Dougherty Dozen And Blatant Favortism On Display | Not All Birthday's Are Equal 

Bree won’t remember the gifts she got but she will certainly remember opening them alone. This shit will have an impact.

As a psychologist I say when bree opened gifts & excitedly showed to the CAMERA but then suddenly lowered her excitement coz NOONE is RECIPROCATING that EXCITEMENT is heartbreaking! & It's definitely gonna impact her mentally in the future consciously/subconsciously!

The thing that hit me the hardest was this poor child thanking a camera for spending her birthday with her. BECAUSE LITERALLY NO ONE ELSE celebrated her birthday with her. She thanked an effing camera 🤬 my heart hurts for her

I love Bree plays with dolls. Shows some kids still have innocence at that age.

Bree seems like a kid with a heart of gold. I hope she never lets anyone change her. Bree and her brother Patrick are a credit to themselves.

Josh didn’t even go to her party. Imagine your dad missing your birthday party. I’d be crushed

i worked at a kids play place in pennsylvania (us) and we had a family vlogger who came there... at first we thought she was just taking pics, then more she came back, the more the other customers and staff realized what she was doing. we asked her to stop, she got creative.. hidding the camera... until finally she was told she couldnt be on her phone, or we would no longer allow her in. she showed up with the police!! this woman wasted police officers time to come throw a fit that we wouldnt allow her to film other peoples children in a private business. we showed the cops her videos that were online, and that she was showing other children . the cop basically said "its this man's business. if he doesnt want to allow you in bc you cant follow the rules, thats his decision. this chic was BIG mad. she tried to sit outside and tell people not to come in bc "we were crazy about phones" not realizing they were our regulars and didn't want her there!! hahahaha

The fact that B chose pizza for dinner and thanking the camera was both heartwarming and heartbreaking at once. Alicia has said in the past that pizza is not something B loves, yet the family always has pizza on Fridays. She seems like such a polite sweetheart.

I yearned for my mothers love. I remember being about Brees age and I’d get ready for bed, going upstairs, saying “I love you mom.” And I’d get no response.. so I’d say again, “I love you mom..” and still nothing. I make it a point to be present for my kids and tell them I love them whenever I can. I feel for these kids. It’s so sad.

I noticed, she does last minute birthday shopping for the kids she least favors, but her $ maker favorites get a head start and very well planned for their birthday shopping!

Didn’t one of the kids or maybe the twins get this huge party where they hired vendors to come to their house, etc.? This is wild. Kids notice favoritism.

Bree is the only kid who didn’t get the ice truck, have her siblings there when she opened her gifts, her siblings standing there singing really loud, her father, her bio brother wasn’t there, who is also adopted by them, where was nana she is at every party too. This family is so so so so rude to Bree. She deserves so much better.

Washington State is in the process of passing a bill protecting minors from online influencers and advertising. Let's hope other State's follow suit.

I have never seen her being affectionate with the kids.

hi josh! i am a child welfare worker in illinois. there are some pretty crazy rules that we have to live by including not being able to help pregnant women who have no children but are actively using drugs. because the baby is not born yet and there are no other kids child welfare workers just have to hope the baby makes it. so in regards to family vloggers there is not a lot that child welfare can do. being exploited is not a “safety” concern in the eyes of the law. a safety concern would be a caregiver intoxicated while being the soul provider and that should absolutely be reported! but overall these children have little to no chance of being removed from the care of any family vlogger. if child welfare services would be involved it would remain an intact case and the parents would have to complete services like parenting classes, substance abuse treatment, domestic violence services, etc. but ultimately they wouldn’t change their ways. unfortunately there is not much that child welfare can do in regards to vlogging due to the rules in place. though i think it’s incredibly important to advocate the need to change laws calling social services often just take away resources from other families that could need the services. just my perspective being in child welfare. keep up the good work!!

My little boy turned 12 today and all I could do was buy him a present, we got cupcakes, and pizza. And, his eyes lit up when he saw his little 20 dollar gift. She thinks that she has to spend thousands on birthdays or everyone will stop loving her. She once said it’s because these kids came from places where they weren’t celebrated. News flash! You don’t have to spend a ton of money to celebrate your child, it’s about putting down the camera and spending that one on one time with them, cuddle with them and watch a movie, take them out to a special meal with just mom and dad, there are so many ideas. I cried because my son was celebrated all day at school and when you are a single parent and feel like your kid isn’t made to feel special enough on his birthday, it means the world when a teacher goes out of the way to make their day special. She just teaches these kids to be materialistic instead of learning there are more important things than presents. On a different note, we should do a video from the point of view of what it’s like for a baby being raised by parents with cameras and phones in their faces all day, maybe someone will take notice

Well it's no wonder Bree is being treated like this, because she's the most thankful, warmest and sweetest one in the family. We can take for granted the people like that, especially in a cold, materialistic centered family.

