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- First time on a guy's trip.
You made this thing happen, big dawg.
It was at this other table with a dad
and another little boy.
So my mom goes, is this your son?
And the dad looked at her crazy and was like, yeah, what's up?
- Oh, Lord.
- It's like these babies are so young,
and we're already dealing with this stupid [bleep].
- Hi, how are you?
- I'm doing good.
I'm actually in Vegas right now.
- No way. - Yeah.
I had a business meeting with a cannabis company.
I think my history is going to have
a lot to do with this brand.
I have so many ideas.
- Yeah, an actual partnership. - Yeah.
- Our life is extremely hectic with all three kids
having ball games and practices, and it's hard
for us to keep up with everything.
It's also extremely hard for me and Taylor
to find time for just the two of us.
- I'm calling from school with the results
of Kloie's assessment.
I wanted to share the good news.
Kloie passed with flying colors.
- Awesome.
Sean can go back to work.
I do two jobs, so I'm like, I bring in the bacon.
- Watching you do all that stuff is helping me find
drive to pursue a career now.
- Jeremy claimed that Addie was at home
seven hours by herself, while I was at work,
which is false.
The cops came to the restaurant and recommended that I file
a protection order on Jeremy.
So for the next 180 days, I don't have to have
any contact with Jeremy.
What happened and what you were dealt with
when you saw the cops, it wasn't ideal.
Were you angry with me? - Yeah.
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- Hey, girls. I'm so happy.
Sean had such a good time on the guys trip.
I know he really, really needed it.
We've been homeschooling Kloie for the last three months.
Majority him, because my work schedule has been hectic,
but luckily, today Kloie is starting her first day
at her new private school, and we cannot be more excited.
What are we going to do on our first day of school?
- And what else?
- Yeah. That's almost the most important,
but have fun.
Does she not look so stinking cute?
- What do you think's going to be your favorite part
about your first day?
- Your recess?
- I said that. - Oh.
She gets two recesses. - Oh, yeah.
- And a snack time.
- The second recess specifically.
OK.
About to pull up and right on time.
- We here. We here.
- Are you excited? - Are we there yet?
Are we there yet?
- You're nervous? It's OK.
- It's OK. - It's OK to be nervous.
It's because it's your first day.
- Yeah.
- ♪♪ This whole world's made of possibilities ♪♪
- ♪♪ Let's get to work ♪♪
♪♪ I'm gonna win it ♪♪
♪♪ Let's get to work ♪♪
- Hi, Chey!
- Well, you look cute.
- Hi. [laughter]
- You look cute too in your--
- My woven coat. - Hello.
- Hi. Good. How are you?
I'll do a regular margarita.
- Can we have two?
Zach was out of town.
He went on a dad's trip with the dads and Cory.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
The last day they were there, I took the kids
to an indoor play thing,
and then all of a sudden, I see Ryder come down.
Ryder is sobbing. - Wow.
- So it gets explained that basically the boy
called Ryder the n-word.
- What?
- And I'm like oh [bleep],
and Ryder is, like, distraught.
- That is so crazy.
- And I was so upset.
- My heart just breaks because that's probably one of her--
- That's her first--
- First encounter of being on the side
of getting a racist slur.
- I was just so upset, and I think
I was more upset because Ryder was looking at me like,
you're not about to do anything?
Even though I grew up in a very pro-Black home,
I feel like when the bold [bleep] happened,
I got stuck.
I didn't know how to even react.
I want to make sure I'm doing the best I can
as her mom to educate myself on how to educate her
the proper way.
And I found an organization.
So one thing I was thinking about was
asking Cory if he would be open to all of us doing a call.
How do we have these conversations with our kids
that are still so young?
And I want us all four to do it--
- Together, so you're all the same page.
- Yes, so we're on the same page.
We all have different backgrounds.
Both my parents are Black, but Zach and Cory,
their moms are both white, and their dads are Black.
Taylor's parents are white.
Everyone has a different situation and scenario.
We were all taught different things, but at the end of day,
we have one common denominator.
We have a Black child.
I hope that they're receptive.
I don't know. - OK, wait.
You really think they won't be receptive?
