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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]According to Twitter, Jenelle is no longer actively seeking custody.

I have mixed feelings about Barb and Jenelle.  If you go way back to Jenelle's 16 and Pregnant episode and the early Teen Mom 2s, Barb really did very little to foster a motherly instinct in Jenelle, something which always annoyed me.  Jenelle picked out clothes for Jace and dressed him, Barb changed them for seemingly trivial reasons; Jenelle tried to get Jace's attention and get him to open his mouth while Barb was feeding him, Barb told her to move out of the way; Jenelle bought Jace a ride-on toy for his birthday that he wasn't quite ready for, Barb told her he was too little for it and that she should get him a keepsake cup.  Little stuff like that.  Now I know Jenelle had very little nurturing instinct in her to begin with, but I really think Barb could have done a better job, as her mother, to guide her in being a young mom.  [b]I really do believe Jenelle when she says Barb took over and wouldn't let her do anything for Jace.  Of course, it didn't take long for that to become a necessity because Jenelle could not be trusted to take care of him, but I wonder if she had had a little more guidance, if she might have given it a better shot.[/b]

I say this as an aunt of a teen mom.  My niece had a baby at 16 (and another at 18, sigh), but her mother did a pretty decent job of walking that fine line between helping/guiding and enabling/taking over.  She taught my niece how to take care of her baby and encouraged her efforts, pointed out when she was doing something really well, and gently explained how she could do some things better.  They had a lot of bumps along the way, but the kids are in elementary school now and doing all right, and my niece has had steady employment and is in college.  I think the drive to give her kids a good life was fostered by believing she could actually be a good mom.

I just don't think Jenelle got that message early on, and quickly gave up.[/quote]

I agree with this. I think that Barbara is a better parent to Jace than Jenelle, but I get the feeling that Barbara doesnt want Jenelle to succeed, especially now that she is so attached to Jace and I believe that she is single again.

I think that if Jenelle would stop dealing with losers and permanently kick the drugs, she would have a stronger argument to make, but she can't seem to keep a stable home for 6 months. She was soooo close, but she got obsessed with Nathan and allowed him to derail her progress. I think Barbara is so hurt by what Jenelle has become and now that she has Jace, she doesnt have the energy to try to save Jenelle, but I think if she had a bit more time and energy to nurture her more, their relationship would be much better.[/quote]

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