Dougherty Dozen Spends Almost $10k On Back To School For Kids | Entitlement Is Not A Parenting Win 

I’m so sorry about what happened to you. But I wanted to say I’m glad to see someone else say “ bonus” instead of “step”. I grew up with “ bonus dad and bonus family” Now I have finally found my biological dad and his family and now also gained amazing new bonus family :) xx

Ha ha, we’ve all been there Beth! I was an original fan of the channel too! Lol!

Kudos to you Beth. Raising 5 kids on your own. You are a super mom ❤

Literally same

same here

Same thing

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Personally I think she is so overwhelmed by even just the sheer amount of kids, that she now comes across as calm, even though its probably just the fact that she has gotten past the point of caring.

​@@pikaiichuu White Claw keeps her calm....I think she stays mildly drunk all day

Fear might do it....or maybe she gets passive-aggressive revenge with her cold, disgusting "meals"

Good job mom, exactly what I did

Now that is great parenting. Thats how you teach your child how to appreciate things and to work hard for them. Your doing great!

Amy is great. Really like her food videos.

That made me lol. 😂😂

Dont know but she seems to make all happy in her family. She does alot no matter being overboard!!! I wouldn't do that, they would continue to expect it always in life.

Agree! And there are secret cadres of married guys who feel like you, lol!

I made last sesonal shopping before covid

I shop for clothes for myself once....maybe twice in one year, and even then I can only afford a couple things. Sometimes I can only afford one shirt

Yep, I use to be one of those people that had to clean up after people like her!!!!

I work at jcpenny and these lazy as$ adults make more of a mess than a child would

Thought I was the only one who fold back clothes best as I can when I don’t want it😩

@Gabrielle Molinaro if I still worked in retail and saw her in the store I just might tell her off! Might be worth losing my job! She is terrible and she lets her kids just run all over the place and touch everything!

@@ciscoramon5767 I believe it! I saw it when I worked retail.

Safety is not a priority for them. I really thought the strangers popping in would wake her up, but seemed to love someone stopping by to praise her.

Sorry for saying this but Alicia is not a mom. Foster kids are not supposed to be on the internet by law. Not just foster kids. Neither her own kids. I was a fostered kid and we couldn t have a social account or picture of us on the internet. Nothing. Like i wasn t in a good family cause i was abused in first foster family. In second it was better. But i had some traunatic problem that hapoened to me and i m glad my 2nd foster parents didn t documented this anywhere.

@@itsjo1301 Very true, I completely agree. She doesn't always show them, but at the same time, she wants to "represent" fostering and adopting for the fat paycheck it will bring.

@@AliAngelpie I already hate her. She s on the black list like Royalty family and Jess Fam.

@@itsjo1301 she currently doesn't have any foster kids. 2 are kinship and a judge gave them permission (plus kids bio mum) to be on vlogs. The rest are adopted. You're so right though foster kids are not meant to be on any family vlog that's why I am so annoyed of Now I Am Known who popped up on my you tube feed with a vlog I'm getting a new kid. I watched it and was so annoyed that on camera he made his new foster kid age 3 to put on sun glasses so he can be in the vlog. He makes his other 2 foster kids wear sunglasses too. I couldn't watch and then commented on the vlog and I got slatted for writing your foster kids shouldn't be on camera. I also was in thr care system and in my days yes things were very strict. Things and times have changed in that even if a child is adopted or fostered (includes the UK) they can set up their own social media accounts. I've got friends who've adopted kid. Some are allowed to show faces but choose not to. Some aren't allowed to put any details on social media. Things will be different in each state in the US.

Good job mama! ❤️ I am in the same situation but with 4 kids so I can relate

Never hear the kids say thank you, or please can I, total disrespect

I remember back in the 70’s. Mom would spend a lot money on us kids that they budgeted for. We didn’t needed the fancy but practical things needed. That’s all. In elementary school , us kids was instructed by the teacher not to waste things , paper , write in all full in our work books. Not to damage school books. We survived just fine. I was just like that little kid in the blue. The teacher told me to take the waste paper basket to the incinerator furnace room. The Engineers took the basket from me and threw the paper on the fire.

