How do they genuinely afford all that food, amazon hauls etc?
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Now they got 2 more kids....!
I quite like them and think they probably get a lot of money through ads and their fostering fees
I did like them. But these 2 new kids make me very uncomfortable. It just doesn’t seem right that they’re going through such a monumental change in their lives, and having it on social media.
I watched their recent YouTube and Alicia didn’t look impressed that the 2 new kids were having school dinners. Probably that she can’t say she makes 12 lunches.
I watched their recent YouTube and Alicia didn’t look impressed that the 2 new kids were having school dinners. Probably that she can’t say she makes 12 lunches.
Dougherty Dozen is run by the mom Alicia and is a daily vlog channel on TikTok and Youtube about her family of 14. She adopted 7, birthed 4 and just had 2 new ones join on an unofficial foster care placement (it was important that it was unofficial so she could still film them) There is also the dad, Josh, who appears regularly and he is the main breadwinner.
I used to enjoy their content on the surface level, she seemed like a dedicated mom who wanted the best for her kids but I find her videos so hard to watch after she got the two new ones. She was consulting her audience on wether or not she should let them join the family, she filmed every step of the way getting them and the second they got home she was still filming their reactions as they awkwardly stood in a new house after being taken away from their mom. She took them on a shopping trip and filmed it all, even the new girl buying tampons and it was all paid for from subscriber donations. She makes all the family dress in one colour and the new kids looked so uncomfortable, now not only are they taken from their home, their mom, their life, but now their identity and privacy is stripped as they have to stand in a line with a bunch of people they don't know and pretend this is now their family.
Alicia spends an insane amount of money on junk and pre packaged food. The kids are stuffed full of sugar and she says you're not allowed to comment about it because we don't judge food in this family. The house is bursting at the seams with chocolate, cookies, chips and cakes.
She talks in depth about every kids medical issues, takes you to their appointments, lifts their shirts up to show you any medical devices. Every day she does their medicine on camera and introduces each kid by their name and diagnosis. She also goes into detail about their pasts, any issues they're having or had and private sentimental moments like one of the kids meeting their biological mom for the first time in years is broadcast to everyone.
They have no issue taking money and gifts from their subscribers. They are obviously well off and tell us they have no money issues and buy everything new and branded. They spent so much on easter and a huge amount on each kids birthday, everything has to be over the top and extreme for the camera. Despite this they take donations from their subscribers who paid for the new kids shopping trip (around $800) and also to get a phone screen fixed among other things. Alicia will pull out a pot or pan and will say that someone watching gifted it, even sandwich bags are gifted to them. They have huge P.O. box openings where it's just chaos opening lots of gifts, usually toys for the kids but also household equipment like toasters, muffin/baking trays and lots more.
Even though they flash the cash, they live in a very modest house that is not big enough to house 14 people. 3 or more kids share a room and it's very cramped with no personal space. They also don't have a big enough water tank, so say they can't wash dishes and have to buy paper plates, I assume that also means showering and washing hands is limited as well.
I think I've covered everything I can think of for now. I feel the way she is using her children conditions as a way to gain views, popularity and money is concerning, it doesn't sit right with me. I thought maybe she had just randomly gone viral on TikTok and gone with it, but I looked into her and she has been shilling out to companies for years trying to talk about her story including infertility and adopting. Even interviews from years ago talk about the kids medical conditions and how amazing they are for even thinking about adopting a child with a disability. You can tell she has wanted fame for a while and has seemed to been looking for a TLC show despite letting it slip a few videos ago that her family don't like what she's doing and should stop adopting now.
Interested to get others views though and thought a thread was needed!
I used to enjoy their content on the surface level, she seemed like a dedicated mom who wanted the best for her kids but I find her videos so hard to watch after she got the two new ones. She was consulting her audience on wether or not she should let them join the family, she filmed every step of the way getting them and the second they got home she was still filming their reactions as they awkwardly stood in a new house after being taken away from their mom. She took them on a shopping trip and filmed it all, even the new girl buying tampons and it was all paid for from subscriber donations. She makes all the family dress in one colour and the new kids looked so uncomfortable, now not only are they taken from their home, their mom, their life, but now their identity and privacy is stripped as they have to stand in a line with a bunch of people they don't know and pretend this is now their family.