- I think that they will be, but I just think
that it is a touchy subject.
I think that it does sometimes make people uncomfortable.
They're going to have to realize that they're going
to have to deal with it in different ways
in their household than mine, but they're still
going to have to deal with it. - Yeah.
- ♪♪ When times are tough, I'll walk ahead ♪♪
♪♪ And brave the storm, skies open ♪♪
- Hi, baby.
- ♪♪ I'm not hiding anymore ♪♪
- What? What is it?
- Let me see.
I can't really see it.
- Baby, it's a pimple. We all get pimples.
It's fine. It's a zit.
- They said I could go with them to their dad's
for, like, a day.
- We'll see, baby.
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[dog barking]
- Hello. - Hi.
You just walk in?
You don't--I don't even let me open the door for you?
- I knocked. You're just too slow.
I really did stop by here to kind of check in on you.
Are they changing anything as far as the custody stuff goes
with Jeremy for Addie?
- We're doing all pass-offs between me and Jeremy's mom.
- And is that every weekend?
- Every other weekend.
And she goes to Jeremy's when he's in town,
which he's not really ever in town
because he moved to Pennsylvania.
Ever since the situation with Jeremy happened,
Addie has been struggling.
At first, she was angry.
She was blaming me, and then she was sad.
- Who knows what she's endured or heard not around you?
- I probably would have never went out of my way
to make sure she's seen her grandparents if I'd known
that stuff was being said that she
told me it was being said.
That I'm being called a [bleep], a bitch.
Another thing, Addie has been asking
to go to Corey's house with her sisters.
When they leave, she becomes an only child, and she gets bored,
but there's more to it.
I think she sees the girl--
Ali and Leah go there consistently.
He's very present.
We'll go to events, and Corey's there.
The last time Jeremy was at an event for Addie, third grade.
She's in fifth grade now.
You know how that feels to a kid?
- Yeah.
It's a lot of different emotions.
Does my dad love me?
Why is my dad not?
Why is my dad this?
It's all these things going on in her little mind
that she doesn't even know how to process.
- I personally don't think it's a great time right now,
given the circumstances with her dad.
I think that counseling would be beneficial for her
to teach Addie healthy coping mechanisms.
- The stuff that Addie is going through,
Addie needs to go through it.
She needs to face the sadness and the anger
in order to get in a good place.
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- ♪♪ Just cut it ♪♪
♪♪ It's effortless ♪♪
♪♪ Feels good to be me ♪♪
- ♪♪ You smell like a monkey ♪♪
♪♪ Look like one too ♪♪
- Hi, ladies. All right.
So wrestling season is in full swing,
and I've been helping coach Jade and Maverick in wrestling,
and I know they're going to do great
at their upcoming state tournament.
- ♪♪ Are you ready? ♪♪
♪♪ Come on ♪♪
♪♪ I'm on fire ♪♪
- Oh, this is exciting now.
This is the state tournament.
This is what they work all year for.
- I know.
[phone dings]
- What?
- Just got a message offering me
the head coaching job for girls' wrestling
at the high school. - Really?
- Mm-hmm.
I kind of want to jump up and down.
[chuckles]
[laughter]
- But you'd be the first girls' high school
coach at that school.
- I feel just, like, honored to be thought of, though.
- Yeah, absolutely.
- And I'm just pumped that another high school
is getting a girls team because that's always been my thing.
Like, living in a wrestling room but always being told
you're a girl, and you can't wrestle.
- Can't wrestle, yeah.
- So I just love that--
it makes me really excited for, like, all girls,
but like our daughter because
no one is ever going to tell her girls can't wrestle.
I need to come off the adrenaline and the excitement
to, like, realistically think about it.
[sighs] It's not just me that it affects.
It would affect you. - Yeah.
- It would affect our kids.
It would affect a lot of people,
so I can't just do it because I want to do it.
- ♪♪ We're gonna burn like fire, here we go ♪♪
♪♪ Turning that silver into gold ♪♪
- I'm still in Vegas, and I'm really digging the vibe.
I can definitely see myself living here.
- Oh, [bleep].
- [laughs]
I do not know how David would take the news or react,
and I'm scared of the actions and repercussions
that he might do.