@@queenbratbracken Show me one scene where she is teaching the kids how to shop or have gratitude. Just one.

investment and college funds. Any penny you can save for those kids will help them in the future. They will not remember the clothes they wear when they are in middle school unless they are severely bad. They will remember having a massive advantage of not having ridiculous amounts of debt due to their parents giving a crap about their future.

Exactly. Those kids should be taken away!!!

Yeah she's terrible

If she had decided to take all the kids for shopping, I think she should have given each 1 elder siblings to be responsible for 1 younger, and that the fussy kids with mother herself.

This woman seems to only care about herself. Selfless people do not have 12 kids without enough willing hands to care for them. There are almost always older siblings being forcibly parentified and end up despising their "parents"

Or Chloe from Life with Beans and shop online off camera? Or Mills Family Vlog where he goes by himself or takes one or two children with him to shop? Heck, even Claire Luvcat who vlogs about her 10 cats let's the 2 cats who do not like to be on camera sit out while these family vloggers force all their children to be on camera. So why can't she let any of the children be off camera?

Hopefully she actually edited and cut her videos. How do people watch these "vlogs"? They are so low effort and boring. DCP has to comment on garbage video and audio because there isn't even anything happening. She wouldn't have to film 24/7 if she had any sort of talent or sense. But I guess smart people don't need to use their kids for content.

But why not spend the money on a new house?

@@BriaBarrows that's what I'm saying. They could have bought a brand new house that has more room for their family. But instead they buy tons of stuff and spend thousands on birthdays. I could never

These are the kinds of people who will end up broke no matter how much money they get. They should buy much less, save their money, pay off all debts, and invest in a better home that can be paid off quickly.

@@BriaBarrows because they like their house

@@Elizabethsceg invest in the kids futures since they are basically employees. At least give them a retirement or education account. Maybe she did but she doesn't seem to be very smart, so I doubt it.

I noticed that on a recent morning routine. The bag of cheese was in one spot and then it was in another and you never saw her move it. So something was said was my feeling.

She also deletes comments that she doesn’t like.

@@alannahwatts5778 and when I mentioned organic she did a TikTok making fun of organic. After the comments were deleted.

It's called "editing". Pretty much every vlogger does it🙄

@@jamiehoward3151 Duh! You didn’t watch his video obviously. She cuts & edits but leaves the boring shit in her videos.

Omg same here

As the baby of my family with no children (by choice), this entire situation also… gives me a ton of anxiety 😳😬

As a mum ,all i can say to you is ,this is not necessary.It`s all done for the money.She is in no way relatable to the average parent.xx

I can’t even imagine. I was an only child and have 3. It gets to be a bit much with 3 sometimes. I don’t know anything about sibling rivalry and the nonstop talking!! I love them beyond comprehension but sometimes I wish they would hush for 5 seconds. 😂

The whole point is that she doesn't have to do this. She makes everything over the top and bizarre.

You and I are the same people. Lol. I cannot imagine.

Seriously, I could pay off all my credit cards with the amount she spent!

Is it that bad for 12? We took my niece that is 13 & spent 1,100 on back to school. She didn’t even get that many. The price of clothes and shoes is ridiculous.

@@sarahc39 you spend how much on clothes and shoes that the kid is going to grow out of within monthes? No clothes and shoes are that expensive if you shop reasonably. And no, prices even with inflation aren't that high unless you pay for brand names, not quality.

@@sisuguillam5109 well see she’s wearing the same size as she has, her foot hasn’t grown in 2 years either. She does sports and they have to have specific shoes, and shorts. That is a big chunk. Other than sports related she got 3 shirts, a coat, a few pair of pants, 1 everyday shoe, and under garments. She also got some leggings & comfy shorts. That’s also backpack, lunchbox, school supplies, & teacher gifts. I would say it wasn’t that bad. She still could use more that she will probably get for Christmas.

@@sisuguillam5109 also you aren’t aware where I’m from. We have select stores and not a huge variety. We also online shop at various places that are considered cheap, not good, low quality clothes but that’s okay to get some basic shirts for cheap.