Alicia spends an insane amount of money on junk and pre packaged food. The kids are stuffed full of sugar and she says you're not allowed to comment about it because we don't judge food in this family. The house is bursting at the seams with chocolate, cookies, chips and cakes.
She talks in depth about every kids medical issues, takes you to their appointments, lifts their shirts up to show you any medical devices. Every day she does their medicine on camera and introduces each kid by their name and diagnosis. She also goes into detail about their pasts, any issues they're having or had and private sentimental moments like one of the kids meeting their biological mom for the first time in years is broadcast to everyone.
They have no issue taking money and gifts from their subscribers. They are obviously well off and tell us they have no money issues and buy everything new and branded. They spent so much on easter and a huge amount on each kids birthday, everything has to be over the top and extreme for the camera. Despite this they take donations from their subscribers who paid for the new kids shopping trip (around $800) and also to get a phone screen fixed among other things. Alicia will pull out a pot or pan and will say that someone watching gifted it, even sandwich bags are gifted to them. They have huge P.O. box openings where it's just chaos opening lots of gifts, usually toys for the kids but also household equipment like toasters, muffin/baking trays and lots more.
Even though they flash the cash, they live in a very modest house that is not big enough to house 14 people. 3 or more kids share a room and it's very cramped with no personal space. They also don't have a big enough water tank, so say they can't wash dishes and have to buy paper plates, I assume that also means showering and washing hands is limited as well.
I think I've covered everything I can think of for now. I feel the way she is using her children conditions as a way to gain views, popularity and money is concerning, it doesn't sit right with me. I thought maybe she had just randomly gone viral on TikTok and gone with it, but I looked into her and she has been shilling out to companies for years trying to talk about her story including infertility and adopting. Even interviews from years ago talk about the kids medical conditions and how amazing they are for even thinking about adopting a child with a disability. You can tell she has wanted fame for a while and has seemed to been looking for a TLC show despite letting it slip a few videos ago that her family don't like what she's doing and should stop adopting now.
Interested to get others views though and thought a thread was needed!
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I've watched about 10 of her videos now. I find them fascinating, probably bc I get exhausted just watching. I enjoy people but I need quiet to relax. She's an extrovert so she gets engery from people.
I don't mind the food she packs for lunch or cooks for meals. I worked with foster kids for close to 20 years, so I know the hell their lives can be. People don't want to adopt sibling sets OR special needs. She's done both and the kids seem to go to school and have sports and music without issues. The kids she adopted don't seem to be treated any differently than the ones she gave birth to.
Compared to Tom Mills, Jamerill or Cluttered Mom, those kids are doing well.
We will have to see how things are now that her friend asked her to take custody of these two kids. I think the older boys were 4-6 when taken in and most of the others were younger, so we'll see what the new dynamic is.
I don't mind the food she packs for lunch or cooks for meals. I worked with foster kids for close to 20 years, so I know the hell their lives can be. People don't want to adopt sibling sets OR special needs. She's done both and the kids seem to go to school and have sports and music without issues. The kids she adopted don't seem to be treated any differently than the ones she gave birth to.
Compared to Tom Mills, Jamerill or Cluttered Mom, those kids are doing well.
We will have to see how things are now that her friend asked her to take custody of these two kids. I think the older boys were 4-6 when taken in and most of the others were younger, so we'll see what the new dynamic is.
I spent my teen years in the system so I know what you mean, I think that's why I feel so bad for the new two as I know how personal it is to go through family trauma, but I can't imagine it being published online or having to navigate it all with TikTok. I also agree that they're doing better than the Mills and Jamerill kids, at least they actually get socialisation outside of the family, but Alicia is apart of the same kind of religion and if you watch some more videos you see a similar vibe and values, nothing on Andrea level though, she was, something else...
