Snooping on my ExJW Daughter's iPad and Guess What I Found 

I am deeply ashamed of myself for once being part of a community that was homophobic and sharing in that thought once upon a time. Your daughter has a great heart. It comes across very much in the video. She is a beautiful human. Glad she can be herself and will not need to pretend to be anyone else. Everyone deserves to be happy.

My wife and I were fortunate to fade away when our daughters were quite young. Our daughters were able to have normal childhoods. Both of our daughters are adults now and truly amazing young women. Thank you for being brave and vulnerable to share your stories

It’s amazing as JW’s what we put ourselves & children through, instead of just being good parents & being there for our kids no matter what! June, you have the biggest heart for your kids, that’s beautiful!!!😍

This resonates so much with me. I can never say enough to one of my own children, having so many personal regrets at such a pivotal moment in their life. You two are so brave to share your story. You chose courage over comfort, and I thank you for that. ❤

Thank you for sharing. This is a very worthwhile conversation and I feel it will be helpful to many people. JJ, you have a beautiful energy - it comes through in your voice and in what you say. You may feel you've lost time with respect to the pace you've received your education, but I feel the perspective and experience you've gained in your young life will prove to be very valuable as time goes by and you get to know yourself. And June, I love your channel. It's a great contribution to humanity as we release the stronghold religion has had on us, the damage it's done, and as we heal and grow stronger.

Funny how many witnesses did thanksgiving. The joke in our family is we won’t pray together that dinner and be grateful so it wasn’t celebrating thanksgiving 😂

I remember the dread I felt when I knew my mom found out I had taken a pregnancy test as an adult teenager being raised Catholic

The first door I ever participated at I was screamed at. I was 6 years old and the territory was our neighborhood. I was so scared and then embarrassed for the neighbors to know who I was after that. I hated field service the entire duration of being a JW. So glad you and your family are out together. I have my sister who was never baptized, but my parents are not in my life. Hugs to you all! 🤗

I love your intro! I just subbed, and I hope your channel continues to grow. Your daughter reminds me so much of my little sister, even the way she laughs while talking sounds identical! Thank you for sharing your experiences, June Jr! I love my sister SO MUCH 😩 She’s a very meek person. She’s also the peacekeeper of the family, which puts her in a position where she suffers in silence and apologizes for things other family members say/do. It would be incredible if you eventually did this type of interview with ex JW’s from around the country/world. You could do a split screen, or just alternate between cameras. I would be willing to be interviewed. I was born into it and left at age 18. I actually had a calendar in my bedroom and would cross off one block every night because it meant I was one day closer to turning 18. I spent my teen years planning my escape. I was homeschooled for high school, so I used that to my advantage and graduated at 16. I entered trade school and finished at 17. I wasn’t ID’d, and I easily passed as being in my 20’s because I was tall. The instructor didn’t find out until the night we graduated 😆 So the day I turned 18, I picked up my certificate and applied for my first job. My JW parents would raid my room while I was at work. I worked 24 hour shifts on an ambulance as an EMT. They were looking for evidence that I was fornicating lol. By then, I had become completely numb to them and just didn’t care anymore. I put a deposit on my first apartment and left shortly after. I have lots of very vivid memories from before I was old enough to talk. I know this is rare, and a lot of people don’t believe it, but they can be verified. I have ZERO positive memories from my childhood involving this “religion”. I have lots of negative ones, though.

I have never been a JW, but I do remember the two women who used to come to my house and talk to me. This was about 1979, and I've never had another close encounter with a JW, unless they were trying to give me a magazine. I wasn't feeling it, so that encounter with the ladies ended quickly. I'm glad you all left as a family. Life is too short to live in a lesser world than we are entitled to. Guilt, shame, control and fear do not build well-rounded people. I like your family so far. Go on and live your lives to the fullest.

Great stuff! Brought back alot of good and bad memories. We did a Fake Thanksgiving too but on Friday and never told others. Now looking back, we watched movies all the time we shouldn't have. We would visit family every December when I was young. I remember loving their Xmas decorations and feeling very guilty. I too still don't know how to make friends. Honestly, I don't even try anymore. I didn't try to excel in school due to the end being right around the corner. Loved the interview. Thank you for letting others get a glimpse of what life was like as JW and the aftermath. Thanks for sharing. Sending y'all a big virtual hug.

