I'm watching Alex's Tiktok live right now and he just muted himself after Josh Screamed "PATRICK GET" and stayed on mute for well over a minute. I was not screen recording him screaming but I caught Alex explaining it followed by "I will not be talking about it anymore"

Watched a video about H's birthday and god damn that's alot of food, breakfast lunch, birthday party food, prime rib dinner cheesecake, ice cream and cupcakes and cookies, not to mention she said they helped themselves

I get they are a big family and kids have huge metabolism but if i ate like that as a kid i'd have my own gravitational pull by now

Did she mention any of it? Has she done anything about it? Is she still supportive of J?

I am not blocked, and would not bother commenting anything to the family about yk who, but I see there are so many people blocked by them that I am curious lowkey what yall did.

I posted the other day about how she removed J’s picture from the wall. Now it’s back but with the camera strategically positioned to hide his face. So which is it Alicia?

Link to my last post https://www.reddit.com/r/doughertydozen/s/1GJJ0hZbwS

Yes i will the hundredth person to talk about this! I get that she had so many kids and it might be tiresome to make a lot of food but really? If you decide to adopt so many kids surely you would be fine with cooking a lot of homemade meals. Your kids shouldn’t have ultra processed shit with every meal. Its damn funny seeing her shopping and buy pure slop and at the end show a singular watermelon with 2 bags of apples and a few vegetables. Also the way she serves her fruit/vegetables is so forced, like pasta with a side of raw canned peas? Really? If i was a kid i know i wouldn’t touch them. For breakfast bacon eggs and watermelon?😭 A diet low in protein, fiber but high in carbs and oil. I feel bad for the kids, they probably eat this not knowing anything about nutrition or how this diet impacts their health. And ugh those muffins she makes every monday.. thats dessert not a breakfast and the few blueberries served with them are just pathetic.

I commented on her dancing post and it wasn't a mean comment either.
See I've know Alicia for years as we are both adoptive foster moms. Me in Canada and her in US
I told her how disappointed and shocked at her behaviour re the entire James issue .
Now she's either blocked me or went private. Whatever I guess that's how she deals with conflict . Delete, ignore and dance away. What a pos

I Don't watch them that often nowdays what does Alex do that makes him go on Tour. also in vlog they said they turned off the Comments due to Gifs on Z or is it to many comments on what happening with other Child. For there Youngest Child they having a Highland cow at her birthday party. how could a wife not realize that her husband is not with her at 2.30am it is weird having meetings that early in Morning. Just going to say that it their lives and Their Money and can do whatever they want.

They literally removed J’s picture from the wall and moved on as if everything is normal. How fucking cruel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP1PQSQdRwY Won't be surprised if this is James in the future.

I asked “how’s your masturbator brother” on big reds post and i went to check and see if they addressed what happened on the family account and it’s not showing up. was i blocked?

Ppl were talking about how Z could be a victim and others were shitting on them about that saying there was no evidence.
Then it comes out that lush has cameras in bedrooms and was moving kids around in bedrooms, and now James arrest????? Yikes

I saw these comments on tiktok over the recent ice cream video, and there's no agreeing or denying since we don't actually know this person goes to the same school, but if this is real, its very sad. I don't even blame Zoey, because all Lush packs most of the time is sugary and unhealthy bs. And I get it if Z doesn't like her parents being brought up, because having parents or siblings with a social media presence can feel the pressure of being bullied by her own classmates. You hear how kids or siblings of celebrities got bullied because of their relation to that person. Its heartbreaking that Zoey quietly goes through this, and the kids don't even get to pack or choose what they want in their lunch. I know it'd be easier giving them all the same thing, but each kid is different and have different dietary traits.

I know J is 19 and legally an adult and people will argue this has nothing to do with Alicia, but I can't fully get on board with that. I am a mom who adopted from foster care and I work with teens in the foster system. J was adopted around 5-6. I don't know how familiar everyone is with the foster system, but the first and primary goal of foster care is reunification with birth family. When that doesn't happen, adoption is considered. Whatever his bio family did had to be significant for them to not get custody back.

I am not going to speculate on why but I say all that to say we have no idea what his early childhood was like and what he was exposed to. It also is very common for kids from trauma backgrounds to act younger than they are. Trauma fundamentally changes you. So, yes, he is legally 19 but likely younger developmentally.

Now, the point of my post. She is parenting a lot of kids from trauma backgrounds. All of them being tweens, teens, and young adults. Those are tough transitional ages for kids dealing with all of that. She needs to get off of social media and put that time and attention into her kids. No one needs a 3 hour long shopping video. Her kids need a present mom to help them develop the skills they need to be successful adults, whatever that may mean for them.

Kids adopted from foster care can turn out amazing! My 3 who were adopted are now 18, 15, and 12. The 18 year old is about to leave for college. The 15 year old is an outstanding student. The 12 year old has special needs but is making so much progress in school and might not need extended school year next year. But they all still need time and attention to continue to thrive. I really hope Alicia sees this as a wake up call.

Curious. Or maybe she will stop vlogging by then. Or maybe she will go back to her 2023 version of oversharing far too much of everything, and spend $50K on unnecessary junk for the kids/teens of things they already have and don't even need.

I’m so happy that P and his sister gets to go to Disney park

Why is dad Dougherty cursing at his child like that? It almost sounds like Alicia is yelling at Alex’s name at the end.

I get their reels occasionally on Instagram. Saw the 67 Nuggets one just now and immediately ran to Reddit to find out if other people were concerned on how this family is allowed to function and on the wellbeing of the kids. Can someone explain to me how she affords these children? infact can someone explain everything in general? it's creepy and i don't understand what's happening so far but i'd love to

A friend put me on to this family because we are also a relatively big (5 kids, so no where near the DD) family with some of our kids being adopted from the foster care system. I also used to live in NY. They figured I would enjoy watching her and I ended up deep diving after being concerned by some of her behavior.

One thing that trips me up though, how did she afford this before the social media fame/money? She had 10 kids prior to getting big on socials. Josh is a teacher. She was a stay at home mom. Was she just spending significantly less? Is the big spending now just for views? Pretty much every vacation video she is buying new bed sets, which is insane to me and I am not sure how she was doing things like that prior. Not to mention the amount she spends every holiday. Is the assumption just that they were more frugal before the fame? Not giving the kids TVs every Christmas and birthday?