Mama June Vows to Break Teen Mother ‘Curse’ Elevating Anna’s Daughter

Mama June Shannon is placing her foot down on the subject of elevating her late daughter Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell‘s little one Kaitlyn.

On the Friday, June 5 episode of Mama June: Household Disaster, the Shannon household felt the tragedy of Anna’s demise. After paying tribute to Anna at a memorial service, Mama June confessed to feeling grief like she’d by no means felt earlier than and that the ache of dropping her daughter did not “f—ing evaluate.”

In an effort to honor Anna’s needs relating to the custody of Kaitlyn, Mama June obtained prepared to talk with an legal professional to battle for guardianship after realizing that the paperwork was by no means signed. After listening to rumors that the daddy of Anna’s different daughter Kylee was planning on suing for custody of each ladies, the Shannon household matriarch instructed cameras she was ready for battle.

“Anna wished Kaitlyn to stick with her organic household,” she defined. “And I will battle to my final breath until I haven’t got any extra battle in me to ensure that is the way it works.”

Ultimately, Mama June was capable of get an emergency custody order and enrolled Kaitlyn at school. She and her husband Justin Stroud took her back-to-school looking for her first day of sophistication. Whereas selecting out what was appropriate apparel for an 11-year-old woman, the couple started to butt heads after Justin allowed her to strive on a bit of clothes Mama June did not approve of.

“I am making an attempt to boost perhaps an A-B scholar, typically Cs, and never a teen mother,” she instructed cameras. “I did that with myself, and I did that with Pumpkin, and I did that with Anna. So I need to break that curse.”

Again house, issues between Mama June and Justin reached a boiling level when he tried to compromise with Kaitlyn about her bedtime. After Mama June instructed her to take a shower and go straight to mattress, Kaitlyn requested if she may watch “somewhat little bit of TV and get somewhat ice cream” after she cleaned herself up and obtained prepared for mattress.

When Justin agreed, Mama June shouted, “Properly do not take heed to him! I’ve completed instructed you to go to mattress.”

Kaitlyn quickly after hurried to her room and Justin did not take kindly to Mama June’s outburst. He confronted her about how these statements may damage Kaitlyn’s respect for him whereas Mama June claimed he let her get away with no matter she wished.

“I used to be capable of make her take a shower, clear her room, if she had homework I may have gotten her to do her homework simply by with the ability to empathize along with her somewhat bit,” he stated, including that Mama June’s parenting type was too harsh.

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Ultimately, Justin dumped a basket of soiled laundry by her ft and claimed she may do her personal chores as a result of he could not “have an opinion round right here.”

Mama June and Justin’s forwards and backwards on Kaitlyn’s parenting did not cease there. The following day, Justin requested Mama June to have some “sympathy” for Kaitlyn after dropping her mom when she confronted him about shopping for her ice cream. He then hit again at her claims that she wished to supply Kaitlyn with a way of “normalcy.”

“Your normalcy is ‘I run this s—. Y’all are on my time, and y’all do what I say,’ and no person else has a say so,” he stated. “You sit there, you need me to boost a toddler, however you need to inform the kid to her face that I haven’t got any say so.”

In a dialog with cameras, Justin opened up about the way it’s been “laborious sufficient for me to swallow” that Mama June opted to depart his title off of Kaitlyn’s custody papers.

“I haven’t got a say so on this home. Like, do you need to increase Kaitlyn all by your self?” he requested rhetorically. “I do all of this stuff that it requires of a mother or father to do for a kid. I am not simply your driver, as a result of that is how I really feel. I am simply right here as a result of it is handy.”

Justin instructed Mama June in regards to the duties he is not solely taken on round the home but in addition in her members of the family’ lives. Quickly after, the argument developed into the problems surrounding their marriage when Justin confessed he did not really feel appreciated and his contributions weren’t taken critically.

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After suggesting he depart her if he felt “sad,” Mama June introduced up the thought of marriage counseling which infuriated him much more.

“F— you and counseling!” he yelled. “I am not going to maintain investing into anyone who thinks she’s above everyone else.”

Mama June: Household Disaster airs Fridays at 9 p.m. ET on WEtv.