Mum-of-10 blasts ‘insecure’ online trolls for targeting her family
A mum-of-10 has revealed how have trolls targeted her family, with the online bullies even making fun of her children’s smiles.
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A mum-of-10 has told how she was trolled over everything from the amount she spent on groceries to her children’s smile.
Alicia Dougherty, the matriarch of the Dougherty Dozen, revealed the news on her Instagram page, The Sun reports.
She said: “People keep trolling on my videos that they hate our smiles. I guess I’m biased but I think they’re all 100 per cent.
“Happiness comes from knowing we are worthy of being our true, authentic selves.
“We see the negativity. But we brush it off.
“Because we know it comes from OTHER people’s insecurities and triggers. It’s not on us. It’s on them.
“I appreciate those of you who have checked in on us over the past few weeks as we’ve been massively trolled by unhappy, insecure people.
“I promise you, we are good.”
Alicia, from the US, adopted six of her children and regularly posts updates on them on her popular Instagram pages.
But when she showed off her food haul, she was also slammed.
A weekly shop including 25 bananas, 5.5kg of chicken and 191 packets of crisps was mocked by trolls.
The total cost of the mountainous food shop was $US1143 ($A1604), adding up to a hefty $US59,000 ($A83,000) yearly food bill.
In the short clip she said: “The following will last us for almost one week plus I had to get supplies for the boys’ football party later today.
“I did not get apples – we’re going to go apple picking for those later. I did get produce including 25 bananas.”
She continued to move her camera around the huge stacks of food explaining what she had purchased.
She said: “Some snacks including 191 packs of chips. Bread for the week, a few boxes of cereal.
“Dairy for the week including 14lbs (6.3kg) of cheese, lunchables, coffee, some canned goods, meat including 12.5lb (5.5kg) chicken, 6lb (2.7kg) of pasta and a few random things and that’s all for today!”
In a 2018 interview with People, Alicia and Josh explained that all six of their adopted kids have behavioural issues and suffer from Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) – making family life a little more challenging.
Although they weren’t aware of this when adopting their first son Alex – who was four at the time, the parents threw themselves into helping him – and went on to help other kids with “difficult behaviours”.
“We became known as the parents who could handle the difficult behaviours,” Alicia said, and now, the power duo share insight into their hectic family life on TikTok and Instagram.
This article originally appeared on The Sun and has been republished with permission
Originally published as Mum-of-10 blasts ‘insecure’ online trolls for targeting her family
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