scratches, and he reads the stories with voices, so he’s way more fun than I am.
But that’s really been the biggest change, is bedtime. Dad’s a pro.”
The couple — who share Finnley, as well as Bennett, 2½, Elliotte, 4½, and Wyatt, 5½ — are looking forward to getting the family out to cheer on uncle Travis Kelce in person at NFL games this year.
“The girls have not yet been to an Uncle Trav game just because a lot of opportunities that we’ve had to go and support Trav have been, even just last year, a lot of Monday nights,” she explains.
“I think two different Monday Night Football opportunities. But as anyone knows, an 8:00 p.m. start is not conducive to a 5, 4 , and 2-year-old. We’re not tagging in on that, so maybe we’ll get out there for a nice 1:00 p.m. Sunday with the girls.”
The podcaster is continuing her partnership with Dove in pursuit of an important mission — helping girls build body confidence. With 1 in 2 girls dropping out of sports during adolescence, largely due to body image issues, the mom and athlete shares that she hopes to drive home the message that all bodies belong in sports.
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“I think it’s a matter of making sure these girls know that they can appreciate their body for what it can do instead of what it looks like,” Kylie tells PEOPLE.
“You’re not going to be a cookie-cutter. If we were cookie cutters, that would be really lame. It would be a sad, boring world if we all looked the same or were built the exact same. So I think it’s the most obvious, in sport, that your body can do amazing things and that it doesn’t necessarily have to look a certain way to do that.”
Kylie will introduce a short film, “Fans of Confidence,” at the Sat., Aug. 9 Gotham FC game. The film flips the script: instead of fans cheering pros, Gotham FC stars show up to cheer on girls in their youth programs — making them feel seen, celebrated and encouraged to stay in the game.
“The ability of your body can give you confidence because when you work really hard and invest the time, you can excel at your sport, and when you’re winning or you’re excelling. I think that that automatically builds a sense of confidence,” she shares.
Kylie continues, “I think oftentimes in sport you’re on a team with like-minded people, and so your peers are there to lift you up. You’re there working towards a common goal. You’re working together and you’re also uplifting each other throughout the game, on and off the field. So it’s multiple facets of sports that are able to help girls understand why they should be confident.”
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