Jang Yoon-jeong's Mother-in-law's Greed for a "Third Child": The Difference in Class from Her Biological Mother

“Have a third child.” An unexpected remark made by Jang Yoon-jeong's mother-in-law to her daughter-in-law is drawing attention. At a moment when Jang Yoon-jeong, who is raising two children, was thought to have already given up on plans for a third, her mother-in-law instead actively encouraged a third child, saying, “It’s because it feels like a waste.”

On the 1st, a video titled “The current status of her father who loved intestines and the plan for a third child” was released on Jang Yoon-jeong's YouTube channel ‘Janggongjang Jang Yoon-jeong’. Jang Yoon-jeong confessed that while receiving bedding as a gift from her mother-in-law that day, she heard the words, “I will take care of everything, so have a third child.”

Jang Yoon-jeong laughed, saying, “I'm almost 50, but the elders still have greed.” She then conveyed her mother-in-law's sincere suggestion for a third child, saying, “She said that since the children you give birth to are all so pretty, she feels greedy and that it's a waste.”

The trigger was a newborn. At a recent family gathering with her in-laws, Do Kyung-wan's female cousin brought a newborn baby, and Jang Yoon-jeong said she felt special emotions while holding a newborn for the first time in a long while. Seeing this, her mother-in-law brought up the topic of a third child again, asking, “Yoon-jeong, you like babies, right?” Jang Yoon-jeong said, “I thought she had given up on the idea entirely, but I was surprised because she spoke seriously rather than joking.”

However, the possibility of a third child was not just a simple family wish. Last year, on ENA's ‘My Kid's Private Life’, Jang Yoon-jeong revealed that she had visited a hospital to actually have a third child. At the time, she surprised those around her by stating, “I hoped the doctor would say, ‘A third child is not possible,’ but they said I am too healthy.”

Jang Yoon-jeong and Do Kyung-wan married in 2013 and have one son and one daughter. As she is already a parent of two and it was known that she had considered a third child at the time, the mother-in-law's remarks are drawing interest beyond a simple joke.

An even more peculiar part is that Jang Yoon-jeong's biological mother was recently sentenced to prison on fraud charges. The Seoul Eastern District Court Criminal Division 2 sentenced Ms. Yuk, Jang Yoon-jeong's mother who was arrested and prosecuted on fraud charges, to 10 months in prison. Ms. Yuk is accused of defrauding acquaintances of a total of 31 million won under the guise of investment by mentioning her daughter Jang Yoon-jeong's name from September 2024 to August of the following year.

The mother-in-law, who showed greed for grandchildren by telling her daughter-in-law, “I will take care of everything, so have a third child,” and the biological mother, who was sentenced to prison on fraud charges using her daughter's name. As the paths of the two mothers diverge starkly, Jang Yoon-jeong's remarks about a third child are drawing even more attention.