They fostered the twin boys when they where under a year and adopted soon after but the older sibling set were under 10. These are the first teenagers so it really will be interesting to see how it goes.
I've followed them for a few months and thought they were lovely to open their home to children in the care system.
I agree with you Peachy Jam everything you have said and she is always showing to me anyway to much info about the kids meds etc and she never pulls up the bio kids when they say snarky things to the adopted/foster kids and when she says oh I need this but I forget to buy for myself bam a viewer has sent her what she was saying she needed It is like she needs validation/praise and she is getting it from the followers is there limit as to how many kids you can have in your house to be able to adopt/foster? She never shows affection or one on one time with the kids at all in one of the videos it was an unboxing one of them was screaming so she gave the video to the oldest one(?) he did a great job and was appreciative of what was sent where she is not while she sorted the kid out it was because of a video he wanted to watch she came back and made a snarky comment that someone who sent an outfit had caused a squabble with two of the kids because they had only sent 1 she is such a narcissist and ungrateful person there is no need to get up as early as she does she could do a lot of prep the night before or give the kids toast, cereal etc she makes a big production of what she does
Seeing the two new kids faces in the mothers day photoshoot made me feel so sad for them. In the video of the shoot the boy couldn't smile once, he looked so pained and he couldn't hide it. Only a few weeks ago they were with their mom and now they're stood next to this new family in matching mothers day outfits and told this is your family now when they're not even officially adopted or even a foster placement, more like a respite. It must be hard to play families while trying to deal with the trauma of seperation and having it publicised.
She doesn't pay much attention to what the kids do, she's too busy making aesthetic charkuteri boards for Tik Tok. She has always got those kids stood in a line outside in matching outfits doing the next video trend, I don't know how she has the time for three Tik Toks, a Youtube video and a live daily. Much better the time be spent with the kids in a quality way and not behind a camera.
They've lost all privacy, strangers know everything from their medical history, past trauma, adoption story to their clothes size, sandwich choice and favourite lunchbox. No boundaries at all.
She doesn't pay much attention to what the kids do, she's too busy making aesthetic charkuteri boards for Tik Tok. She has always got those kids stood in a line outside in matching outfits doing the next video trend, I don't know how she has the time for three Tik Toks, a Youtube video and a live daily. Much better the time be spent with the kids in a quality way and not behind a camera.
They've lost all privacy, strangers know everything from their medical history, past trauma, adoption story to their clothes size, sandwich choice and favourite lunchbox. No boundaries at all.
Something tells me the new girl is a bit of a rebel. They disappeared quickly but she had tagged herself on the DD Instagram stories. Just clips of her boobs in a bra.
And as others said on here you can see how uncomfortable the new children are.
I wonder how the family constantly changing affects the other children, too. Biological and adopted.
The amount of rubbish in those Easter baskets was ridiculous. Rubbish as in plastic junk that will be in the bin by the end of the day. Wtf does a 16 year old boy want with that crap?
And as others said on here you can see how uncomfortable the new children are.
I wonder how the family constantly changing affects the other children, too. Biological and adopted.
The amount of rubbish in those Easter baskets was ridiculous. Rubbish as in plastic junk that will be in the bin by the end of the day. Wtf does a 16 year old boy want with that crap?
Anyone else see this?
Like probably everyone else in the world, these reels kept popping up in my Insta feeds and I’d watch them and was a bit entertained by it. But the longer videos and lives started making me sus, I just get bad vibes from them so I went looking to see if there were other people seeing what I saw. She overshares a lot of her kids’ lives and tells the world too much about them. She can advocate and educate without explicitly telling people her own child’s back story, diagnoses and issues. The message would still get out there but no one would know which kid it’s about.
That video was horrible. I know 2 kids can cause chaos so 12 is more full on, I know families have their own in jokes and tease each other. But it was like the very first unedited view into their home life. I think she forgot the audio was recorded as well and it was problematic as heck. My opinion of the adults in this family plummeted.
