Dougherty Dozen

[lyndseyross115]

And everything is stone cold! But #bestmomever, right?

I couldn't think of anything worse than freezing cold food. The worst was that God awful spaghetti table

 

[Catlady1]

Dayshawns birthday party. Did u hear Josh swear and Dayshawn has a love bite on his neck. The kid is just 13!!! Supervise your kids!

 

[whatamess123]

It's ALL the waste that gets me. Paper plates? Ffs

I thought that ,but according to Alicia it`s because they`re not hooked up to the water tank in their area?? Not sure why ,as with so many kids they should be a priority,Have you seen her do a launderette stint yet? I`m really surprised she`s not kicked up about it ,she`s hardly a shy retiring wallflower! (and i still can`t believe all the junk those kids consume...woah.Clogs up my arteries just watching a shopping haul!)

 

[lexi123]

So apparently they have a yearly income of about $ 193-229 K

 

[Pawpaw365]

I cannot get my head around the mini fridge restocks - I'm no almond mum and I'm sure my kids would love that much sugar but it just seems so unnecessary to give them access to that much sweets and chocolate in a week!

It’s shocking, especially since some of the kids now look like they’re piling on the pounds.

 

[binlova]

They’re both of the age that they have a say in where they live so it will have been partly their decision.
Nevaeh is with her elder brother. The bio mum doesn’t have custody and has neglected them over the years so in my eyes doesn’t deserve them.

Lets be real D is cashing in too look at all the electronics, fancy brand name clothes etc, he is just a kid and his love as been purchased

 

[Somersetvibes]

It's ALL the waste that gets me. Paper plates? Ffs

 

[Trapped_soul]

Mum fresh baked 4 loves banana bread for breakfast she a saint or summin then bought the entire range of elf make up for one of the burthdays it must be lucrative fostering so many

 

[Impleo]

I like them actually, I think she’s done an amazing job of taking children out of the care system and given them a loving stable family home.

I do as well. She's taken sibling groups that otherwise would be split up. I think Bree and Patrick were on the verge of that as well as living in a residential facility before she adopted them, their futures were bleak. The kids go to school, do activities, some see their biological families.

 

[Catlady1]

Most of her content is now on you tube. It’s been said she makes approximately $90 000 a month from you tube a month. I can’t see that taking those children from foster care that they’d been placed in due the abuse and terrible neglect they faced in their birth homes is anything but good. It’s a joy to see even the older childrens faces on their recent holiday. She did say in her Instagram post that she donated the left over food to the OC food bank.

 

[Pawpaw365]

She clearly isn't or she would do that without blasting each and every single thing she does on the internet

That’s not indicative of a mental health problem.

 

[Pawpaw365]

I’ve just came across them. Do they always use paper plates/cups/one use bags for lunches and things seems so wasteful and expensive!

Yes this pains me. It's so wasteful and un-environmentally friendly. Plastic cutlery in their lunch bags too.

 

[agirlcalledfeeny]

I didn't know before tonight that white claw is alcoholic!!!!!!

Yup ! Which considering one of her adopted children has alcohol fetal syndrome, you'd think she wouldn't boast so much about drinking to cope with the kids

 

[agirlcalledfeeny]

They done stories with American magazines that says the kids they fostered have FAD ...it was a today article
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[cwymmie]

And she was all for keeping siblings together I really hope this doesn’t affect N and D too bad

They’re both of the age that they have a say in where they live so it will have been partly their decision.
Nevaeh is with her elder brother. The bio mum doesn’t have custody and has neglected them over the years so in my eyes doesn’t deserve them.

 

[memberofthepublic]

I'm surprised no one had mentioned food portions.......the same for a 3 and 15 year old?

 

[Somersetvibes]

Its a video every week that pulls in hundreds of thousands of views so no way she's stopping, everything she does is for $$$.

Good point

 

[BeSuspicious]

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!

Is a lot of this content elsewhere? I’ve followed her on TikTok for some time but haven’t seen a lot of what you’ve mentioned (things that make me ) so I’m wondering if this is on another platform?

 

[Catlady1]

What I find ironic is that she fostered P and B because they were going to be spilt up. But it’s ok for N and D to be split up?

 

[Noseybatch]

Oh who has left?

The kinship girl