Exactly, I’m sure she did it this way so she’d have another shopping video to film in a month

That’s what I said. Another shopping trip to film

They certainly did! She lets them look for what they want. They don't know their sizes and pick up any size, then it's wrong, then lay it down unfolded. That gave me anxiety. Had to stop watching!!

i thought the same thing. what a joke. and she filmed the entire thing using her hand that should of been with kids cleaning up the mess

They were like a tornado swept thru the store! Unbelievable

Basically like jesssfam’s kids!! Imagine being her poor neighbours with even the outside of the front looking like a tip!! And the noise if you wanted to sit in your own back garden 🫣🫣 no thanks

Oh I'll say. Those kids tore that store up from the floor up! As someone who worked in retail for several years I was literally screaming

She's said her own self that she's on Adderall as well

@@jenniferjennifer9973 and she washes it down with a claw which you NEVER do

I’m pretty sure one of the twins picked out a woman’s Nike tank top, the swoosh was flowers, but no one was attentive enough to tell him it was a woman’s shirt.

@@coffeepeachesplans what does baby formula have to do with this genuine question?

@@coffeepeachesplans why have you responded this to multiple comments? 🥴

@@ileneglenn845 nothing wrong with wearing what you like - just because someone put a sticker on it saying 'for girls' or 'for boys' doesn't mean you have to comply with that. Especially when you are a kid. The kids need guidance with fitting, quality, and what to shop.

@@sisuguillam5109that’s not exactly true women’s clothes are cut differently to fit to you know women

I worry about them too...🙈

I think they’re hear to stay.

I think she's buying them to make them want to stay,they bring in the views so ....

So should she not buy them nothing then y’all complain about anything

I think she is deliberately trying to win them over through material items. She wants them to not want to go home…

She looked healthier in some of her older videos as well. Her face has thinned down a lot now and looks different, reminds me of the people you see smoking outside a bar.

Oh no no y’all….. she’s done with White Claw cause they won’t sponsor her! She is now on Corona seltzer drinks

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Does her husband drink coffee, and if so, from home? I think that would make an impact on coffee usage as well. I have nothing against drinking but not everyday, all day, around adopted children easily and children with FASD is mind blowing to me.

You are so right! I did not think about that....good one!

😅😂

Who knows him anyway? She does alot of the parenting!

i couldn't even eat my breakfast i was literally choking with all the snarks

I said basically the same thing on her vlog and got trashed! It's true tho.

I've seen this thought several times and I don't understand it. While Dougherty is over the top these kids were put with her for a reason. I think its great they get to enjoy things they didn't have with their families and just get to be children.

I thought the same thing.

YSL cologne has nothing to do with "just being children". These children weren't put in the foster system because their parents didn't buy them name brands. Afterwards, it will be hard because they've been taught zero practical life skills by Alisha.

She should be putting money in savings accounts for those 2 kids since they're helping her rake in the $$$. She openly said she wasn't taking them at first because she wouldn't be allowed to video. So there's your care and compassion. There is none.

They’re also all going to be morbidly obese with diabetes since she is teaching them these habits young!

@@missld6856 Yes I agree with you. they eat a lot of sugery and process junk.

My mom was the 10th of 11 kids they wasted nothing especially food clothes and shoes were handed down

still behind you Alicia!! yep

I tried to screen shot it and zoom in to see the kohl's cash she earned...its normally $10 for every $50 you spend ao I think that's about $900 in khols cash minimum!!!!!

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@@mycircusmymonkeys7867 good eye 👏🏾💕

@@sarahweld4533 me tooooo!!!!😍

Can’t find any Christmas vids, now that be worth a look lol

@@AllThingsClarice just type in Dougherty dozen Christmas and you'll see a few videos. They are really shorts. I think the total on the one was over 16,000

Smart thinking!😁

I see if I can use stuff from the year before (I usually can) and then I buy stuff if I really need it!

When I was in school we did buy some school supplies for the coming year. But we certainly didn’t get a whole new wardrobe. We’d buy a few items as we grew out of them or they were handed down from the older kids. This mass spending just seems so insane and wasteful to me.

Yess and the thrift store

I thought I was the only one ☝️ 👍 yes and thrifting for sure!