Your family is amazing! I am so glad, especially for your daughter's sake, that you found your path out. You made it out together and there is much joy in that! And your videos will help many others! I like your daughter's advice to her younger self... That it's okay to lie. And I like your correction on that... That protecting ourselves, protecting our privacy, especially for those most vulnerable, must be more important than sharing information others will use to harm us, and should not be considered "lying". Good job, both of you!

I WISH I could have such a calm and empathic conversation with my mom like this. You don't know how powerful this is. This shows that it IS possible. Thank you for showing us this.

Sending much love to you both. As a mother I could really relate to your guilt. Your family is amazing and I'm so grateful you have each other.

My mom was never a staunchly strict j w mom, but I knew something was up when I came home from school with Halloween art and it went directly into the trash ! After the tears were cleared the resentment grew from there for the next 15 years !

Another wonderful video ! And thankyou to your daughter for being brave enough to tell her story and I’m so happy that’s she’s able to be free and be herself and not live in fear any longer ❤ The damage that this society/cult has done to so many of us is truly disgusting but I’m glad to be awake and I’m enjoying seeing so many others waking up and taking back their lives 🤗

I’m so happy I found your channel June. Thanks for sharing these experiences

This was beautiful... made me cry. Tell your daughter thank you so much for being brave enough to tell her story. I've loved all of your videos!

I have watched all of your videos today and must say, that I have never seen so much honesty... and I admire you for that. And even though I had a very different life than your daughter, I must say that I feel we have a lot in common. I am much older (63) and what I want to tell her is: now that you can live with openness and trust in your family I am sure that you will find that you have wings. And when you realize that, you will find that you can go out into the world with openness and friends will find you. You don't have to go out and look for them. A big hug to you from Germany...

This was absolutely beautiful! Thank you and your daughter for sharing this moment 💗💗 I absolutely love the Just June, just born in, just indoctrinated, just baptized young, just a weaker vessel, just a Jehovah’s Witness, just a X Jehovah’s Witness, so so cool and powerful I LOVE it!!

I agree with the quiet-mode. I never show my face and I don't like attention.

I always click the like button before listening to your videos… I just know I’m going to enjoy it and will learn something… love your interviews with your daughter, son and hubby….I listened to your hubby”s last night, your waking up video this morning and now I’m listening to your daughters…❤🌈

Listening to your daughter and thinking about how much she reminds me of my gay son who is very shy and my very outgoing straight daughter. Beautiful but so different. Thankful we had each other.

Such a beautiful video and so much love and honesty. As parents we all do and say things we wish we could take back. Give yourself grace, you are a great mother with wonderful children that can attest to that. 💙💙

Such a beautiful interview. Your daughter went through alot of what ours went through. Tell her thanks for sharing her story. Thank you for doing such a good job interviewing. You're a natural at it!!! Looking forward to meeting your husband soon.

Very powerful and very encouraging to see all of you got out. It gives a lot of us hope

Thank you both so much for sharing this very intimate video with us! I'm so happy you're healing and will continue to do so! Much love to you both!!🎉❤🎉❤

This video was so wonderful. Not just the fact that you have broken free, but because I could feel the genuine love and respect between a mother and daughter. I can see nothing but good things in all of your future. Your daughter will find her place in the world and flourish.

Please don’t be so hard on yourself. We do what we know, but when you knew better you did better. Great mama!

I’m enjoying your videos, June, and I applaud you for wanting to help others on their journey out of the JW cult. For those of us who are mostly ignorant of the ways of the JW organization, it would be nice to have some descriptions of some of the inside operations. What is pioneering? What is publishing? What is family worship night supposed to be like? What is a committee meeting and being removed? That kind of thing. Keep up the good work!

I loved this interview. Thank you. Some day I will share my story. I am enjoying your channel so far. I am 53 and still growing up😊

Beautiful video...I was dropping tears. I'm soooo happy you all got out of that horrible cult!! You all doooo have a New Religion.....LOOOOOOVE!!!

I enjoyed your discussion. I do take notes and have personal reasons for listening.. Again Thank you.

June Junior, thank you for inspiring me and giving me hope. I hope my 6yo daughter wakes up one day soon.

Your kids are just awesome! You both have done such a great job! You should be proud! And “June Jr”, you have a brilliant spirit!

this takes a ton of guts to talk about, good on you for sharing this and helping others away from JW. Merry Christmas guys❤❤ Hope you are doing well -molly :)

Thank you June and June Jr. for sharing your experience. I too is introverted and wondered why I was a JW, I hated Field Service. It's amazing how undue influence and fear can convert someone. I was an adult convert.

