She and the Tesla CEO have two children: son X Æ A-XII, three, and daughter Y, one. Elon also has eight other children from past relationships.
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"Being Elon's kid is not the same as being anyone's kid," Grimes told Wired, admitting she thinks their lives might be "pretty intense" with a billionaire CEO as their father. "In my house, at least, I want it to be more of a crazy warehouse situation and a cool art space."
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Grimes said that X already "knows a lot about rockets" and has generally developed an interest in space, like his father. "It's crazy. He knows more about rockets than me."
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She said X doesn't even play with toys "because if they're not anatomically correct, he gets upset."
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"He's a little engineer, for sure," Grimes continued. "But his obsession with space is bordering on, 'Is this healthy?'"
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She explained how, in April, X had a full-on "meltdown" over the explosion of Starship, the rocket launched by Elon's SpaceX company. "When X saw Starship blow up, he had, like, a three-day PTSD meltdown," she shared. "Every hour, he was waking up and going, 'Starship …' and I had to rub his back.'"
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The same thing goes for her and Elon's daughter, Y. "She’s a little engineer too," Grimes said. "She likes industrial shipping. She’s very strange."
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Asked about her plans for their education, Grimes said she's currently "trying to find a great peer group" with "other parents who are sort of like us and share similar values."
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"I really care about having a very good relationship with my kids," she explained. "I think I understand how to be a good parent to them. Both enforcing discipline and being their friend. Who knows, maybe they’ll resent me and reject family culture, but I feel like they will not."
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Grimes said she's also tried to teach things to Elon — like how to have "more fun."
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"I try to soften him up, to build family culture," she said. "And he steals a lot of my memes."
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You can read the rest of what Grimes had to say here.
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