So I have a court date next week
to try and get a restraining order for me and the kids.
- Best way to see the city, though.
Are you excited to come to Vegas?
- Definitely. - Yeah?
- Yeah, I definitely want to take the kids to do this.
- ♪♪ Coming in hot ♪♪
♪♪ Get ready ♪♪
♪♪ We're coming in hot ♪♪
♪♪ It's gonna get heavy ♪♪
♪♪ We're coming in hot ♪♪
- I have a couple of houses for you to see.
Best neighborhood in Las Vegas due
to its safety, good schools.
- Yeah. This will be Jace's fourth high school
that he started this year.
- Wow. - Yeah.
I got to keep an eye on who he's with.
I don't want him getting in any trouble here, you know?
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- It's the first time that you've
ever had Jace where you're able to really parent him.
- Yeah, without anyone-- - Without--
- Without my mom. Without my mom.
- Without anybody. Without CPS.
- I know. I know. - Without courts.
- Jace feels like he's not walking on eggshells anymore,
and I feel like he's more comfortable in the house
because David's already moved to the boat.
- Yeah. So there's a lot riding on this move.
- Yeah.
I'm really excited to look at these houses.
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- Hey. How's it going?
- Guillermo. - Nice to meet you.
- Good to meet you. - Hey, I'm Jenelle.
- Hey, Jenelle. - Nice to meet you.
- Come on in.
Do you see yourself staying in Vegas long or--
- Yeah, but I want to give it, like,
one to two years of renting, so I get familiar
with what I want permanently.
- So this is a single story.
- I prefer two story, so everyone has their own space.
- So we'll go ahead and take a look at another property.
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- ♪♪ Let's have some fun ♪♪
- It is a four bedroom, four bath.
- I love it.
I love the openness of it.
I think my kids will have enough space.
I love the neighborhood.
- You may have to jump on it right away.
This property in particular, I can tell it's probably
going to be gone soon, so--
- OK. - OK?
- I'm going to think about it and get back to you.
- OK.
- ♪♪ Look at the stars shining for you ♪♪
♪♪ For you, for you ♪♪
♪♪ Slip in to bed, make it smooth ♪♪
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- Hey, slow down. - Knock, knock.
- Who is it? - What's up, Ace?
- It's Cory. - Cory.
- Good job, Ace. - What's up, Chey.
- Hi. - Hi. Hi. Hi.
I like how these brown pants look with this green chair.
- Bye. - Bye.
How was the guy's trip?
- Guy's trip was perfect, until I got that phone call
from you talking about Ryder.
It's hard because we can't control
the ignorance of other people. - Right.
- Daddy growing up didn't respond well
to when I was called that.
You know what I mean?
- But I remember growing up, multiple conversations
with my parents of them talking about race.
- And I think you're lucky that you were raised
in a family that provided that for you
and told you, hey, this is what it's like to be Black.
This is what it's like growing up being Black.
- Yeah. I was going to ask you
what it was in your house.
- In my house it wasn't like that.
I was raised by my white mother.
We never talked about color.
Even when these situations would arise
and like I'd be getting racist phone calls
and things like that--
- Would you tell your mom? - Not really.
I don't know.
I would just keep it all in.
- I couldn't imagine the things that I've gone through
and come home, and then I'm just sitting there,
and it's like no one's talking about it.
Or I don't have a place to talk about it
and feel like I'm heard or understood.
It's like you just had to deal with that by yourself.
- How can I tell my white mother,
tell me what it's like to be Black?
That's putting her in a weird situation,
where my dad should have had that talk with me,
but he wasn't around when I was a kid.
- Of course, we come from very different backgrounds,
and a part of raising a child is figuring out, OK,
what are the good things that we want
to take from our parents, or what are things that we want
to do differently that maybe our parents didn't do for us?
And how do we pass that on to Ryder?
So Color of Change, they educate other people
on how to educate themselves on how to deal
with like racial differences or how to talk to kids
and just make sure we're doing everything
as parents to educate ourselves on how
to speak properly to our kids.
- Yeah.
- Would you guys be open to doing that?
- Yeah.
It's just something to add to our toolbox, right?
