What did Lee Ji-hyun and Kim Hyeon-sook say?

In a YouTube video posted on October 29 to the channel 현생모드 퀸지현, former Jewelry member Lee Ji-hyun and actress Kim Hyeon-sook talked openly about the strain of parenting pre-teen and teenage sons. Lee said her children told her the problem was not with them, but that she was angry because she was exhausted.

Why are they sharing this now?

Both women are single mothers. Kim Hyeon-sook married a non-celebrity man in 2014 and had her son in 2015, then divorced in 2020 over personality differences. Lee Ji-hyun married a non-celebrity man in 2013 and divorced three years later, then remarried an ophthalmologist in 2017 and split again three years after that. Each is now raising her children on her own.

What tactics did they describe?

Kim Hyeon-sook recalled once telling her son to leave the house and changing the door code, so he could not walk back in. She said she wanted to show that she would not be pushed around. Lee Ji-hyun said she had used a similar approach after her son left home during an argument.

Why are boys harder to handle at this age?

Kim Hyeon-sook said her son is still manageable physically, but she expects that to change as boys grow stronger in middle school. Lee noted that boys seem to mature differently than girls at this stage.

For international fans

Lee Ji-hyun was a member of the girl group Jewelry, and Kim Hyeon-sook is a well-known television actress. The video is a candid parenting conversation rather than a formal announcement.