Divvying up his time amongst everyone is something he was not great at or even necessarily intentional about.
Kody himself even admitted he didn’t spend much time with his children.
“I’ve been working all my life.
I was raised on a ranch.
We were always busy.”
Christine said she and Kody tried talking and therapy, but there were no changes.
“I’d tell my kids that all of the time, that he’s going to come over.
Nowadays, most of Kody’s older children say that their relationship with him is strained.
Gwendlyn uses her YouTube channel to review episodes of “Sister Wives.”
A sad transformation
Gwendlyn Brown isn’t alone in her memories of her father not being there.
Her brother Paedon Brown echoed her.
Paedon said he witnessed a transformation in his father as he grew up.
Up until Paedon was around twelve, he said he had “an incredible father.”
He didn’t question whether or not his father cared about him or wanted to spend time with him.
However, Paedon said by the time he was fifteen, Kody was a different man.
During her early days of kindergarten, his daughter Ariella was exhausted during school.
This could be attributed to her sleep schedule, which had her going to bed late.
“We’ve allowed her to sleep late.”
Forgotten birthdays
In 2021, Kody Brown and multiple family members contracted covid.
His son Gabriel Brown had a birthday in the midst of this.
“We [had] a small discussion about how my covid was,” Gabriel toldEntertainment Tonight.
Gabriel broke down into tears during the interview.
Two years later, his brother Paedon revealed to John Yates that the incident still impacts him today.
“Gabe is brokenhearted about this, and he’s still so affected by it,” Paedon said.
Gabriel along with his brother Garrison Brown are not on speaking terms with their father anymore.
Kody claims it’s because they disrespected the covid rules he set in place.
“Boys, I’m sorry.
I was trying to protect my family,” he said on the episode.
“Next time, I’d manage it differently, and I’m sorry.”
Two key instances resulted in this distance in the relationship.
First, Kody did not join her when she underwent scoliosis surgery in 2020.
Kody claimed traveling and attending the surgery posed too great a risk of contracting covid.
I do understand why he’s doing it.
It’s just really frustrating and really, really hard.”
The second event occurred when he did not help Ysabel move into her college dorm freshman year.
Christine was present in general, while Kody was not.
“But I mean, he’s still my dad.”