It's getting help from a professional.
How do we explain it to a six-year-old
and break it down in terms that she understands?
- And we're going to have to deal
with this in different ways.
I mean, at the end of the day, I'm Black.
Taylor is white.
- I told Taylor, and she was really upset
and wants to learn however she can help.
- We need to all educate ourselves, so I want Taylor--
I want Zach to do the call also.
- Sounds good. - Good.
- Yeah.
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♪♪ This is gonna be good ♪♪
- That house on Lexington is currently pending.
Did you see any other houses you want me
to look up some information on?
Question mark.
Kloie is at her first day of school,
and I've been a nervous wreck thinking about her,
but I've been trying to keep myself busy with work.
Luckily, today, me and Sean are going to go
out and have lunch together.
So it's going to be nice to just have
some time for me and him.
Oh, thank you, my good man.
Beer cheese and pretzels?
- Sure.
Well, I'm definitely happy that Kloie is in this new school
because I was worried about her being scared to go back
to school and stuff like that. - Yeah.
- She was not thrilled with that last school,
and homeschooling was very stressful.
It's not for the weak hearted at all.
Now I'm going to start, you know, looking for a new job
and a career path.
- Sean has always struggled figuring out what
he wants to do for a career.
What's going on with the job?
I thought you said you put in your two weeks,
and then you just never went back.
- I'm doing all of this for you.
- Oh, yeah.
- Got a job interview on Thursday--
spraying people's yards with mosquito repellent.
I don't mind doing general labor.
Just kind of going with the flow right now.
- But now that we're married, I want him to have
a job that he can be proud of.
I think you should think about doing
trades or schooling, like I did real estate--
like even home inspection.
Since you already have all that experience in construction,
I feel like it's an easy transition.
- This actually sounds like a good idea.
- Yeah.
So you do electrical, like roof--
it's basically like you do a little bit of everything
that you're checking.
I feel like that would be something that would be easy.
You could be your own boss. - Yeah.
That sounds like a good idea, though.
Thank you.
- If you can have self-discipline and be able
to push yourself to grow, that's the big thing that
you have to have is just major self-discipline.
- So I think when we get home tonight,
I'll start doing some research, see what kind of classes
are available out there and get the ball rolling
with the home inspector. - Yeah.
I think that'd be dope, and we could be a little dream team.
- Perfect.
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- ♪♪ Let us dream again ♪♪
♪♪ Doesn't have to end ♪♪
♪♪ We leave it all behind ♪♪
- How's school? - Good. Good.
- If you guys want A1, I'll put it on the table.
You're welcome.
- Addie has been asking if she can come up
to the house sometimes.
- Yeah. That's something-- we can look at it.
We just gotta make sure, like, all parties are in favor.
- When we're not there, it's just her and my mom.
My mom takes her, does a bunch of stuff.
But a mom can only be one person.
And I think she looks up to how close
me and Allie are with our dad.
- Yeah. That's something that
I've strived to do since y'all was born.
Even though y'all came early in my life,
it was like I knew what I had to do.
So I made it a priority.
- She just wants a father figure.
- Right.
- And I don't know how to help her,
but I've always had my dad, so I don't know.
- So the best thing to do, I think,
to help her would be just to, like, let her talk about it.
Just listen.
Mainly listen to her.
- ♪♪ Darlin', I know that you're waiting ♪♪
♪♪ And lately, I've been waiting here too ♪♪
♪♪ Maybe ♪♪
- What is that?
- Jelly. - Ooh.
So how you been? - Good.
I know you keep asking to go to your sister's dad's house.
Why do you want to go?
- I just feel like I've always wanted to see Sissy's at,
like, their dad's and like, what they do there
because they always come back having
fun stories and stuff.
- Well, it's probably not going to happen right now,
but I'm sure it's something that we
can explore in the future. You know?
- Yeah. - Are you open to feedback?
- Yeah.
- You're very expressive, and bubbly,
the go-to comedian in this family.
And sometimes I think when we exude
those personalities, we oftentimes
suppress big emotions.
Something that I do-- and I think it's something
that you might like-- is counseling.
- What do you do at counseling?
- You can openly express the good, the bad, the in-between.
