Kail Lowry may be spread thin between hosting multiple podcasts and frequently feuding with one (or more) of her four baby daddies, but the former Teen Mom 2 star insists that she’s still a hands-on mom to all seven of her children…despite what her assortment of baby daddies say!
This week, Kail took to TikTok to defend her parenting, after seeing comments from people who criticized her for having daily childcare for her cornucopia of kids.
“Y’all love to say that I don’t raise my kids,” Kail said, before acknowledging that she does have help with her children so that she can work.
“I have childcare, yes,” Kail stated. “I have help from 8 [a.m.] to 4 [p.m.], Monday through Friday. These are traditional working hours. A lot of people put their kids in daycare from 9 [a.m.] to 5 [p.m.], a lot of people have babysitters that they pay for, I do the same thing.”
The mom-of-many went on to claim in her TikTok that, despite what some may believe, she doesn’t have a “live-in nanny,” nor does she have an “around the clock nanny” or any around-the-clock help, for that matter. In situations when she does need childcare outside of those “traditional working hours,” Kail explained that she has to pay for that help.
“So, if you guys could kindly stop discrediting what I do for my kids, that would be great,” she added.
As ‘Teen Mom’ fans are know, Kail shares teenage son Elliott with Jo Rivera, son Lincoln with ex-husband Javi Marroquin, sons Lux and Creed with Chris Lopez and son Rio and twins Verse and Valley with former fiancé Elijah Scott.
In the comment section of the post, Kail pointed out that her baby daddies are often to blame for making people believe she’s not a good parent.
“When my kids’ dads are out here perpetuating the bs I can’t even get mad at the people,” she wrote in the comment section of the post.
As The Ashley has previously reported, some of Kail’s baby daddies have been outspoken in recent months about their feelings that Kail is a less-than-stellar mom. In June, Javi took to Instagram Live to completely unleash on Kail, accusing her of preparing to move yet another guy into her home (shortly after splitting with Elijah). He also claimed that Kail had become absent-minded in her parenting duties of their son Lincoln, and that she carefully crafts her image so that she looks like a good mother.
“But she puts on this fake persona of ‘Oh I’m such a good mom.’ She posts pictures after that fact…” Javi said at the time. “Everything has been so calculated,” he said later. “Everything she does is calculated! Allegedly, everything she does is calculated and you guys fall for it. Everybody that enables her falls for it and says this person is a great mom— enough is enough!”
Soon after, Chris piped in with his own thoughts about Javi’s rant.
“Let’s be real…. That validation doesn’t undo anything,” Chris wrote on social media in June. “It doesn’t erase the pain. It doesn’t stop the damage. It doesn’t fix the nights I lost sleep. It doesn’t fix what me and my kids have to deal with… the stuff people don’t see. The stress, the emotional toll, the moments that no camera or post ever catches.”
Just last week, Kail issued a statement to her kids’ fathers, asking for a truce. (She later clarified that the message was mainly for Chris and Javi, as she stated that Elijah is “unproblematic,” and that she and Jo Rivera do not speak to one another.)
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“ … all my kids’ fathers, if you are not my kids’ fathers, please swipe past this,” Kail stated on social media. “I’m tired. If we could all just get along, I don’t give a f**k if y’all wanna be besties, that’s fine … get along with me, I get along with you, okay? This [message] is for Javi and Chris,” she clarified. “Please, for the love of God. For. The. Love. Of. God. I just wanna get along.”
In her new TikTok video, Kail acknowledged that she’s “blessed” to have “in-home childcare,” admitting it’s not something everyone can afford.
“ … I do have help, no matter which way you cut it,” she said. “But if you guys could just stop discrediting what I do, that would be fantastic.”
Watch Kail’s TikTok below.
https://www.tiktok.com/@kaillowry/video/7547053122661829918
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the completely insufferable kail 🥬 MAY be a good mom (i don’t really think so, but YMMV 🤷🏼♀️) ~ but she’s 💯 a sh*tty person.
