Teen Mom's Kailyn Gets Candid About Her Baby Daddy Jo's Family

May 2024 ยท 2 minute read

In Kailyn Lowry's 2014 memoir, Pride Over Pity, she went into great detail about what went down at Jo Rivera's parents' home. She and Jo would get into verbal arguments and his parents would insert themselves into the mix, which quickly became disastrous.

"We were never able to resolve our problems on our own," she wrote in the book, (via Teen Mom Talk Now). "Because we were living under their roof, his parents were involved in every spat. As soon as Jo and I raised our voices, [Jo's parents] Janet and Eddie would be there for better or for worse. They would immediately state who was right or wrong in the argument and choose a side."

It was difficult for Kailyn to give up the independence she had before becoming a mom. Per Radar Online, she had to essentially raise herself, given that her mom was dealing with alcoholism. That's why she went to go live with Jo's family in the first place.

"I wanted to be independent and not rely on anyone, just like I had always been in the past," she wrote in her memoir. "The enclosed environment I was living in was close to killing me." She continued, " ... Although I was so grateful for Jo's parents for the support they had given me, there was a part of me that was deeply frustrated by my dependency on them." 

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