It opens the door for you to explore
those emotions that sometimes we want to keep
under laughter and jokes.
As your mom, I think it would 100% be in your best interest
to be able to express even the stuff that's
not so great to talk about to someone
that is a neutral party.
- Yeah, I'm open to it.
I'd like to go. - You would?
- Yeah. - Okay.
I took in to consideration Addie wanting
to go to Corey's house, and I just don't think that
it's a great idea right now.
And I don't want any more confusion for Addie.
I don't want her to see Allie and Leah's relationship
with their dad and become upset with that,
so I just think that it's best we kind of work through
what we're going through together right now.
She can talk to me, but it's hard to talk to a parent
when they're also arguing with the other parent,
and I think that's why it's important for her
to have a counselor.
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[doorbell chimes]
- Hello. What up?
- Hi, guys. - Hi.
- What's up? What's up?
- How are you doing? - I'm okay. How are you?
- Good, good, good. - Hi.
- Hi, Maymay.
- Glad that we were all able to get together
to have this talk, you know?
Just to come up, and I mean, have experts tell us,
you know, their opinions on the situation and how to handle it
because it's going to happen again.
- Yeah, it's easier when sometimes you
bring in an outside opinion. - All right.
Let's get on this call. - Yeah.
So the kids can go upstairs and hang with the babysitter.
[line trilling]
- Hi, you all.
My name is Brittany Hogan. - I'm Cheyenne.
Hi.
This is my husband, Zach.
We co-parent Ryder with Cory and Taylor.
- How's it going?
- So our wonderful friends at Color of Change
told me that there have been some situations going on
that you need assistance with.
And so my first question is, Have any of your children
experienced any racial hostility?
- Ryder experienced it by getting called the n-word.
This is her first encounter with, like, blatant racism.
I think for us, we want to know how
to have those uncomfortable conversations
without it being an innocence breaker
because she is only six?
And how do you navigate them as she gets older
and she's going to continue to experience it more?
- I think that one of the best ways of being able to do this,
I feel like, is through books, especially when it comes
to stories that you're reading with her
in the evening before bed, having conversations.
There are so many stories that tell the stories
of Black people who stood up for themselves
and showing the power of what it means to be Black,
and then also showing us just loving and living
and thriving and feeling worthy.
- I like the book idea. - I like the book idea.
- That's a really good idea.
- That's the beauty of Black stories
being in your household.
Representation matters.
- I can't relate to her in that way,
so I don't know how to go about talking to her
about something like that.
- It is a different experience than what you have,
but there are ways that you can still show up.
There are ways to say that, you know,
I don't know what this is like, but I empathize with you.
I hear you. I see you.
I support you, and I love you. - Yeah.
- Sometimes, it's just the words that get us there,
and then we have to do that individual work,
so we can show up and be great in these spaces as well.
As parents, as co-parents, you all will continue
to have to have a meeting of the minds
and realize that you all come from this in a different way
and a different background.
We've all been socialized.
We all have bias.
That is just a natural part of this experience,
and we have to know when to check our biases,
when to listen, when to be empathetic.
And then you all will do what's best for your children.
- I really appreciate you taking the time
and having the conversation with us.
- Yes. Thank you.
- Thank you all so much.
You all have a good night. - OK.
We'll see you. Have a good one.
- ♪♪ I'm out here working on my all-time high ♪♪
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- Girls, you're never going to believe this.
I got offered a job to be the girls'
wrestling coach at a high school.
I don't even know what to say, but I can't think about it
because today, I have to focus on Jade
and Maverick's wrestling team that I coach
because we have to go get a state title.
I don't even know what to think.
I'm so excited.
Good. Wrestle, wrestle, wrestle.
[cheering]
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- Maverick wrestled so good.
He was on a roll there for a little bit,
and then it kind of just ended badly.
You know what I mean? - Babe.
- It was just--what?
- Can we not do this? I'm so tired.
- I was just telling a story. - I'm over it.
- Over me talking?
- It's just a lot.
- I mean, I hadn't got to talk to you all day.
I was just telling the story.
- My brain is so mushy.
I don't even feel like I have the capacity
to, like, interact.
