00:00I had three kids at the age of 18.
00:03People say I'm glorifying teenage pregnancy,
00:06but I'm just showing my life.
00:08I would say my family is really creative, adventurous.
00:12Oh my God, I feel like I'm about to cry with that.
00:14You need a minute?
00:16Mm-hmm. You're good.
00:17Okay.
00:18How would you feel if any of your children
00:20had kids at a young age?
00:23Treasure!
00:25I need you to calm down with your brothers.
00:26It's time to clean.
00:28My name is Turquoise, and I'm a mother of four.
00:31My oldest is Tyeed. He's 19 years old.
00:34Then I have 17-year-old twins, Marcel and Treasure.
00:37And then I have an 8-year-old. His name is Zamir.
00:40Do you think it's fair that everyone kind of
00:42does a little bit to chip in and help?
00:44Yeah, I think it's a mandatory action.
00:48They'll have their own home one day,
00:49and I want them to keep their homes clean.
00:52What was it like having such a young mom growing up?
00:56Was it fun? Was it hard?
00:58Um, there was hardship and fun.
01:02We're close in age, so I guess you could say
01:04we kind of relate a little bit like that.
01:07And then the hardships is that she's also growing up as well,
01:11being a young adult with children.
01:16So when I found out that I was pregnant at 16,
01:19I was super nervous.
01:20My mother was pretty disappointed.
01:22I actually hid it from her.
01:24I was 17, and I got pregnant again,
01:26and I found out that I was having twins.
01:28And so that's how I end up having three children
01:32by the time I was 18.
01:34How would you describe life as a teen mom
01:37with three children?
01:39Really hard.
01:40I don't advise anyone to do it.
01:42You know, at 18, you're supposed to be
01:45figuring out what you want to do with your life.
01:47You're not supposed to be raising children,
01:50and then not on your own.
01:52What kind of stuff do you help your mom with?
01:54Like, sometimes I take out the trash a lot
01:57when I be helping her.
02:00Do you think your mom is a good mom?
02:03Yeah, she's a great mom.
02:05Zamir and Jameer, they were my second twin pregnancy.
02:09I did enjoy that pregnancy, but it was really rough
02:12because they were premature.
02:14I found that out at five months.
02:15I found out I was having identical boys,
02:17and they shared a placenta.
02:19And Jameer, which is Zamir's twin,
02:21he wasn't getting everything that he needed.
02:24And unfortunately, he passed away 23 days
02:26before his first birthday.
02:30So I need the lettuce and cheese,
02:33and you could just put it on a plate like we do
02:36so we can place it on the table.
02:40We're having tacos.
02:41Tacos is one of our favorite things to eat.
02:45So who do you guys think is the best cook in the family?
02:49Um, I would say the best cook in the family is my mom.
02:53But Type thinks it's him or my mom.
02:56No, I was going to say my mother as well.
02:58And then me.
03:00Like, if you was in the cooking contest,
03:03you would get first, second, third, and fourth,
03:09and I would be fifth.
03:12Ain't lying, ain't lying.
03:14Do you guys think your mom is strict?
03:17No, not at all.
03:19I think that I'm strict when it matters.
03:23I've been living long enough to know, like,
03:25what's important or more important.
03:28Do you guys feel like you can talk to your mom about anything?
03:32I feel like, yeah, because, like, I'm really open with my mom.
03:36You know, I don't keep no secrets, you know.
03:40I come to my mom a lot.
03:42All get along as siblings?
03:44I feel like we get along as siblings.
03:47We get along sometimes, but nobody's perfect, so.
03:51We have our ups and downs.
03:53Hey, guys, welcome back to our channel.
03:56So right now I'm editing our New York vlog.
03:58We were there for Tyee's 19th birthday.
04:01From the 2nd, Tyee's is 19.
04:03Serious, Tyee's 19.
04:05We want to go back down Times Square.
04:06We looking good. We want some pics.
04:08I capture so much happy moments with my kids.
04:12They going around, they going around, they going around.
04:14Oh!
04:15I started sharing my story online in about 2022.
04:19So some of the responses I've got on social media have been good,
04:24but some have been bad.
04:27We receive a lot of negative comments
04:31in regards to me being a teenage parent.
04:35It's as if people want me to go hide in the house.
