00:00Is it hating to tell a 19-year-old with no job and no car that she shouldn't be having a second
00:04child? Well, a crochet creator on TikTok is going viral for saying the quiet part out loud.
00:08If you can't afford kids, stop having them. And while some people are calling her bitter,
00:12the comment section is calling her a hero. The drama started when a crochet creator known as
00:17Heart Strange Crochet posted a video recounting a conversation with her younger sister.
00:22Stop telling congratulations for having multiple children. According to the creator,
00:26her sister is only 19 years old and already has one child from her senior year of high school.
00:32Now, in a text exchange, the sister said, quote, I wish. It's not a good year for me, though. You
00:37know I'm pregnant. And instead of saying congratulations, the creator simply asked again.
00:43Then I ended up asking her, like, what did your baby daddy say? And she was like, he's happy. And
00:49then I ended up texting him and I said, stop getting my sister right now. Now, the creator doesn't hold
00:53back, even underscoring the severity of the situation by bringing their grandmother into the
00:57discussion. I don't care if my grandma got pregnant. I'm not telling them congratulations for
01:02having a baby in a bad situation. Ultimately, the creator's feelings come from her sister's
01:07situation. She isn't just young. She isn't able to take care of her first child on her own.
01:12Having them kids did not help her at all. Honestly, it fucked her up. And if we didn't have
01:16our grandmother, she them kids would be even more fucked up. Like one comment even agreed
01:21and wrote the truth is most people in those situations keep having kids because they have
01:26family members or parents that help take care of them. And this is a massive reality for many
01:31families. The U.S. census data indicates that over 2.4 million grandparents are primarily
01:37responsible for their grandchildren in 2021. And the USDA estimates that the cost of raising a
01:42child born today can be over $300,000, with that financial burden often falling on the older
01:48generation. Since posting the text exchange, the creator has stood her ground. Naturally,
01:53some viewers try to shame her. One commenter wrote, the self-hatred is screaming. It's not hard to be
01:58happy for someone. And I would never be happy for a 19-year-old on a second kid in Jesus' name.
02:04And the viral moment really happened when a commenter tried to argue that financial ruin can happen to
02:09anyone. The user wrote, girl, gratitude is for those who are grateful in spite of their
02:13circumstances. You can start out with it all and be in the same situation in a minute. And like the
02:19other replies, the creator's response was immediate and ruthless. It seems the creator's main point is
02:28that having multiple children with no financial stability is not some sort of accident or bad
02:33luck. And we shouldn't have to congratulate someone for doing so, especially when it goes
02:38against personal beliefs. It's a harsh debate, but it's resonating. So is the creator too mean to her
02:43sister or is she the only one loving her enough to tell her the truth? Let us know what you think
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