This is genuinely so sad. All kids deserve parents, but not all parents deserve kids. Poor Brie - she doesn't deserve that

Yes to 12 year olds playing with dolls/toys..let them be children for a little bit longer! We live in a world where being a child is embarrassing. Ugh it just hurts to think about what a world our children grow up in! My favorite childhood memories are by far playing outdoors with my cousins, getting muddy, being creative with the little bit of toys we had or made ourselves! I hope I can still do my part so my kids get to at least somewhat experience a childhood without to much technology! I think it's so important!

Bree is the best! She deserved to have her family around her to open her gifts. Broke my heart!

Not only did she dump all the unwrapped clothes in one bag. BUT notice how she never took the price tags off items

I swear it is like she expects things to make up for the lack of love, just heartbreaking. I want to wrap my arms around those poor babies

When Lushy wrapped Bree's gifts, she said that 3 of the gifts would not be shipped in time. She waited until 1 week before Bree's birthday to shop because she had to "pace herself." She explained that January had so many birthdays and so much shopping that she had to wait until the last minute to be able to buy Bree's gifts. What a joke! And the Reborn dolls she always buys Bree are not legit Reborn dolls but Chinese knockoffs.

I’m sure everyone on this feed would be happy to adopt B and treat her like the incredible survivor (and princess) she is!!❤❤

This tugs at my heart. The ENTIRE family should be there while she opens the presents!!!!!!😢

We should not even know these children’s birthdays PERIOD!

37:39…I actually cried over this. Why is no one watching this sweet girl open her gifts!?!

I still remember my family forgot my 10th birthday. I reminded them the day after. I got a card 2 days late. A bag of M&M's 4 days after. That was really sad, but what I wanted most was their time.

Watching her sat there opening presents on her own 🥺😭 bless her lil heart ❤

Adopted kid here... This is soul crushing. Mom didn't even take the time to have her siblings watch her open her presents at the party, then no one to experience her gifts at home either... Might as well have written her a check and told her to figure it out herself. And the final thank you at the end broke me... Thank you, random internet people, for hanging out with me on my birthday when even my dad couldn't.

That was truly sad seeing Bree open her presents alone, the day after her birthday and the 1 person there was Alusha stood behind a camera.

Oh my . My Mom cooked our favorite meals for our birthday. Anything you want. It is still a tradition today. Looking forward to my baked ziti my birthday is coming up.

James Bree and Patrick are really sweethearts x

I’m glad the kids are using her cards online. Its actually money they’re entitled to from being exploited for years.

I agree with what you said.. James and Bree are 2 of the sweetest kids. But I'd also like to add Patrick to that group.. Bree's biological brother. He's a sweet boy with a great attitude and shows affection to his brothers and sisters. 💙

Bree is the sweetest little girl in the world, she needs one on one sooo bad, watching her be so grateful for all her gifts made me cry.

As a pet professional I always say "everyone thinks they have the best dog. And I agree." Gus's shooting star is sooo cute.

Bree is a sweet little girl my heart breaks for her. Proves you can be filled with a house of people and be alone. Poor sweetheart.

I made the comment on her page that it was a birthday, NOT Christmas,, and the shoes and clothes were to old for her! Boy did that piss people off!

I can't stand her !!! Those poor kids! If i hear their voices, I get sad for them. The sweet kid who just turned 16 is so ignored it makes me sick. She is not giving any of them the love and support they need, so they might end up going out and seeking negative attention out in the world. All because their "mom" doesn't know how to be present. It's heartbreaking. These kids need support from all avenues, and this woman needs serious help. Laws should be in place to monitor the number of children in one house. Adopted or not, there should be limits, people!!