Stay strong 💪

Just because you can't afford something means that she shouldn't spend HER money on her children??

I'm sorry you're having a hard time but she works for her money and shouldn't be criticized for it.

@@jamiehoward3151 shut up

@@jamiehoward3151 🤣 stop it! She works?! You mean she exploits her kids for$$.

Yes!!!

The kids are having fun and taking full advantage of the shopping buying/choosing what they want. They are new clothes not hand ne downs, good quality, so shouldn't be a problem or anyone else's business. You think Alex is unhappy because he has a new jeep and living the best years of his life playing high school football, and teenage years. They are all growing up and doing things the kids otherwise couldn't do in other families.

@@kellyrenee9679 It`s not anyone elses problem.The worry is ,what happens when the YT gravy train grinds to a halt?

yep, Kate is struggling now. back to nursing full time.

Yes, she reminds me of Kate too! We all know how that family ended up sadly🙁

I think it helped the twins and her son bond, ya know?????

@@tinabartlett6079 it's not that she calls them triplets, that I get. What I don't get is her calling them the Oreo triplets. To me that can be offensive.

Hadn't seen anything about the oreo twins. I just think people are being rude to her. She is being a great person in their lives!!

@@tinabartlett6079 No she said it and she actually typed it in captions when the twins had just arrived and you know they were developing the relationship she said it and has typed it and I believe that she has said it since her TikTok days

@@tinabartlett6079 she wrote it in an older Instagram post. Literally said they are in Oreo order.

@@coffeepeachesplans Who said anything about baby formula?? I’m pretty sure that doesn’t have anything to do with back to school shopping. I’m confused.

Well said Angie I think it's a bit insensitive to flash the cash like she does knowing that most of the world is finding life hard at the moment

@@lindaritter1343 It definitely is. That's all the more reason she should be donating money and items to others and get her kids doing it too. I was a poor single mom of 2 who raised my kids on my own. I'm thankful they're both grown now because I don't know how I would be able to get everything they needed and some of their wants with todays prices and shortages. People are going to grocery stores with some items not available so either they have to pick an alternative or go without and then we have people like her who buys an insane amount of stuff that could be shared with others or left in the stores for others to buy. What makes it worse is a lot of that stuff will never get used or will go to waste. It's very selfish and greedy! I am not jealous or feeling bad for myself because I can't shop like her. I'm disgusted by it and would never want to be like that no matter how much money I had. Kids appreciate what their parents give them more when they're not just given any and everything.

@@angieburns6241 well done Angie you should be very proud of yourself I bet your kids grow up better then her kids. One day those kids are in for a shock. I have noticed that there are a few people on RU-vid like her showing of there big houses or huge kitchens. I live in England and I am always amazed how much food some people store its like they have little supermarkets in there basements

@@lindaritter1343It's crazy how people can accumulate that much of a stock pile. I think it's good if it's actually getting used. I do like watching the videos of peoples stock piles but always wonder why they need to store that much, especially when they're doing regular shopping trips.

Granted I do not have 12 children but I have five and fixing to have another one and it’s pretty easy for us to go to the store for school clothes and shoes and drop a couple thousand dollars and my kids get to pick what they want what they like but I’m obviously double checking sizes I’m not letting them go buck wild because I know in another couple months they’re going to have outgrown this shit and I’m going to have to be shopping all over again so it doesn’t pay when they’re at a growing stage to spend so exorbitantly I mean yes I spent $370 on custom Nikes for my son he plays basketball he wears them out he’s old enough now that he can wear a shoe for longer than a few months without outgrowing it and I work very hard to be able to provide those things for my kids and it’s not at the cost of our future either it’s not taking money out of our savings this family should be concerned because they can’t do RU-vid forever and ever this gravy train is going to run out and one teacher salary can’t support 12 kids in this lifestyle to which they have become so accustomed. Especially if she gets canceled like she should

And then puts it out there What she wants viewers to buy for her.

I’m new to watching them and found this through the channel. I understand these people must make a killing but how are they spending an entire salary per week?! She’s spending thousands a DAY. I just don’t see how they are able to do this.

