On her YouTube channel 'Jang Factory Jang Yoon-jung,' she shared how her mother-in-law offered to handle childcare if she had another baby

Singer Jang Yoon-jung. [Herald Muse]
Singer Jang Yoon-jung. [Herald Muse]

Singer Jang Yoon-jung has said her mother-in-law encouraged her to have a third child.

A video titled "The latest on her father who loves innards, and plans for a third child" was posted Thursday on Jang's YouTube channel "Jang Factory Jang Yoon-jung."

In the video, Jang shared an anecdote from her visit to her in-laws' home during the Chuseok holiday.

"I went to my in-laws' on Thursday to perform the ancestral rites and stayed the night," she said. "The bedding was so nice that I asked my mother-in-law where it was from, and she told me she had bought an extra set before the product was discontinued — and then gave it to me as a gift."

She added that her mother-in-law then said, "Take this, and have a third child — I'll take care of everything." Jang said she was struck by the sincerity of the remark. "I'm turning 50 soon, and she still has that wish," she said, recounting her mother-in-law's holiday words. "My mother-in-law said, 'All the children you have are so beautiful — I want more. It would be a shame not to.'"

Jang explained what she believed prompted the comment. "At the family gathering this time, Gyeong-wan's — my husband Do Gyeong-wan's — cousin's younger sister had just had a baby and brought the newborn along. I was beside myself. It had been so long since I had held something that soft and squishy. And my mother-in-law saw that."

"I was surprised because she brought up a third child not as a joke but quite seriously," Jang said. "I thought she had completely let go of the idea."

Jang married Do Gyeong-wan in 2013 and has a son and a daughter.

Meanwhile, a survey on perceptions of the 2026 Chuseok holiday, conducted by research firm PMI from Sept. 11 to Sept. 14 among 1,000 adults aged 20 to 69 nationwide, found that "excessive prying and personal questions from relatives" — such as "Did you find a job?", "You've gained weight" and "When are you getting married?" — topped the list of holiday customs respondents said need improvement, cited by 48.5 percent in a multiple-response question.

That figure outpaced "overly elaborate ancestral rite preparations" at 40.8 percent. It was followed by "unequal sharing of holiday labor" at 29.8 percent, "perfunctory holiday allowances" at 25.5 percent and "excessive gift-giving" at 23.7 percent.

The single remark family and relatives most disliked hearing was comparisons to siblings or others, cited by 27.9 percent. That was followed by questions about salary or income level (26.6 percent), job-related questions such as employment or career changes (24.6 percent), political and social issues (24.4 percent) and questions about marriage plans or status (21.6 percent). Questions about appearance, weight or health reached 18.1 percent.


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