She claims they are allowed ONE hour of screen time in the evenings 😂 so for that one whole hour they can choose from their personal flat screen tv, their iPad, their iPhone, their switch, plus I know two of the kids have gaming laptops. James got a gaming laptop for Christmas and then a gaming pc for his birthday less than a month later.. they must REALLY look forward to that hour! She’s such a liar

There was a shopping video she did last year where she was grocery shopping and Alex text her asking for gift cards and she picked up like $80 worth just randomly like it was nothing. That is not the next day after her party, look at her nails at her party, painted dark, look at the nails opening gifts, so she took her for a manicure overnight or before giving the kid her gifts? Plus she already knew what she was getting and Dash seen them and shouts about the colour of her switch.

I'm keen to know how her subscriber count rises so fast yet her views are plummeting!?!? Make it make sense.

Leaving B sitting in the middle of the floor on her own is such a cold thing to do to such a sweet child. If you insist on filming it set up the camera and sit in the frame with your child as she opens her gifts. 😒

It hits you because Bree is one of the most vulnerable kids there, yet she shows so much compassion to the others, she is thankful and appreciates everything so much. It hits because she would probably be the one who'd love a shopping date with mom to pick out a few cute clothes. She'd love some attention, she'd love to spend time with family. Bree deserves it to be showered with love and kindness. It's so sad! PS: in the easter video from a year ago one of the twins skipped the egg hunt and then was sad he was left without any eggs to open. Guess who gave him one of hers? Bree.

Has anyone ever noticed how the siblings never buy each other or their parents presents?

Br is one of the sweetest kids she has. I do wish her party was more attentive though.

100% agree 12 year olds should have baby dolls and barbies if they like those things. The world tries to grow kids up way too fast.

The pure joy and gratitude on B's face when she opened gifts from her friends was lovely to see. Sadly the family gifts were not the same, B tried to look excited cause she's a caring child but nope the joy wasn't there

Bree is such a sweetheart!! I wish there had been more people or even just some of her close friends there to celebrate and watch her open her gifts. You can tell she is truly thankful for her gifts. I really wish Alicia would take your advice....like getting (was it James?) a specific brand of shirt that will fit him well and boost his confidence! He is such a sweet guy and would love to see him looking suave and feeling good!

Oh god! Kidney stones! I’m a woman that had both of my kids all natural, of course, that pain is worse than a kidney stone. But, it’s not too far off. My dad (who’s pretty tough) use to get on the floor and cry like a baby when he had one, I always thought he was overreacting but, nope. I had one about 5 months ago and it was the most hellacious pain. I have seizures, but they’re pretty much controlled with meds, the pain sent me into back to back seizures. I feel your pain. They told me I had 10 in one and 6 in the other. I’m not sure what I’ve passed since that initial colic episode. I pray to God I never have it again. You never know the pain until you go through it yourself. Edit: I stopped drinking coffee I while ago, because when I was a nurse, it use to make my heart rate go up way too high during work, It then made me way too jittery and dizzy headed to function. But, when I did drink it I wouldn’t ever give Dunkin’s Donuts the time of day. Their coffee is disgusting! I was a coffee snob then.Starbucks didn’t get my business either. I made my own coffee at home, it tasted 99% better. Also, Thanks for the Snarkety Bish suggestion. She’s fabulous! Her accent makes it 10x’s better.

Good Morning America is talking about TikToc and Child Exploitation today (02/17/2023)

Is it just me or does it seem like the kids who's bio family attends the birthdays get huge parties and crazy expensive gifts?

If I was her kid I’d be racking up that card too, considering I’m an employee taking what’s mine 😂

That’s why Harley the youngest only knows how to say doughnuts for roll calls 😂

So true, Bri and James only say thank you. Sometimes Patrick. These poor kids are screwed!

My heart breaks for these children, its just getting worse and worse! Especially the nice and sweet kids, they're always overlooked!

stuff will never replace the feelings of being loved. I feel so bad for her after being the left out kid too.

Watching your heart break, watching this little girl opening her gifts alone 😪 how sad that you, a complete stranger, feels more for this child than her own "family"......

My heart breaks for Bree. She seems like a sweet little girl with a stellar personality. I hope she can move past this heartbreak.

I love how much you genuinely care for these children and how much you love your pets ❤❤❤

I've also noticed a hint of favoritism in the family. I was hoping I was wrong, but obviously I'm not. Josh, it brought tears to my eyes when you paused the video and spoke about Bree being lonely and you know how she feels. I hope some day the kids will realize this isn't how a family should be. Put the camera down, put the crap away and enjoy each other! I found myself taking that deep breath you mentioned at the end of the video. The way you go through her videos gives me anxiety, not because of you, but because I'm waiting to see 'what's next'. Take care, Josh and have a great time in Cali!

