Kim Kardashian spills on parenting challenges, says 'there are nights I cry'

Kim Kardashian is being up about the difficulties she faces as a mother.

The Kardashians star, 42, speaks up about life with her four children, sons Saint, 7, and Psalm, 4, and girls North, 9, and Chicago, 5, in an exclusive clip shared with People magazine from a future edition of the On Purpose with Jay Shetty podcast.

The SKIMS founder responds to host Jay Shetty's inquiry about how parenting is different for Kardashian today than it was before she had children.

"Everyone says the days are long and the years are short, and that couldn't be like a more true statement."

"So, like, when you're in it, I mean, especially when they're babies and you're feeding ... there's madness going on. It's like full madness," she continues. "It's the best chaos though."

Detailing that "you have no idea what's going on" in the mornings, Kardashian adds, "It's like I always have to do one of my daughter's hair — and it has to be perfect and it has to be a certain way — and then this one needs me to put his shoes on and they all need you. ... It's like full crazy madness, cooking, running around. Like, it's wild."

Kardashian continues to open up to Shetty, 35, about her position as a mother, saying, "Parenting is the thing that has taught me the most about myself."

"It has been the most challenging thing," she continues. "There are nights I cry myself to sleep. Like, holy shit, this f---ing tornado in my house. Like, what just happened?"

"You know, with all the moods and the personalities and sometimes they're fighting, and you know, there's no one there," Kardashian adds. "Like, it's [just] me to play good police officer and bad cop."