Yes you’re a good provider. But you STILL aren’t mentally or emotionally present with those kids…. I said what I said.
Oh this one’s easy, I don’t even have to read it.
People think you’re a bad mom because you are.
I hope that clears it up for you, some.
Kail is only considered a “good mom” in comparison to some of her train wreck former cast mates. Anybody looks good next to Jenelle or Amber. They’re fed, clothed, housed, have nice things, go on trips, and are not being physically abused/neglected. They’ve also had a revolving door of father figures in and out of their lives, have an immature and incredibly toxic mother that has failed every step of the way to model a single functioning relationship (romantic or platonic) for them and has never taken accountability that she’s the issue in 99% of her feuds, have had countless caretakers ripped from their lives due to their mother’s pettiness, and have had most of their personal lives aired out on TV or lame podcasts.
WOWWW! That part! 👏🏻
I love these podcasters who demand the public’s attention and expect everyone to react positively to them at all times. If you don’t want anyone to comment on your parenting, don’t build your career on showcasing your family
Hey Kail, how is that show exploiting your son’s sexuality going?! Or was that just another cash grab for you that didn’t work out?
Please leave these kids live in peace without cameras. No one needs to know every single detail about their lives.
Kail is a shit mom because she’s a shit mom. She has exposed those kids to so many men, to social media exploiting them for money, and yes while many of us take our children to a sitter, it’s because we are legit working an actual job. What I can say is I have three boys- two 13 year old twins and a 6 year old and it is HARD to give them all attention and feel like they receive equality when it comes to my attention. I wanted to stop at my two boys but my youngest was s surprise pregnancy while I was on the pill. I can tell you that after my third child, I was terrified of having another child because of this. I KNEW it wasn’t fair to them to take a chance that I’d ever have another. So, I considered having my tubes tied but my doctor said there was a better chance of me getting pregnant with my tubes being tied than there was if I got an IUD (Mirena), which I have and that there would be a long process in which I’d have to sign off paperwork saying I was essentially giving up my rights to have any more children at my age. THAT is the big difference with Kail. Even if Financially I could have more children I wouldn’t because again, there isn’t a way to clone myself. I would not do that to my kids. I also stopped dating completely after I had my youngest and his dad decided that he wanted to date other people. I don’t want my kids exposed to all kinds of different men and two baby daddies is enough for me personally. They shouldn’t have to share me with a man I’m dating. I also have never started shit with my two exes (baby daddies) and when they have tried to start shit with me, I shut it down and we re-direct to getting back to getting along, especially for the kids sake. There is no drama- even with the situation that the father of my youngest put me in. Believe me, 90% of women that would have been in my situation would have likely never talked to him again. I also don’t have elective surgeries where I’d have to be unable to parent for at least a week because I’m recovering. Kail isn’t THE worst mom but she certainly isn’t a good mom and she absolutely is a shit mom and person.
I do think people go overboard criticizing her parenting when there are other reasons to criticize her. Her kids seem happy and well adjusted. Her oldest two are multilingual, participate in after school activities and haven’t had any troubles. Every single parent needs childcare sometimes. It’s not a big deal
Her “Assortment of baby daddies”… I am dead LOL
Oh The Ashley, you always know what to say! 😀
She makes a living exploiting her kids and their trauma. She’s not going to stop.
Starting off a “don’t discredit my parenting capabilities” statement with blatant lies isn’t a good look, lol. We all know she’s not working m-f 8am-4pm which would necessitate childcare. We also all know those aren’t the only hours she has childcare, she’s said so herself countless times. She’s also had live-in care on and off for years (though likely currently off). I don’t think most people judge her for the childcare though. It’s weird af to lie about it, since most parents need childcare, if not regularly, at least from time to time.
