The allegations against the Duggar family just keep,
well, "Counting On." Parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are no strangers to controversy.
After the 2015 scandal that exposed their son Josh's history of abuse, the Duggars readjusted
their reality TV spotlight following the cancellation of "19 Kids and Counting."
"The truth comes out eventually anyway and it's not pretty."
Daughter Jill Duggar Dillard left the spinoff series "Counting On" in 2017,
however, in an effort to distance herself from the family. One of
her biggest reasons behind the fall out? Having to follow the Duggar family rules,
which range from strict dress codes to questionable child-rearing techniques.
No wonder the Duggar children got married young and tried to curb the Duggar dating restrictions!
Some information has also come to light about matriarch Michelle's hot
temper. According to a source for The Hollywood Gossip, it's only a matter of
time until the off-camera "modern ministry" of the Duggar family is publicly revealed.
Michelle has a slew of allegations against her that, if true, make her seem a little sketchy.
There seems to be a dark side to both Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar, as both parents allegedly
threaten their brood with harsh consequences if certain lifestyle rules are not obeyed.
According to Showbiz Cheat Sheet, son Josiah Duggar was, quote,
"married off" to Lauren Swanson after clashing with his father. His "rebellion" of trying to
date outside their strict courting custom led Josiah to be exiled by way of marriage.
But that's not all. Michelle has been known to scream at her children,
and the source for The Hollywood Gossip claimed
Michelle chases her kids to hit them with spoons or spatulas after the slightest disagreement.
"By God's grace I chose to lower my voice and even whisper."
These allegations seem to echo what son-in-law Derick Dillard captured
on his Facebook Live — a video of Michelle intensely yelling at her young daughter.
The social media post allegedly got Derick and Jill Duggar "fired" from the series,
and estranged the family even further, according to Screen Rant.
"Mommy loves you and I really am a nice person."
Michelle has also been known to instruct her older children to parent the younger tots,
seemingly not caring for all 19 of her children equally.
Could this information damage the Duggar family brand even further?
Aside from her alleged temper, Michelle probably hands out advice to her kids
on the regular — like most parents. But because of her specific views,
the conversations may get interesting when it comes to autonomy,
agency, and consent. During a confessional on "19 Kids and Counting," Michelle said,
"God talks about a wife doing her husband good and not evil all the days of our life.
And I think that's what I say to my girls. You want to be your husband's biggest cheerleader.
You want to be the one that always encourages him and doesn't put him down to other people,
but really it is that one to just do him good all the days of his life."
Her words may seem innocent — it might just depend
on your interpretation of what she's trying to say. She added,
"That encompasses many things for a wife because in every area of life, when y'all are working
through life together, you have many things that you can do that for him in, in many areas."
As viewers would know, Michelle and Jim Bob don't follow traditional methods of parenting.
Michelle famously told viewers that she used a buddy system while raising her kids,
meaning the children were broken up into partnerships, which saw the older sibling taking
care of the younger one, according to Showbiz Cheat Sheet. The system, while initially helpful,
had fans concerned that the Duggar kids had a distant relationship with their parents.
Also, Michelle's no TV ban left a bad impression on her daughter Jill,
who has said she would not parent like her mom. Jill's husband Derick told Us
Weekly in March about how they parent their kids and control TV consumption, saying,
"We take the advice of our pediatrician and don't go beyond, like, two hours a day. We
try to limit any in some days to, like, zero screen time, especially if the weather is
really nice. But there are times where it might be more than two hours a day, but I can justify
it in my head if I'm like, 'Well, the last two days they didn't have any screen time.'"
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