I didn't know she actually called it a snackerty board 😂I thought it was something you made up 🤣

It was sad. Alicia just thinks of herself. But it was great to see Bree actually saying Thank you after opening gifts. Somebody taught her right

How are her kids getting her debit card info on every device in the house? I think she's lying. The lady spends more than she makes. I know she makes a lot but she spends way more. She's got a problem. It's never enough more and more more. She needs rehab

I have a 12 year old and a 1 year old. I am a stay at home mom, mostly.. I volunteer for an organization on weekends. Anyway, I can barely sit an comment on these RU-vid videos without getting interrupted. It's hard to believe she would be able to keep up with all of that without either hiring someone behind scenes to do majority of the work or completely ignoring her kids all day.

The favoritism and her ignoring them has to be really hard for the kids who remember more of her actually paying attention to them when they were younger. You can tell in her earlier videos that she used cared more and tried harder. It has to be so hard and triggering for the kids who remember and see the difference.

You are absolutely right about screen time. I caught my son on his phone at 2:00 am on a school day! He doesn’t bring his phone in his room anymore.

Josh, urology tip that the physician I worked for would give: submerge yourself in a warm bath up to your neck for about 20-30 mins. Repeat if needed. It helps pass the stone. Also, ask your dr for Flomax(tamsulosin) that’s a medication that helps pass the stone!

So sad, Bree is a lovely girl and one of probably 3 of the children that actually shows gratitude.

Can we take a moment to shout out Amber Fillerup Clark for showing just how easy it is to make positive change in regards to child exploitation. She’s a famous influencer with 1.3 million followers who used to share hundreds of photos of her kids (beautiful family photography, no personal info etc). She’s recently changed her stance on this due to educating herself and no longer shares their faces or much about them at all. This hasn’t affected her following at all because her brand is based on her and her achievements alone!! Let’s start highlighting those positive influences who prove how easy it is to do!

No bs the amount of joy I receive from seeing a new DD video from you is embarrassing 😂

That face is the true Alisha. Only cares about herself and what she wants, doesn’t care what she has to do to get it and who gets hurt. You have to wonder if she didn’t receive any love when she was a child but the way she treats her kids is unforgivable and it needs to stop

I just got my first car at 28. We didnt have a car growing up. But then again I grew up in Germany and we have functioning public transportation.

When my oldest was turning 8 we had a bowling party for her and no one showed up not even her father's faimly who live in the same city. Then when my son turned 8 no one came to his party too this time it this time it was at home. I finally got lucky when my last child turned 8 she actually the family and her friends who came to her party. I still feel so bad for my kids and it's been 22 years since my oldest was 8. That is such a crap feeling.

My daughter is 11 going on 12 later this year. She has an iPad (sadly needed for schooling) and a switch that her and I share… between myself and my daughter we have like four or five games, most of which are multiplayer that we tend to play together. I can’t believe how many screens these kids have… and it will be a case of “leave me alone so I can do this crappy editing, go on your iPad” it is 100% baby sitter screens… Alicia favours the kids she can get the most content out of. The twins seem to be the most favoured because of their back stories and health issues and what not. She can’t seem to help mentioning them in every video. Also, as someone in the reborn community, who paints custom dolls to look realistic, imma rant a little on the dolls Bree got. Not that it really matters for anything lol. The cheap dolls from Amazon are stolen fakes. The dolls used for real reborn dolls are actually sculpted by real artists then made into moulds and yadda yadda. Then a factory in China will buy one or two, make fakes and sell them cheap. Alicia has more then enough money to get Bree a beautiful, hand painted, one of a kind doll.

You are the reason that I made a new years resolution to drink more water 💧 I bought a special water bottle and I've been killing it! I feel so hydrated, thanks 😊

'Come shopping for sleep apnea machines with me and my 12 children ' 😒😒😒

I have a child who is ADHD and Autistic. I can’t even imagine feeding my child the pure SHIT she feeds her children who also have special needs. That’s child abuse within itself. Heartbreaking 😖 these children deserve better. Your children need your PRESENCE not PRESENTS and utter shit food. Do better for your children! They didn’t ask to be brought into this world! Absolutely Infuriating 🤯🤬

Was the dad completely absent from this child’s birthday?! I thought he was supposed to be this loving, trusting man after all the toxic men this poor child has had to deal with in her past?!! Wow, what a way to show up for her. 😔Grandparents??? At least her Aunt & Uncle were at the jump party.