Most people judge her on her actions, and mostly, her inactions, as a parent, not her use of childcare. I don’t care if she has 24/7 childcare. I mean, it’s sad for the kids, and odd af to have so many kids and be so hands off, but, whatever, it’s how she’s always been. Most seem to have accepted her excuse years ago that she has no mothering instinct, so at least the kids are around someone, most of the time, who will take care of them and meet their needs. I do judge her, heavily, for “not believing in vaccines” and acting as if proper medical care isn’t necessary. I will forever judge her harshly for not vaccinating her children. I will forever judge her as an asshat for saying she doesn’t believe in regular checkups, vaccines, etc… She only deals with the medical needs of her children when it gets dire and that’s just fucking lazy. But of course, when she wants a procedure, we make sure to get that shit done and have 24/7 childcare on hand so she can take a few weeks off to “heal”.
The childcare is the least of her concerns. Everything else she does or doesn’t do, or says/doesn’t say is far more problematic. THAT is why she gets “discredited”. Being hands off, and admitting that you’re mostly hands off because you don’t have any mothering instincts (let us not forget she said this back when it was just Linc and Elliot, and continued saying it as she added kids), then going on to continue having children is just wild.
The rotating wheel of baby daddies….doesn’t exactly send a positive message to the kids.
We have eyes.
That’s what discredits you.
Nah 🥬, we’re gonna keep “discrediting” you because youre a lazy ass mom with a litter of children you cant possibly attend to ALL their individual needs yet you make time for surgeries and fucking randos and neighbors. You’re tired of it? Stop posting everything then, it’s really easy
When your child posts a note on your bedroom door saying don’t forget to wear a condom at age 11, then i would consider that a problem. She has physically assaulted Jordan, Javi and Chris in front of the kids. She is a bad mother
Elliott is such a smart kid. No doubt he will teach his brothers (and sister) that protection is important. If she’s not the brightest bulb in town, at least her kids are.
People are going to hate on Kail simply to hate her.!its always been a bit ridiculous to me that she draws as much hate as someone like Jenelle or Amber when she does actually take care of her kids, even if she does use childcare. So have a lot of the other moms and they’re not getting hated on.
I agree. I don’t understand why everyone hates her so much. Yes, she has some problems. Most people do. It’s not at all uncommon for parents to not get along. That doesn’t make it right, but it’s reality.
You do know this woman once said she literally didn’t care if her having multiple baby daddies traumatized her kids? Something to the effect that she would be grateful if that’s their only trauma? She’s just as bad as Amber and Jenelle. Her abuse to those kids is just emotional instead of physical. That being said, having regular childcare is not one of the things I dislike or judge her for. It’s one of the most normal things she does.
She did not say she didn’t care, she said she acknowledged she made the same mistakes her mother did with her as far men coming and going and she does feel bad but if that’s her kids biggest trauma in life, she can live with it.
Not great but you’re comparing her to Jenelle who not only allowed her children to be abused by her husband but then paid for said husbands defense attorneys when he was charged for assaulting Jace. Or Amber who calls out her child on tik tok lives… so yeah it is different.
Do you want to get into real trauma? Trauma is your stepdad saying he was going to kill you. Finding out he wasn’t my real dad when i was 12. My mom’s response was “you never asked.” Then she put me on the phone with her affair partner. So he could ask if i want him to be my “new dad.”
Complete stranger with his own family. Having different dads is not “trauma.”
I’m sorry that happened to you. That sounds terrible. No one is suggesting that having multiple men in and out of a child’s life is the worst conceivable trauma possible. Acknowledging other’s traumatic experiences doesn’t negate what happened to you. The risk of child abuse is 3000% higher when a non-bio relative male lives in the child’s home. It’s not okay to be dismissive of another’s experiences or invalidate their trauma just because you experienced something worse. Children need stability, consistency, and peaceful, safe place to call home. Having a blaise attitude about subjecting your children to that chaos, or choosing to minimize that situation as “having different dads”, is callous and misguided at best.
