Jenni “JWoww” Farley‘s life tends to get crazy and loud thanks to her kids. 

The Jersey Shore alum shared what it’s really like being mom to her and ex Roger Mathew‘s daughter Meilani, 12, and son Greyson, 10, especially as her eldest navigates adolescence.

“Oh, they’re bad,” JWoww playfully told E! News in an exclusive interview at the world premiere of Netflix’s Steps on Nov. 8. “We’re just holding on for dear life. I have a 12-year-old turning 20, and sometimes, that is not easy.” 

In fact, the reality star admitted that she and husband Zack Clayton turned the NYC occasion into a date night since even they “have to get away and enjoy time together.”

Although parenting a tween isn’t always a fairy tale, JWoww would never put a stahp to the ups and downs that come with it.

“When I was a teenage girl, I was only being raised by my father,” she recalled. “So, what I always ask from my daughter and my son is to give me grace because this is also my first time being a mom.”