- When you just shut me down, like, I can't--
I can't talk.
And it seems little. I get it.
But this is where I just put it in, put it to the side,
bury it down inside.
But then it'll happen again, and then it'll happen again.
- Our lives are busy, and hard, and hectic.
It's so much.
I don't get to sit down.
- Sometimes I just want you to listen for just a sec.
- It's never on purpose, but I'll try my best.
- OK.
- I do appreciate when you do talk to me like this
because I feel like this conversation is productive.
- Yeah. - I'm sorry.
- All good.
- Can't promise I'll change it overnight,
but I'll definitely try.
- All right. How about this?
Let's get these bags and go inside.
- Give me a hug.
Mm.
All right. You carry all the bags.
- Oh, great. - [laughs]
- ♪♪ We only want to go wild ♪♪
♪♪ Only want to go wild ♪♪
- I found a place I love, and things are falling into place,
but I need to run it all by my lawyer.
What would be the custody situation with Ensley
if I did decide to move?
- That's something that we can work out, hopefully.
- After speaking with my lawyer,
I'm way more comfortable moving out
of North Carolina with my kids.
- So what do you think about everything?
- I'm really happy about the last house we saw.
I think I want to sign on it, too.
- Really? - Mm-hm.
- When?
- Like, as soon as I can.
- Like, right now? - Yeah.
You can do it right now, OK?
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[line trilling]
- Luis Guillermo.
- Hey, this is Jenelle Eason from yesterday.
- Yeah, hi, Jenelle. How are you?
- I was just calling because I just wanted
to let you know I'm going to sign
on that second house. - All right.
Sounds great. - Thank you.
- All right. We'll see you soon.
- Thanks. Bye.
- That's big. - Done.
Don't test me.
I think Vegas is definitely going
to be a space like my safe haven
and definitely a good safe haven for my kids.
There's just so much to look forward to
for this move to Vegas.
- Cheers to that.
- [laughs]
This is definitely a new start for me and the kids.
- ♪♪ All night, yeah, you been on a mission ♪♪
- But I have to first face Dave in court
for the restraining order, so I'm excited
and scared at the same time now.
So much has happened in North Carolina.
It's just traumatized all of us in different ways.
Cool. Thank you.
I appreciate it. Thank you, sir.
- It's official. - Thank you.
I got the key. - Yay.
- Got it.
- ♪♪ Whoo-hoo ♪♪
♪♪ Uh-huh, uh-huh ♪♪
♪♪ You got me feeling whoo-hoo ♪♪
♪♪ ♪♪
- Sissy, do you have your lunch box?
- No. Your lunch box is right here.
- OK, then we're good.
- You love your new school?
- Who put this in here?
- I did, silly goose. - You want this?
- I figured you might want a snack when we got out.
- How was it? - Good.
- Was it good? - Yeah.
- Did you have fun? Your teacher said it was good.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- That's awesome.
- I mean, all my friends are girls, except one.
- All your class friends like you?
- Mm-hmm. - I'm so happy, dude.
Yay. - That's great.
- And it was less boring, too.
- Oh, yeah?
- So this school is funner? - Mm-hm.
- So you're excited to go back tomorrow?
- Mm-hm. - Oh, yeah, baby.
I'm going to cry. - You're so happy.
- I don't know why. - We had a long day.
- Yeah. I'm so happy for you, baby.
- Yeah. - Oh, yes.
- Yes. - Can I just eat?
[indistinct speech]
[laughter]
- You're happy for me?
both: I'm so happy.
- Dad's so happy for you he's crying.
- 'Cause you're so happy.
I'm so emotional.
- ♪♪ If I keep on moving ♪♪
♪♪ ♪♪
- Can you make me a red panda?
♪♪ ♪♪
- Babe, can you help me with this real quick?
So this one looks pretty good.
Professional Home Inspection Institute.
Qualifications are you have to be at least 18,
complete a pre-licensing course of at least 60 hours
provided by a board-approved course provider.
- Yes. So you just do the online?
- Yeah.
I have to pass the National Home Inspector Examination,
and it says that this course fully prepares me.
- If you--once you start something, though--
you know how I am.