It’s actually pretty ridiculous. Everyone hates on her when they don’t even know what goes on in her home except what is posted online. Everyone is always believing everything they read. Cps and the cops have not been involved so she can’t be that bad. Everything else is just hearsay
The only thing I wish she’d stop doing is bringing men in & out of her kids lives. That’s not healthy for them. There is nothing wrong with her having a nanny as I leave my kids at daycare while I work.
Definitely not ok. I had to go through divorce classes. They said absolutely do not bring people around for a long time.
She in no way even remotely draws as much hate as Jenelle or Amber. That’s an absurd assertion. Jenelle can’t even get an online sponsorship because she is so vehemently despised online that the sponsors drop her and apologize to the public.
Sorry, I dint think anyone exploiting their child. Especially their coming out for money is a good parent no matter how many baby daddies they have🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
Do you post your children on social media sites? As a non social media mama, it would be very easy for me to judge you if you do and say that posting your kids on the internet automatically makes you a bad parent. Just food for thought. I don’t agree with exploiting children at all. But our mistakes don’t define us. Doing one thing the wrong way doesn’t mean we’re bad. We’re all human. Broken and messy and growing til the day we die.
Your mistakes will define you if you keep doing it and don’t call it a mistake. She doesn’t think exploiting her kids is a mistake, so yes, it does help define her and she is a bad parent for doing it (though this isn’t the only reason). Exploiting your kids for profit is absolutely a bad parent move, period.
My kids aren’t anywhere on social media, nor will they ever be. I don’t necessarily judge people for putting their kids on social media, depending on how they do it. If it’s for profit, that’s a shitty parent, full stop. If it’s just for family and close family friends and no one else can see or read about them, not as big of a deal, though still caution is warranted.
I don’t see anything wrong with having them taken care of during the day. Many parents work and their kids go to daycare or school or have a nanny, whatever. Not all moms want to be home with their kids full time and that’s how many people grow up. And they turn out to be just fine. I’m sure kail has her flaws as a mother, we all do. But to me, she does seem to deeply love and care for her children, they are her world. There are much, much worse mothers than Kailyn Lowry.
My husband and I were raised with our mother’s working and I can tell you that we aren’t just fine.
I’m sorry to hear that… but don’t you think you would have been less okay had your mothers not been able to feed, house and clothe you? I’m a single working mom- I try to be there for all three of my boys very important moments but I cannot be a stay at home mom as a single mom. We are all close and I leave things open to tell me if they are feeling any sort of way other than taken care of and loved. Now that my twin boys are older, I rarely hear otherwise and when I did hear otherwise, they would say those things weren’t happening when I wasn’t giving them their way basically. I’m really sorry you feel you and your husband aren’t okay because your mothers worked but I can guarantee you that if your mom’s were the breadwinners and/or single moms, they worked their butts off so they could give you a life where you were taken care of physically. Unless of course your mothers didn’t need to work and prioritized their work over being around you which is completely different. I am not sure of your situation though.
I’m sorry but there were clearly other issues in your upbringing. Because simply just having a mother who works does not mess up your life.
you don’t have to be a kail fan but some of y’all can’t even handle one kid of course she’s gonna need help like anyone else especially with 7 kids and if childcare from 8-4 5 days a week is “raising your kids” then none of y’all with full time jobs are raising your kids then 🤷🏻♀️
to be honest, my mother definitely didn’t raise me. She chose to work outside the home. Probably for the better though as she’s a monster that only cares about accumulating money and stuff.
Ah okay there it is. I am so sorry. That was selfish of her. I wasn’t sure if it was a choice or a necessity. You deserved better.
I work from home with a full time job and now have a second pt job from home and I definitely am a part of my children’s lives. I don’t think Kail was saying anything about not wanting to parent. She just needs extra help. Heck she has 7 kids. I have 3 and it’s a lot of work.