Many say that parenting is the hardest job you will ever have. Children can take a toll on us mentally and physically, and sometimes we want to give up. It can be particularly challenging for single parents who have to do it alone. Sure, we all need a break sometimes, but is it the extended family's responsibility to take care of our kids in that situation?
TikTok user Farrah Gray shared a series of videos featuring a mom named Angel who appears to be trying to leave her three children with her mom for good. The grandmother doesn't think it's her job to take care of the kids, but Angel argues that as their grandmother, it is her mom's responsibility to raise the kids because she herself is not going to do it anymore. The videos are difficult to watch and honestly so heartbreaking.
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Angel says she has a new boyfriend and wants to live her life with him.
The mom of three appears to be parked in front of her mother's home and tells her three kids to get out of the car. Angel says she is dropping them off "for good." She then announces that she has found a new boyfriend and wants to spend her time with him.
"I met a younger guy. He don't want no kids. And he don't wanna, listen, he don't wanna deal with them. And so I'm dropping these kids off so me and him can live our life," she explains in the clip. She tells her mother she plans to travel and enjoy a kid-free life.
Her mother appears appalled.
The grandmother admonishes her daughter and tells her that she signed on to raise and care for them when she decided to have three children. Angel says she didn't want to be a single parent, but her mother shows her no sympathy.
"Well, it's not my plan to be a grandmother that's gonna take care of somebody's three kids because they feel like they're not responsible anymore. That they don't want to be a mother anymore either," she says.
Angel tells her mother that it is her fault because she didn't tell her how to be a mom or help her. "It's your turn so I can live my life stress-free," she says.
Angel's mother says she worked full time to raise her children so she couldn't be there all the time, but Angel seems unimpressed. She tells her mother again that it is her job to raise her grandchildren.
The argument continues between the 'disrespectful' daughter and the shocked mother.
Angel's mother says she will not care for her grandchildren, and that Angel is disrespectful by expecting her to do it.
"I didn't raise you like this, Angel," her mother says in the video.
Angel blames her attitude on being a single parent but doesn't apologize for how she treats her children or her mother. The grandmother tells the children to get back into the car, and they obey without saying a word.
Angel quickly kicks the kids out of the car a second time and drives off.
"Oh my God. She actually left. I am really. This chick just left? Now these children are going in the house. Oh, God," the grandmother says.
The videos have millions of views.
The four-part series amassed more than 30 million views. People are angry with Angel and have a lot to say about her new boyfriend.
They wondered why he would even date a woman with children, given his attitude about them.
"what kind of man would ever ask a woman to get rid of her kids for him?? they deserve each other," someone commented.
And a lot of people thought karma would be back to bite her. As one comment reads, "that man is going to LEAVE her as soon as he gets what he wants.
"That new man is gonna make her a single parent again!" another person wrote.
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Others worry about the children and hope their grandmother will show them the love they deserve.
Some had advice for the grandmother.
"Let her go with the knowledge she cannot come back EVER, dont call me dont write and when he dumps you remember your choice snd keep walking !!!" someone suggested.
So many commenters felt sympathy for the kids.
"Did the kids have to listen to their mama and gma say they aren't wanted? This breaks my heart," a comment reads.
"This is painful to hear .. ..I feel bad for children but I hope the grandmother took them in.. and they are much happier now ," another person wrote.
Hopefully this family can heal, and Angel will get the help she needs and her children will get the love they deserve.