I don't start anything, unless I'm 100% dedicated.
You're going to start this and put 100% into it, right?
I'm guessing that's why you want to do it.
- Yeah. Yeah.
I think I'm going to go with this class over here.
- I'm proud of you. I think that'll be--
that'll be a great new journey.
- Yeah.
- I want to be able to be there and support him
and support him through school, like he's always supported me,
and I'm really proud of him for starting this whole new career.
I feel like life is a crazy roller coaster,
but boy, is it so amazing compared to, like,
five years ago.
I just really hope he follows through.
- Bam.
I registered for school.
- Good job.
[upbeat music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- I'm home.
Come on. You're the food reviewer.
- Hot. - You helped me make this.
I really don't want to be here.
But this week, I have a court case
for a pending restraining order,
so we'll see how that goes.
I don't feel safe when I'm in North Carolina
because I don't know if or where I can run into David.
I think that's David's white truck.
David's just capable of intimidating me.
I feel harassed.
I feel stalked.
Now, every white truck on the highway I'm staring at,
and I don't know if it's him.
[tense music]
♪♪ ♪♪
So I just woke up, and I have court today,
and my nerves are shot.
[somber music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[breathing heavily]
♪♪ ♪♪
I keep having panic attacks.
I keep thinking about how I have to go on stand.
It's just all very scary.
I'm, like, shaking, but I got to do it.
I'm really sick of feeling this way.
And just even though he's not here,
it's like I'm still walking on eggshells, which sucks.
- ♪♪ And I should have known by now ♪♪
♪♪ Why do you got a let me down ♪♪
[phone ringing] ♪♪ Alone together ♪♪
- Hey. - How are you?
- Good. How are you?
- I'm good.
What are you up to?
- My restraining order between me and David got put in place.
- ♪♪ I can't stay here anymore ♪♪
- Oh, my God.
- That includes the kids.
- Oh. Do the kids know that the restraining order is in place?
- Jace does know.
I did tell Jace because he was like,
why are you going to court?
You know, all these fears in my head, they are just--
like, they're just poof, gone now.
But also, I signed the lease in Vegas.
I can move in, like, immediately.
- Vegas! - Yeah.
- You finally decided to leave.
- I know, finally.
- Well, you know, you can always call me
if you need any help with anything
or just to vent, you know.
- Yeah. I appreciate it.
- Big things happening for Jenelle.
[intense electronic music]
- ♪♪ Don't you underestimate me ♪♪
♪♪ Size you up, bring on the heat ♪♪
- So the state tournament was so much fun.
Maverick got fourth place.
And Jade, she didn't place, but she wrestled hard.
She tried her best.
I'm really, really proud of her.
We had an absolute blast.
And I would love to do this full time,
but it is exhausting and draining.
And It a lot out of me,
and then that trickles down into my marriage.
Taylor and I, we got in a small argument.
We were able to work through it,
but I just feel like if I take this
full-time coaching job that
this is going to happen more often.
So I really don't know what to do.
Can I get a Bud Light with a cold glass?
- Can I get a half and a half tea?
- The high school offered me
the girls' wrestling head coaching job.
- Wow. - Yeah.
Kind of [bleep] my pants and said whoo-hoo at the same time.
[laughter]
- That's so cool first of all that girls wrestling is
becoming so big that they're starting,
but then to think of you when they were looking
for a coach, that's awesome.
Have you given much thought about how
you would be able to manage anything like that?
- I mean, basically, from 1:00 p.m. I would either be
leaving my house or leaving and not
getting home until 8:30, 9:00.
Taylor would have to be with Jade, Mav, or Bentley.
If I take this, everything looks
totally different for Taylor.
- What did Taylor say?
- He's like, if you want to do it, we'll find a way.
We'll figure it out.
- I think if your kids were a little bit older,
it might be a little bit easier.
- I feel like there will be time for that
in the next few years.
But right now, I feel like it is the time that's
supposed to be about them.
This opportunity is like a dream come true,
but to be the parent that I want to be,
be the mom and wife, friend, person that
I want to be, I can't take the job right now,
so that's how I know that this is the right decision.
