The Williams Family
Season 3 Episode 12
Monday 30 July, 2007 - 10:00pm on ABC
Single mom Jency Williams works two jobs and relies on her elderly grandparents to help her out with kids Bradley, 12, Kelsee, 10 and Hagan, 5. But something’s going wrong somewhere. The kids fight like cat and dog and Hagan treats Jency like a punchbag. Jency’s convinced she’s failing miserably as a mom and her grandparents worry about what she’ll do when they can’t help her any longer. Can Jo get Jency to face up to her responsibilities and give her grandparents a break? (Original air date: March 5, 2007)
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