Kim Hyun-ji, a victim of school violence, sheds tears over suspicion of daughter autism

Kim Hyun-ji, a mother of a high school student who was lying down for 15 hours a day, cried when she heard that her daughter Hayul had developmental delay.

In the 9th episode of MBN's 'High School Dads Adults Don't Know 3', which aired on the 15th, Kim Hyeon-ji, a 24-year-old mother of a high school student who lives with her six-year-old daughter Hayul, appeared.

On this day's broadcast, Kim Hyun-ji's past story was unfolded as a reenactment drama. After her parents divorced when she was in elementary school, and her father passed away, Kim Hyun-ji came to live with her grandparents. She was bullied throughout her school years and suffered from loneliness. Kim Hyun-ji, who felt burdened by her grandmother's nagging, contacted her mother after much deliberation, but her mother, who had already started a family, refused to communicate, saying, "Don't come looking for me in the future."

Hyunji Kim met a man through a chat application, and moved out of the house to live with her boyfriend, who had gone through a similar upbringing. However, as she went through pregnancy and childbirth, the relationship between the two worsened day by day, and the reenactment drama ended sadly with Kim Hyun-ji contacting her grandmother again and returning home.

Kim Hyun-ji's daily VCR was released. After divorcing her husband, Kim Hyun-ji was living with her daughter Hayul at her grandparents' house. However, Kim Hyun-ji slept until the sun rose in the sky, and eventually Kim Hyun-ji's grandmother took charge of preparing for her great-granddaughter Hayul's going to school. Kim Hyun-ji, who confessed in an interview with the production crew, "I sleep about 15 hours a day," got up briefly to run the vacuum cleaner, and then remained lying on the floor until Hayul's meeting time, leaving the cast speechless.

Moreover, at the same time, Kim Hyun-ji's grandmother and grandfather were working hard preparing for spring farming, which was their only source of income, and revealed their economic situation, saying, "I don't have any money saved to spend on my granddaughter." After Hayul returned, Kim Hyun-ji barely stood up and asked her grandmother, “Please lend me money to pay for (Hayul’s) education.” In response, the grandmother advised him to work part-time, saying, "You should think about earning and spending it," but Kim Hyun-ji stubbornly refused, saying, "I can't find a job even if I look for it," sparking a conflict between the two.

In the end, the incident came to an end when the grandmother took out the emergency fund hidden deep in the closet and handed it to Kim Hyun-ji. MCs Park Mi-sun and Haha, who were watching the video, gave solid advice, saying, "(Grandma's behavior) is not natural. You must be filial to your grandmother." That evening, Hyunji Kim met her eldest mother, who took care of her like a daughter. At this meeting, Kim Hyun-ji's eldest mother asked the question, "Are you staying at home at this wonderful age?" Kim Hyun-ji, who hesitated for a while, responded, "I was bullied and bullied throughout my school years because I had no parents, so I was afraid (of external situations). “There is this,” he confessed.

Everyone was saddened by Kim Hyun-ji's personal situation, saying that she had been taking psychiatric medication for a long time and was suffering from lethargy because she had been through such a painful time that she suffered from auditory hallucinations. But there was a bigger problem. Six-year-old Hayul's development was unusual. The production team of Kim Hyun-ji's SOS conducted a child development test on Ha-yul, and the results showed that Ha-yul's cognitive level was about 27 months old, about 2 years behind her age. Moreover, Kim Hyun-ji shed tears when the teacher said, "Elements close to the autism spectrum are visible, and intellectual disability may be suspected, so urgent treatment is needed."

Kim Hyun-ji, who decided to be reborn after facing a difficult reality, prepared a meal by cooking braised chicken for her grandmother and grandfather a few days later. At this event, Kim Hyun-ji made the grandmother laugh by declaring, "I lived a lazy life until now, but now I will look for a job and help my grandmother with housework." Afterwards, Kim Hyun-ji started working part-time at a restaurant with the help of the production crew and showed a remarkable change in appearance. Kim Hyun-ji, who was still clumsy but worked hard while thinking of her daughter, smiled and said, "I can't just lie down any longer, so I will try to be diligent. I will grow and develop in the future and live well with Hayul."

Kang Min-kyung, Ten Asia reporter kkk39@tenasia.co.kr