Yes, Harlee was given so many stuffed toys I thought the thing to do was donate some to an organization. That’s not part of Alicia’s plan, it’s to get more for her.

I noticed that as well Nicky and the boys (twins) looked to me anyway like they had a fear each time they looked at dad whilst making pizzas (maybe warned to behave I don’t know) but just all seems a bit off to me lol round

The lives were really eye opening to me. Yes, there is a clear difference how she treats bio vs adopted kids (besides Alex). I can't believe more people can't see it.

I have noticed this on several occasions. Unacceptable behaviour. I feel sorry for the adopted children, all of them

@@Susanjoc That one bothered me as well. It was addressing to the family. She allowed the youngest to open and take it all when some of the others would enjoy it.

Yes, so total is 8600.

@@terrylynn9984 plus whatever they spent online for the poor kid they forgot to shop for at the store.

466$ for Sephora also .

@@KellyCochran138 who did they forget. To be honest I would forget to get stuff for a kid too if I had 12. But with all of them there how can you forget.

@@mexicangyrl24 Dash I think it was, If you go in organized you shouldn't forget. Either divide and go different days or start with one section get stuff for kids in that section move to the next.

I have 2 and I don’t bring them with me 😂

We shop online too. We've got three kids. I add things to the online cart and I pick up and have the kiddos help unload the car. We have grocery positions so each person doesn't have to walk back and forth 😹

@@alliemille smart! We do the same 😂

We had to go to jcp when they had the jeans like 2/$40 or whatever 😹😹

My kids get the majority at thrift stores, too. You get so much more for your money!

Yesss I love me some good thrift finds. I was able to get my twins some items for as low as 50 cents.

This is exactly what my mom did for me growing up.

I don’t think 10 k for 12 kids is that bad. They got a pair of shoes and 3-5 outfits. Wouldn’t feel like that is a lot. Now the name brand maybe is a lot my one niece that is 13 went back to school shopping and it was 1,100. That was one pair of shoes, 4 pants, 6 shirts, sports shorts All Undergarments and all school supplies. Things have just gotten stupid expensive!

Thrift stores, Walmart, hand me downs. Kids grow. It's stupid to pay name brand full prices. This year's sneakers (Adidas) were less than $40 at TJ Maxx.

It's really not a small house. They have 7 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. Huge playroom, family room, living room, dining room, and another "sensory" play room in the basement. Plus eat in kitchen...you only see one side in her videos.

@@sandraabrahamsson6677 that's true. I really don't know how they work that out.

You must be a joy too. Making fun of someone is not cool, but you are excited!! Wow!!

@@doloresfinney8185 ahh yes, let's protect the feelings of wealthy, wasteful people who choose to be public figures

With all the discourse in the world, I don't understand why folks want to create more. Can't we just live and let live? Why do some feel its necessary to be ugly toward other people?

I understand why she would make a vid taking all 12 because people are less likely to watch three or four videos of the same thing and it’s kind of a shock thing, shopping with twelve kids. Therefore it’s more likely to get more clicks but why she doesn’t just shop with a few then compile the clips into one I don’t understand. Then she can keep the title of taking 12 kids and it’s technically not clickbait and it makes more sense.

I don’t think she does it that way because she likes people to see the entire DD. She may have to help the little ones as well.

@@Jd.682 I don't know, her fans are intense and probably would've loved 3-4 videos of back to school shopping. She buys the same groceries every week and they still get a ton of views.

@@coffeepeachesplans because I’ve already purchased 95% of my Christmas presents so I don’t have to worry about it. 👍🏻

Yes, it would be so much better for the kids with just a couple of them at a time. Plus she’d have multiple videos to make money from, not that I want to give her ideas.

I feel the exact same way. It's also time to take as a bonding experience. They needed her and she wasn't even present. I would think that time and attention would be incredibly beneficial to these kids.

She sucks as a mom... None of us are perfect, but she is awful on so many levels! These children need a good mom more than most ... Not stuff!

I noticed the 11 year old girl in the background looking extremely unhappy in the background shots also.

@@LisaSmith3663 Zoey is ALWAYS miserable!!

Hahahahaha! Love this 🤣