Josh you are so caring and you are so caring and affectionate towards your pets priceless!

For my 4 year old, who is severely nonverbal, ASD, he cries during any party, Christmas, gathering. He hates it. He would prefer to be in a room alone, and open a gift here and there, he can't handle it all at once even when he is alone it took him until March to open his last Christmas gift. But I can see that this is not the case for this sweet girl, not at all. She verbally asked if anyone was watching. When that silence happened and you looked at the camera and started talking about how sad this is, I lost it. I was doing my make up and all of it's gone, clean slate bc I sobbed that hard for her.... I can only buy my kids toys and nice things twice a year, birthday and Christmas. One has a bday in November and my other son has his 4 days after Christmas so I celebrate mine in July for them to have a pool party and cake since they can't experience that themselves. If I get a gift card for my birthday (my mama always gives me a 20 😂) I take that and we go to walmart to get something worth $10 for each child (4 & 9) and most of the time my 9 yr old will fight to give his 10 to his brother. 😢 She has no idea the kind of privileges she could provide these kids....it makes me physically ill sometimes.

I am the same!! When you order a cake, Josh, ask for buttercream icing instead of whipped topping or if you are getting a layer cake, tell them you want buttercream in the middle instead of custard.

Bree is so sweet, I hope she does have good teachers who look out for her at school etc.

This hurt my heart more then I expected. I have such a low bar for her. This is a new window into just how dysfunctional, self serving, and horrific the commodification of family content is.

I commented on that video saying Bree was the kindest out of all the kids and my comment got deleted 😂

I've just thought as well... This kid is the one who celebrates the others birthdays so hard for them. She is always stood right next to them, cheering for then and congratulating them. She celebrates the loudest for her siblins, and not one of them gave that back to her, for her...! Very very sad, I really feel for her. Lovely girl

Another lush video! Yeah! Your great!

Definitely needed today’s video. Hanging on by a thread this week between hubby having knee surgery, our baby not sleeping from teething and not having the help I usually get from him. So I’m a little sleep deprived and frazzled at this point! Thank god it’s Friday and could get some laughs in to keep my sanity 🥴

Man so annoyed I missed the premiere! Great video as always tho Josh! Love & light! 🙏🧿

OMG i had surgery today and when you said you’re “birthing the KISS costumes” I laughed so hard it hurt, 🤣

I saw on the Dougherty snarkety page that she staged the present wrapping and Bree's opening. That's why the kids knew what she had and why they weren't around.

She needs to be investigated at this point. Perhaps hit rock bottom and realize what she’s actually doing to these kids so that she can change. Side note: I had two kidney stones before. It was the most atrocious and painful experience I’ve ever been through. Literally thought the pain would kill me. Drink water everyone, because if you don’t there are so many dangerous consequences.

That child screeching in the video literally woke my cat up. Who is a rescue cat and traumatized. Thanks Alusha…. Abusing children and animals everywhere!!

I get excited for your videos about Lusha lol.

Yes 100% 12 year olds should be playing will dolls! I played with dolls with my little sister until I turned 13! So thankful for my almost screen free childhood

That sweet girl is the ONLY ONE I have ever seen say thank you for a present and no one was even there. All the other kids barely looked at the gift and threw it to the side to grab the next one and didn’t even say thank you when they were told to

Another great video! We appreciate you Josh! ❤️

I’m almost 29 and I’ve still never bought a car. I don’t currently work but I worked for 7 years and saved a few thousand but I’ve never had more than 4 digits in my bank account. I’m currently changing career by studying again and so I don’t really have a chance to work. I try to when I can but it’s hard. I have bad physical and mental health issues so I can’t overload my system. Some people might look at me as lazy but they have no idea what I’ve gone through to even be where I am now. The fact I’m even at University is life changing. Alisha is setting up these kids for failure in life. They won’t know the value of hard work or appreciate anything they’re ever given. They’ll expect everything served up to them on a silver platter. That creates dysfunctional people.

“You’re not the only one that has weird dolls “ ! I’m deceased 😂😅