Fucked Up: My Family Was On A TLC Reality Show. Here's The Dark Secret That Never Aired.

[TheBlackAdder]

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This is just horrible. Fuck that Quiverfull Movement and fuck TLC for promoting it.

In 2007, when I was 14, I appeared on “Kids by the Dozen,” a reality show that aired on The Learning Channel and featured my family and other large families like mine. Our part of the series was shot over nine days that year, just long ― and short ― enough for us to keep up appearances as one big happy family. My father, Chris Jeub, controlled both my education and my occupation. A Gen X middle-class man, he first carved a place in my small world by controlling the uterus of my mother, Wendy, who gave birth to me and my 15 siblings.

I am the third child born in our family ― my mother had my two older sisters as a teenager, and my dad adopted them when my parents married. My two older sisters had already endured the consequences of questioning my family’s beliefs. Alicia, who is nine years older than me, committed the unforgivable sin of wanting to date boys. Alissa, who is six years my senior, converted to Islam when she was in her 20s, making her dead to our family. She would later reconcile with my parents after capitulating to my parents’ demands and undergoing “Christian counseling.”

“Kids by the Dozen” led to a staged “reconciliation” between my parents and Alicia. In the eyes of our tight-knit Christian community, a rebellious child is a great shame and failure on the part of the parent. To address and compensate for the show’s strict depiction of their parenting, my parents self-published a book called Love in the House: Filling Your Home With the Greatest Commandment. In it, they highlighted Matthew 22:36-40, in which Jesus says that the “greatest commandment” is to love God and others. For us kids, this meant we had to give unconditional love to our parents without questioning their beliefs or authority. For our parents, it meant that God wanted them to have more children. I know, that’s not what love is at all, but, sadly, I didn’t know that for the first 23 years of my life.

You have to read the whole demented account.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cynthia-jeub-kids-by-the-dozen_n_5c798c1be4b0e5e313ca43e0

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[MineralMan]

1. The whole thing is just too sad for words.

What a corruption of religion all of this is, but religion lends itself to being corrupted. It's far too easy to justify almost any behaviors by referencing various things from scripture. And this person is living proof of that.

[Bettie]

2. I believe more and more every day

that religion is the most corrosive element in our society.

It leads, more often than not, to abuse of various kinds.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

3. Actually, "Fucked Up" would be a great name for a reality show.

It pretty much describes the people featured in all the "Real People of _______," "Keeping Up With The Kardashians," "The Unreal People of the White House."

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Reality TV is a interesting

study topic. Watched first hand in the so called making of a Series. Knowing two of the Person's involved,what one sees on the Tube is well crafted for effect to titillate the mind of the viewer. Meanwhile,there is other mental issues happening in plain sight that know one sees of knows about.

[catbyte]

5. "The Learning Channel"

What a load. Maybe 20 years ago. They should be sued for false advertising. No wonder they just call themselves "TLC" now, and even that's a stretch.

[rmac3075]

6. more about the family

If you want to know more about them read this:
https://www.freejinger.org/resources/whos-who-fundamentalist-family-and-organization-summaries/jeubs/

[HopeAgain]

7. Mike Pence's family

Is tied into this wack-a-doodle stuff. His sister is a big "Quiver Full" nut.

[Rainbow Droid]

8. Because of the philosophy there's already an invisible legion of us out there.

And we didn't all come to our senses and get out. Many devout religious people that aren't technically a part of these twisted "conquer-by-procreation" cults still have tons of children based on similar thinking and also attempt to brainwash their children into strict authoritarian obedience based on similar extreme interpretations of scripture.

Hell some people in this country call it "The American Way".