at least better understanding of who kymyada is, tell us about your daughter. she s always had issues. i ve always tried to address those issues. doing and being the best mom i possibly could. unfortunately for kymyada she needs more attention than i can give her because me and my husband both work. to the point where we are now it started with being disrespectful with me. after that we laid down the law. either you abide by our rules, or you need to go somewhere else. she chose to go and be with her godmother. that s fine. i know where you re at. you re safe. we ll work this out. you were okay with that. in fact, you presented that to her as an option? exactly. i trusted that person and i knew she would be safe with that person. so she didn t leave the house without your permission, did she? today the court is
good morning, kymyada, how are you doing? ready for court? right this way, please. hopefully i ll go home and i ll be with my baby. right this way. i m just going to explain myself from the beginning to the end. leaving no parts out. because there s two sides to the story. this young lady is charged with runaway, right? correct. have a seat. kymyada, you re charged with running away. tell us what happened. well, monday me and my boyfriend and my cousin had the baby, and we was out all night. we didn t call nobody. then tuesday i dropped my daughter off at her grandmother s house because i was getting agitated with her. this is not my first time getting agitated. so agitated with your mother? no, my mom had nothing to do with this. it was my daughter.
and now i m staying with my godmom. and your mother approves that? yes. i don t understand why you re arrested. i ve been doing good for a year now, and after i had my baby, this is the first time i slipped up, but i didn t do anything wrong. it was just lack of communication. we will go ahead and call your mother from here. are you going to want to talk to her? you do want to talk to her? decades of research shows peer pressure and family turmoil are the two biggest stressors that lead to juvenile delinquency. for kymyada her relationship with her mom never seems to live up to what either of them expect. hello? hello, this is kimberly from lake county juvenile center. kymyada wants to speak to you. yeah, i wanted to let y all know i was okay. but i was doing good. i m doing good. no, you re not doing good. you re partying and not coming back. you need to be responsible.
if he can really search his heart and want to make the changes, i believe he can do so. but it s truly up to him. i hope he s successful. that s all i can say. while kevin is excited to go to placement, for kymyada being sent to a placement facility means separation from her daughter. but her story does not end here. that statement that you said hurt me really bad because he says she s an
going through bumps in the roads. it looks like they re on the way to smoothing those out. hey, you re home. where s your baby? with grandma. oh! i have learned and i just did a complete change. put my baby first, focus on my education, get my ged. you re a good kid, kymyada. you ll do just fine. yeah. it s going to be a challenge. it s in the best interest of the baby along with kymyada. and hopefully she ll work the program and she won t be back in here. it s still up to her. she still has to work it. .