Irate Panda

Yes, Jackson is in first grade, he will be 7 next month. Lilah will be 5 in November and Josiah just turned 2. I think what really makes this stick out is that they seem to mainly only do this with one child, Lilah. I’m not sure they’re neglectful, but we have seen Zach neglect his own health issues and Tori seems to be somewhat in denial about her children‘s health issues because she doesn’t want them defined by their disabilities that she swings 180 degrees the other way. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve seen far worse parenting, but they do seem a bit off imo. I think maybe Zach realizes he had low self esteem as a child and is trying to overcompensate with Jackson. I think he doesn’t do that as much with Lilah because he has said he doesn’t understand girls or what they go through growing up. Tori seems like possibly she was picked on as a child and seems resentful that Lilah will likely go through it and probably worse because she is a little person. So I think she actually resents the situation but it comes off as resenting Lilah. FWIW I think they ove all their kids although Jackson is often favored A LOT at least on the show. Amy and Matt were both jerks during their marriage. They probably never should have gotten married, but both probably felt their options were limited. They seem way happier with their current partners.

I always get kinda sad that the weekend goes by so quickly, so I tried to figure out ways to make 48 minutes feel like 48 hours. Naturally, I decided to listen to Raising my blood pressure Heights with Zach and Tori, a parenting podcast 😐 I was unable to sit through an entire podcast episode, but I did skip around, and listened to bits of a few episodes. Below are some magical nuggets from our favorite couple (I readily admit I could have missed some parts of these things because I zoned out) Zach and Tori are NOT lazy. How do we know, because they said so! Zach and Tori have JOBS! Podcasting is HARD! Raising children is hard (I agree). Zach, when Tori wasn’t interrupting, tried to point out the commenter probably meant they don’t have traditional jobs (like 9-5). Zach probably deciphered that because the comment said you don’t have traditional jobs Their house is NOT dirty…Zach goes as far as saying it’s NOT messy either. Tori admits it’s sometimes messy, then throws Amy/Matt under the bus, and says Zach grew up in a MESSY house (in case we didn’t know) They DO NOT have help with the children, then immediately follow up with they have a babysitter and Amy helps sometimes. I’m guessing they meant they don’t have a nanny everyday or something of that sort. Tori gets a lot of encouragement from other moms when Jackson accomplishes things (like scoring a soccer goal). It could be because he’s a LP, but it could also be he’s AWESOME, WONDERFUL, CHARISMATIC, and other children flock to him! They don’t ask her when he reaches milestones and thinks it could be because he’s LP. Zach and Tori are NOT millionaires! Zach follows Dave Ramsey’s financial philosophy (Guess, Dave doesn’t feed his dinner guests). Tori initially did not want to be filmed because she didn’t want to be known as the girl that broke Zach Roloff’s heart! So, what changed her mind? FREE TRIP TO AUSTRALIA!!! I guess that was her first time on the show, but Zach seemed confused by this and thought she was on the show before that. Tori, did you just break Zach Roloff’s heart on a podcast??? 🤭 The show offered hair and makeup, but Amy and Molly never wanted that. Tori said the show sent her to take makeup classes (I tuned out , but I think maybe she said she didn’t learn much) Tori does NOT like when people tell her the kids are doing certain things because they are LP. Example: Lilah squats a certain way and someone (maybe Amy?) says she does that because she’s a dwarf. Tori says NO! It’s because she’s Lilah not because she’s a LP. Zach almost immediately says: That’s a dwarf squat! 🙃 The kids show up and “takeover” the show. Jackson is playing host and starts asking questions he wrote himself like what’s your favorite color? What’s your favorite food? What’s your favorite plant? What’s your favorite part of the Bible? (The only answers I remember are the Bible ones. Tori said her favorite was the woman, who is not forgotten. Although Tori forgot the woman’s name 😐. Even Zach was like shouldn’t you remember, if it’s your favorite 🤭. Lilah said her favorite part of the Bible is Santa!! Tori and Zach remind her Santa is not in the Bible. Jackson asked Zach why he drools at night time. Zach seems a bit taken aback. Jackson then points out Zach has drool all over his pillowcases. (I fast forwarded this because I had secondhand embarrassment) Lilah is allowed to say a few other things (I’m not sure if they finally got her some help or it’s just because she’s almost 5, but I could understand a few things she said. I have no idea how much or well average 5 year olds talk). Josiah sits in a slobber-covered shirt and seems more interested in pretty much anything else. Tori seems mildly irritated by this, but I have no idea why they think a 4.5 year old and a 1.5 year old would want to be guests on a podcast. There’s kinda two shows going on at the same time at this point: one where Zach is talking to Jackson and the other is Tori trying to keep Lilah and Josiah on the sofa and remotely interested. I will say Zach would occasionally make a few good points, he comes across better on the podcast than on the show, but I feel like Tori interrupts him quite a bit. Maybe if you have small children, you can get through these, but I was bored.

