Teen Mother’s Jenelle Evans Reveals Purpose for Son Jace’s Transfer to Florida

The Teen Mother 2 alum took to TikTok on Tuesday to deal with the backlash she’s confronted after revealing she let her 15-year-old son Jace transfer to Florida to dwell together with his organic father, Andrew Lewis.

“You guys are taking a look at it as a detrimental scenario, however everybody behind closed doorways is taking a look at it as a optimistic factor for him,” Evans stated. “You possibly can say all you need. You possibly can say I am not taking good care of my children. Being a mom is doing one of the best curiosity to your little one and I’m doing one of the best curiosity for my little one.”

Studies emerged earlier this week that Jace had flown to Florida to dwell with Lewis, prompting followers to query Evans’ parenting and her determination to let Jace dwell with a person who’s largely been absent for many of the teen’s life.

However in accordance with Jenelle, the transfer was a essential one.

“He was recognized with ADHD on the age of 10,” she revealed in her TikTok video. “And most lately, in 2023, he was additionally recognized with main depressive dysfunction alongside together with his ADHD and defiant dysfunction or ODD.”

She continued, “With defiant dysfunction, it’s totally laborious to cope with. Youngsters act out on function as a result of they need consideration. They don’t have any regret. They don’t have any empathy for what they did.”

Evans went on to explain her son’s ongoing psychological well being struggles as a long-standing “secret” within the household, earlier than explaining why she hadn’t publicly shared these points till now.

“We by no means needed to place it in entrance of the media and clarify it as a result of it was Jace’s privateness,” she defined. “Now we have gotten to the purpose the place it is occurred too many occasions, a number of incidents for years and years and years. One thing needed to be performed.”

That one thing, was calling Lewis and asking for assist, throughout what Evans stated was a second of panic.

“I had a panic assault and I ended up calling Andrew crying and I used to be like, ‘I do not know what to do anymore. I need assistance,'” Evans recalled. “And he stated, ‘Let me assist you to. Let me assist you to.'”

Along with her ex, Lewis’ mom can also be a part of Jace’s new assist system in Florida.

“Collectively we got here to this settlement that it could be the most suitable choice for him proper now,” Evans went on to elucidate.

And whereas it is the proper determination for Jace proper now, Evans, who additionally shares son Kaiser, 10, with ex Nathan Griffith, and daughter Ensley, 8, with estranged husband David Eason, stated under no circumstances has it been a straightforward one.

“We have tried all the things we may,” she maintained. “Proper now, he must be in a scenario the place each households are protected.”

Whereas some followers questioned why her mom, Barbara Evans, who had custody of Jace for a lot of his formative years, did not step in once more, Jenelle stated bluntly: “She could not deal with it anymore.”

The transfer comes after some headline-making incidents from the teenager, which included Jace operating away from residence, amongst different issues.

However even with the backlash, Evans stated she seems like she’s making the proper determination for her son on this second.

“I really feel like once you’re coparenting, if either side of the household can come collectively to assist remedy these points earlier than they flip into an grownup … it is simply actually vital,” she stated. “I put all of the drama apart and stated, ‘Let’s simply do that.'”

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