Teen Mom star Jenelle Evans explains why son Jace, 14, keeps running away: 'Sometimes kids get really mad'

Jenelle Evans appeared on TikTok Wednesday to share clues about why her 14-year-old son Jace ran away for the second time in two weeks, before he was found safe by police Monday.

The 31-year-old media personality said her son’s actions were ‘being pinned against’ her, and added that she’s been on the receiving end of ‘a lot of hate’ and ‘a lot of comments.’

The MTV vet kept her statements ambiguous but referenced finding inappropriate content on the teenager’s Snapchat account, and called the platform a ‘bad’ app.

‘I will say one thing: Monitor your kids’ phones,’ she suggested to her audience. ‘Because, you know, I monitor my kid’s phone, and sometimes they get in trouble. Sometimes they get it taken away for consequences to their actions, right?’

‘But sometimes they don’t take that too lightly, and sometimes kids get really mad about their phones if you take them away,’ Evans added.

The story: Jace was reported missing for the second time in two weeks, before he was found safe by police Monday

Evans compared the relationship some teens have with their phones to ‘addiction.’

She was vague as she also mentioned that ‘there was a big reason why’ her mother, Barbara Evans, gave her full custody of Jace in March.

‘My son has been having a hard time for the past two, three years,’ she noted before adding, ‘None of this has gone public because we’re trying to keep his privacy — me and my mom.’

Dancing around details of the teen’s mental health, she made it clear: ‘[Jace] is fine, he’s healthy and he’s safe.’

Jace had left the family’s home in North Carolina on Monday, and his mother eventually contacted the authorities when she couldn’t find him.

Jace is now safe at home with his mother and her spouse David Eason, Jenelle’s rep August Keen told TMZ, noting that Jace ‘just wants more freedom as he gets older, and is just a typical teen being a teen.’

Evans two weeks ago denied that Snapchat was a factor in authorities finding Jace after he was reported missing August 15.

On August 16, The Sun reported that the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Department in North Carolina received a tip from a 911 caller about Jace’s whereabouts, noting that their child had been following him on the app.

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Distress: August Keen, who is the MTV star’s rep told TMZ that Evans was not able to locate Jace for several hours and called the police

Details: The MTV personality said ‘there are lots of rumors going around about what happened’ in the wake of a report that police used clues on the app to find Jace  

Jenelle regained full custody of Jace earlier this year after she gave custody of him to her mother Barbara Evans shortly after she gave birth to him. 

Jenelle told the outlet that her son ran off after his phone was taken from him following troubles at school. 

‘As a boy mom, kids can act up and rebel as I’m sure the majority of us all once did as kids too,’ she told TMZ in a statement. ‘Jace … got in trouble at school, we decided to take his phone away and that’s when he decided to run off.’

Jenelle called Jace ‘a good kid’ and said the situation was not ‘anything that most families don’t deal with while raising children,’ adding, ‘This is a teenage boy being a teenager mad that we decided to take his phone away.’