04:37So some of the negative comments are comments like,
04:40you need a chastity belt and straight jacket on that.
04:44Just another grown woman I will look at as an example of what not to do.
04:49How is having three kids before 18 a flex?
04:52That's sick.
04:53With a sick emoji.
04:55Let's stop flexing this, because that's showing this new generation
04:58that being a single teen parent is OK.
05:02Another person said, what happened to morals?
05:06You shouldn't have a child, especially not three kids, so young,
05:10but this is my life.
05:13Sometimes I respond back to negative comments,
05:15but I've learned that it's best to not respond,
05:17because a lot of the people on social media,
05:19they can go back and forth for days.
05:23Do people at school judge you guys,
05:25or think it's weird that you have such a young mom?
05:27I wouldn't say judge.
05:29Now that I'm older, I wouldn't say judge.
05:31They'll be more shocked, like, no, that's your mom.
05:34Sometimes we'll walk in, me and my mom, we'll walk in the store,
05:36they'll probably think that's my sister or something.
05:39For the people that judge, they will say things like,
05:42discrediting my mom or something,
05:44like saying she really don't take care of us or whatever.
05:47How do you feel about your mom posting videos of you guys online,
05:51doing a blog and Instagram?
05:53No, I do not mind being online.
05:55I actually absolutely love being online,
05:58because, yeah, you get negativity, but I'm not really worried about that.
06:02I'm more focused on the positivity,
06:05and the positivity outweighs the negativity.
06:08I would say my family is really creative, if you want to call it that,
06:12or, like, adventurous,
06:14because, as you can see, we really like going on trips and stuff.
06:20I feel like we're a great family.
06:28How are you?
06:29I'm pretty good.
06:30You know, we're going on a cruise to the Bahamas.
06:32Hopefully you're able to come with us.
06:35Yes, absolutely.
06:36How does it feel, Mom?
06:37Like, looking back, you know, we're talking about how, like,
06:40I had three kids by the time I was 18.
06:42I was so upset, because the one time, okay,
06:45but the other right after, I'm like, what is going on?
06:49If you remember, I felt the kids.
06:52I felt that you was pregnant again.
06:55I wanted to scream out the window,
06:57it's going to be twins, that's what you get.
07:00But, again, I have to take blame,
07:03because you were still a young teenager,
07:05and I should have been watching you way better.
07:08Like, making sure that I was like...
07:09And just more focused on, you know, was he taking birth control,
07:13what was going on, and being more open to talking.
07:16How would you feel if any of your children had kids at a young age,
07:21like you did?
07:24I would not be happy.
07:26I would be really sad, because although I overcame many things,
07:30being a teenage parent, I don't want that for my children.
07:33Me having teenagers myself now,
07:35I see that it's really important, like, being aware,
07:38and, you know, having those hard talks,
07:40because you just look, and your daughter's 18 with three kids,
07:44so I definitely understand.
07:46At the time, it just seemed like...
07:50It was just scary,
07:52just not knowing what you're going to do with being so young with small children.
07:57Like, thinking back to all those years ago, and now here we are,
08:00like, what do you think about, like, your grandkids and you?
08:03Oh, my God, I feel like I'm about to cry with that.
08:10You need a minute?
08:11Mm-hmm. You're good.
08:12Okay.
08:13They're amazing, and when you're in it,
08:16the time seems like it goes so slow,
08:19but in actuality, it really goes so fast.
08:22Yeah.
08:23You did a great job with them.
08:25They're smart, they do so much, and the world is there.
08:28They're just beginning to live.
08:30Yeah, I'm excited, and I really do appreciate that.
08:32Like, when you text me and write me, like,
08:35oh, I'm proud of you as a mother,
08:37I know how rough it was for you,
08:40knowing that I had three kids so young.
08:42But if I don't tell you enough, I'm super proud of you.
08:46You're so amazing.
08:49I love you.
08:50I love you, too.
08:54Being a parent is hard at any age,
08:56but as long as you do your best and you love your children,
08:59things will be good.
09:00I definitely feel like I've grown up with my children.
09:02I'm super proud the way that I raised my children
09:05and the woman that I am today, the mother that I am today.
09:08I hope that all my children live successful, happy lives,
09:13and then one day make me a grandmother,
09:16and we have some time for that.
09:18We're speaking of the future.
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