So proud of your daughter! She is going to be just fine ❤ so glad she has a lovely family to fall back on that supports her

I am glad you were both brave enough to share your story ❤ Being an artist and a Aquarius are a whole unique identy on its own 😅 but not surprising at all.

Hi June! I just discovered your channel!! I’m Koco’s friend! What a beautiful, loving conversation between you and your daughter. The transparency is a testament to you as a good mother. Your daughter is amazing and I love what you both did in making this video. This conversation will help so many!! So glad I found your channel!! Happy Holidays and all the very best to you and your family in 2023 and beyond!!

Love the intro, great job!

This is a good channel Merry Christmas ♥️

June, please share with your daughter that she did an AWESOME JOB in sharing her personal story and her honesty since being/leaving JW.

Such a great video, having seen the three videos so far it’s crazy to see the similarities. Even JJ is right at my sister age and I’m at Thomas age. Also the personality’s are relatively similar although I’m kinda jealous of Thomas being in a band I did some piano but never really stuck with it.

Very interesting interview thanks for sharing.

You know what? To me I it's the first channel I've found where all the familly testifies about their personnal experience... It's priceless! and your girl "not being straight" adds up about the pain for all of you; each in your own way regarding JWLand policies; but if I remember well, it has been one of the things that got you out of that cult... Again it's love that saves you from unhumain policies/religious slavery. I wonder what you wanna do next with your channel?.. Maybe people that are watching it might love to testify other than by commenting... (usually the other channels interview those who already have a channel... there's a lot of people who might just want to testify one day...

Thankyou again for your videos. You have wonderful children

This was great! Thank you!

Great interview, thanks!

Adopted by the extroverts 😂😂 I love that very relatable ☺️

My biggest mistake was lying and living a double life, honesty is the best policy. If your parents truly love you, talk to them and let them know who you are in this world. It is hard, but It does get better

Magnificent talk!!

Wow you raised great kids Loving your posts

Your daughter sounds lovely, its so sad she had to go through all that and could not be herself. She may think that not being able to think about the future is just a JW thing but I can say that some of my nieces and nephews who would be around her age (late teens, early twenties) and have never been JW still dont really have plans for their lives yet and do not really know what they want to be doing. It's quite normal for people to have different jobs through their lifetimes and just trying out different things.

June, it’s good to know you have more than one child. I as jw was being indoctrinated that this world is temporary, end will come any soon and pressured by jw environment that having a lot of children will be a distraction for ministry, I had to agree with my jw husband just to have one child. I regret so much now that I decided that and am so sorry to my child without siblings. My indoctrinated husband still thinks we can have another child at paradise😅

Daughter sounds great and so grounded !

Thanks for another amazing interview. Perhaps "God" is leading us out of Babylon the Great!!! Take care and am glad you have your family.

The only reason I had anything to do with any of it and get baptized was to make my mom happy ! Now 35 years of cold shoulder, I should have thought about it more !!

Great video. Thanks.

My granddaughter by marriage is gay, that motivated me to leave. She came with her wife after 6 or 7 years and I welcomed them with open arms. It felt so good I never went back to the kh

I have seen your interviews with your son and daughter. I have also watched the video about your own story. I hope you will interview your husband soon if he wants to do it.

Great interview!

Oh no she had to bring cup cakes to other kids birthdays 😳 that's like psychological warfare I couldn't do it them thangs would have gone M.I.A. 🤣

So glad you all got out.

Yeah my mom was cool I was I was always able to keep my worldly friends that didn't change 👍👍👍

Junes daughter might like the South Park The Book of Mormon song: Hasa Diga Ebowai

Bravo J.J.

Well done.

My mom's name is June .....my younger brother is a JW elder ....I left in 2004 .....my 89 year old mom tells me ,you got your younger brother into that ,so you get him out ........I actually hope he stays ,he gets on my nerves !

You proud of yourself and you not only one their are loads in LGBQ community there loads of us who ex JW. I’m saying this as pansexual gender fluid ex JW

my parents found my diary disclosing --- i was beaten all day long with a belt

You came here to learn to create. Don't blame anyone. Don't live in your head too much. Your brain and your thinking is not who you really are.

There's one good thing about being a Jehovah's witness you save a lot of money during the holidays.😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂

Technically JWs are not specifically disallowed from celebrating thanksgiving. Likely because the bible straight up says that the jews had a harvest festival.

Just wondering why use LGBT colors in you title.