That video was horrible. I know 2 kids can cause chaos so 12 is more full on, I know families have their own in jokes and tease each other. But it was like the very first unedited view into their home life. I think she forgot the audio was recorded as well and it was problematic as heck. My opinion of the adults in this family plummeted.
She did a video wich is now deleted about how much they eatn and it was over 40k a month that and the fact she accepts thousands of pounds off deluded fans into her P.O. Box is WRONG! Literally watching a picture box opening now and it’s so uncomfortable to watch but they are all loving it! Buy your own stuff!
Honestly I think uncut grapes are the least of the issues in that house- she is a kid collector gets off on saying ‘omg I make lunches for 12 kids’ loves it she does and not in a good way
She is a massive narcissist...
Omg, that deleted video, just wow. The way they talk to the kids, the constant yelling and she is always oversharing and I don't agree with physical abuse at all. I was feeling like there was only a few of us that could see through her act but on Youtube I saw quite a few videos of people talking about the family.
Here is what happened in the now deleted video, all of this was in a few minute time frame while making dinner:
Here is what happened in the now deleted video, all of this was in a few minute time frame while making dinner:
- You hear a slap sound and Alex goes "what??" then the grandma screams "Alex, leave her alone or I'll beat you" and then a kids voice in the background goes "yeah, she will beat you" then the grandma continues "I could make you cry like a little girl".
- The teens start talking about doing "doggy style" to each other/their girlfriends and Alicia starts laughing and yells "this is a wholesome family channel people, I'm recording"
- Alicia yelling about one of the new kids being overweight, self-harming and having depression in front of everyone
- One of the older boys says that "you should never talk about a girls weight" and the dad tells him to "shut up!"
- When making dinner Zoey is throwing the finger up at people
- The grandma tells her to scramble the eggs "like this" to show her and Zoey says "that's what I'm goddamn doing"
- Bree says she doesn't want to eat or make the dinner and Alicia says "I don't care if you eat it or not, I need a video of you making dinner"
Wow, I feel so bad for all the kids, they have no privacy whatsoever and are absolutely being exploited for monetary gain. This family is such a mess and I've only watched a few clips.
Adopting and fostering a lot of kids doesn't make you an angel when you don't respect them IMO. The fostered kids probably feel obligated to participate in the videos but Nevaeh always looks so uncomfortable, as does the older boy and I can't blame them.
Alicia makes such a big deal out of them all dressing the same, having the same lunches etc.
Surely the oldest kids in the family (the teens) can make their own lunches and do more for themselves but that wouldn't make tiktok content.
Adopting and fostering a lot of kids doesn't make you an angel when you don't respect them IMO. The fostered kids probably feel obligated to participate in the videos but Nevaeh always looks so uncomfortable, as does the older boy and I can't blame them.
Alicia makes such a big deal out of them all dressing the same, having the same lunches etc.
Surely the oldest kids in the family (the teens) can make their own lunches and do more for themselves but that wouldn't make tiktok content.
Only just come across this family and all I can say about what I’ve seen is that they’re obscene.
Who would use a vulnerable child that’s gone through the fostering/adoption process in this way?
They’re definitely taking on all these kids mostly for the wrong reasons… to exploit them.
The way they’re lined up like performing seals to perform for the gram or tik Tok or YouTube or whatever!
Then having their history and medical conditions put out there for all to see
If I ever found myself in the heartbreaking situation of having to give my child up to be fostered or adopted then one of the stipulations I’d be making is that they don’t go to a publicity seeking couple like this pair.
Who would use a vulnerable child that’s gone through the fostering/adoption process in this way?
They’re definitely taking on all these kids mostly for the wrong reasons… to exploit them.
The way they’re lined up like performing seals to perform for the gram or tik Tok or YouTube or whatever!
Then having their history and medical conditions put out there for all to see
If I ever found myself in the heartbreaking situation of having to give my child up to be fostered or adopted then one of the stipulations I’d be making is that they don’t go to a publicity seeking couple like this pair.