Thanks, I will check them out. Are Le Creuset toxic?

Happy heavenly birthday to Garrison

Looks like maybe a kickball.

I wonder if Amy played soccer with the kids, if so, I bet she OWNED it 😊

Maybe they wanted to show the most loving couple and it’ll just be Matt and MYMAN on the show! 😊Seriously though, I think it’s time to retire this show

I also do not like how they treat Murphy! They do not deserve that dog 😡#FREEMURPHY

Yet they seem to have no time to build up Lilah’s confidence 🙄. Thanks for the explanation Zach gave. I always fast forwarded through his and Tori’s scenes.I’m not watching this year except clips.

Amy also “sneaks” onions in Chris’ food even though he doesn’t like them 🙄 I don’t understand why this dwarf status is so top secret. I get they don’t want to harp on it but it’s odd they would have never mentioned to him before. Too bad Matt is “evil” they could use his children’s book about Little Lucy to start explaining about differences in sizes.

Wasn’t Zach jabbering about paying for health insurance on one of the episodes…maybe 1200-1500 dollars/month?? Wouldn’t it be cheaper if he and tge kids were on disability and like many said Zach and Tori would have to acknowledge the kids had some sort of disability. It seems like Amy has been the only one without some medical issues not related to dwarfism or that I can remember on the show anyway. I wonder if that is rare for LP. I saw a little clip of Amy demanding to see Caryn’s ring. It came across as rude/gruff even for Amy. Is that how it seemed on the show or did the show a lead up before Amy bossily demanded to see the ring?

Yes, Garrison was shown in photos of a baptism I think of his friend. I had thought Garrison was or at some point as an adult was practicing what I thought was LDS. Maybe Garrison was accepted into LDS because at the time he wasn’t featured on the show?? My timelines are not particularly good because the show is so far behind and I had stopped watching the last couple of seasons. Im not really that familiar what the Browns thought about the religion because it seemed to jump around. Either way I hope Garrison is at peace, but just wondered because I always remember Kody and “his planet”.

I wasn’t really sure where to put this question and I hope it doesn’t come across as rude, but in a Mormon sense, since I guess Garrison was practicing, how does Mormonism treat single people after they die? Does Garrison get his own planet even though he wasn’t married or would one of Garrison’s grandparents call him to their planet instead?

Nobody wants their kids to hurt, but you’d think they’d want their kids first explanations of their stature to come from a loving voice, not a mocking one. Although the way Tori and Zach roll depending on which child it is, maybe the kids are better off finding out on their own 🙄

That’s so horrible. As much as Amy and Matt might get on my nerves, I rarely have had to fast forward through their scenes, no matter how cringey. For the most part, I like Caryn and MYMAN when they’re onscreen, but when I was watching towards the end I would fast forward ZIT. First, I don’t care about ZIT’s junkyard and when Lilah toppled over in her little camping chair and they just laughed at her it broke my heart 😔. They didn’t even see if she was ok first. They are two nasty people 😡