- ♪♪ I don't know how you did it ♪♪
♪♪ But all I know is I can't get enough ♪♪
♪♪ ♪♪
- I think the books is the best way
to communicate to a six-year old.
- Because that was our biggest thing.
How do we get through to a six-year-old
these world problems?
- Stories. - You know, racism itself.
And by her suggesting books, it was just like, boom,
there it is. Ryder loves to read.
She loves to sit down at night and just have a story.
- I'm going to order a book for Ryder.
- ♪♪ I let it go ♪♪
[vocalizing]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Whoa, a book. A book.
It has chickens.
- OK. - Wow.
- How about we take a break and we read it?
Come up here with me.
- OK.
It's called "Preaching"--
- "To The Chickens."
- She's still a kid, so everything to her
is still a story.
I just want her to hear the stories and to empower her.
"One day the rolling store man stopped by to make a trade.
But John did not want to part with any of his chickens.
He knew that they would want to stay with him.
The chickens stayed on the farm.
And John learned to speak up for those who could
not speak up for themselves."
Maybe one day something happens at school,
and she picks it up from the story,
and then she comes home and says, why did this
because the story said this?
So you know how mommy's always telling you
to be a advocate for yourself and to stand up for yourself?
- Yes.
- That's the same thing.
Sometimes you can stand up for yourself,
and sometimes you help to stand up for those who
can't stand up for themselves.
I like this part where it says, "blessed are the peacemakers.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness."
- What does righteousness mean?
- Like, to do the right thing.
- Oh. - Mm-hmm.
This is something that now we're doing more
and definitely with more reason behind it.
What did you think about the book, Ry?
- I think it was awesome.
- You think it was awesome?
- ♪♪ You and I get through the wreckage ♪♪
- Hey. You snuck up on me.
- Hi, ladies. - Hi.
- How are you today?
- I'll just have a glass of Moscato.
- And I'll take a dirty Martini.
- Dirty Martini. - Thank you.
- Of course.
- Where's the girls? - With their dad.
- Where's Addie? With her dad?
- No. Addie is with my mom.
Jeremy is being a pain in the ass.
Basically, it's our custody arrangement.
We both have shared decision making
when it comes to medical, education.
Thank you. - Thank you so much.
- Thank you.
- After everything happened with Jeremy,
I think that it's important that Addie goes to counseling,
so that way she can express her emotions freely
and work through the emotions behind coping mechanism.
Jeremy doesn't want to sign the consent for Addie
to go to counseling.
- Why?
- He doesn't even give a reason.
- That's ridiculous.
- It's ridiculous because what are you benefiting from that?
- If you think that Addie needs the therapy,
why would he go against that?
It's just therapy.
Like, what is the big deal?
Why do you not want her in therapy?
- What are you gaining from her not going?
- Right.
- Are you afraid she's going to say something to the counselor
that would get you in trouble?
- So what are you supposed to do?
- Call my family attorney.
It's all I can do.
It does feel like everything with Jeremy
is going to get more and more dysfunctional.
It's really challenging to try to have
a relationship with a toxic ex.
And over time I have covered up many things
to make sure she had a good relationship with her father,
probably because I didn't have a good relationship
with my father.
And I wanted to make sure that my kids never experienced that.
I feel like I let her down by being
in a split home situation.
But...
I don't know. We just do the best we can.
[somber music]
- ♪♪ I can see it happening ♪♪
♪♪ Some kind of awakening ♪♪
♪♪ Here the sound, it calls to me ♪♪
♪♪ Do you feel it? ♪♪
♪♪ Do you feel it now? ♪♪
♪♪ Do you feel it? ♪♪
♪♪ ♪♪
- Next on "Teen Mom: The Next Chapter"...
- Are you ready to go on our date?
- Daddy-Daughter Dance.
- Did you know that Aleeah's dating a boy?
- Did you know Amanda before her and Ryan got together?
- She was in my class.
- The things they've heard or read, it's not me.
I just want them to be comfortable around me.
- Birth control to get pregnant--
that will cancel my insulin, which is very dangerous.
- My mom's therapist says that she isn't doing too well.
- She's a liar and I don't trust her.
- We have this toxic triangle going on,
and it has to stop.