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    All Episodes Talk: Small World, Big Lives

    in Little People Big World

    On 4/26/2024 at 7:47 AM, chediavolo said:

    Good lord, their neighbors should take a photo and call child protective services! 

    Do they even have neighbors? I was always so confused by their “neighborhood”  Weren’t they surrounded by some kind a business shop, abandoned trailer, woods, and broken down/burnt out car?  They neighborhood seem weirdly zoned to me.

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    Chris and Amy

    in Little People Big World

    33 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

    Amy just did a live. They are not currently filming and haven’t heard from TLC one way or another about the show continuing.

    Don’t forget the most important part….she said that  she and Chris might make more cooking videos!!!! 🤗🤗🤗

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    All Episodes Talk: Small World, Big Lives

    in Little People Big World

    So let me get this straight, ZIT decide the child they constantly  characterize as extremely clumsy with vision problems should be standing around in the bucket of a tractor, yeah that makes sense 🙄 

     

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    Tori could at least stand a little closer in case Lilah fell she would maybe able to catch her or was the tractor actively moving forward when Lilah was standing in it?

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    All Episodes Talk: Small World, Big Lives

    in Little People Big World

    4 hours ago, Absolom said:

    Isn’t Jackson six now and in first grade? 

    Yes, Jackson is in first grade, he will be 7 next month.  Lilah will be 5 in November and Josiah just turned 2.

     

    14 hours ago, ezzy4 said:

    Even their off handed remarks and laughing criticisms of their kids is just very "old school".  I don't think that's bad.  I don't think they are neglectful.

    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.  

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    Zach and Tori

    in Little People Big World

    · Edited by Irate Panda
    Jackson pointed out Zach’s drool I wrote Zach pointed out Zach’s drool

    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. 

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    Small Talk: The Polygamous Cul-de-Sac

    in Sister Wives

    58 minutes ago, Teafortwo said:

    Very late to the party here, but I recommend Xtrema cookware. It is similar to LeCreuset, but totally non-toxic. They have sales all the time and the prices I believe are overall less than LeCreuset. I have the baking pan, a large saucepan and the 9-inch skillet.

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

    Zach and Tori

    in Little People Big World

    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

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    All Episodes Talk: Small World, Big Lives

    in Little People Big World

    2 hours ago, Dibs said:

    Zach is so proud of his position on this that he's explained it at length TWICE.  If parents "make a big deal of it," the children will, too.  I guess telling Jackson would be "making a big deal of it."  He then goes on to insult every other dwarf parent, including I guess his own, by declaring that they've all done it wrong by having The Talk!  I saw this coming when they started "making a big deal" of preserving his innocence (I think Zach might actually have said ignorance, lol) and building up his ego for as long as possible.  I suppose that's what's up with constantly telling him he owns the world and wins races he doesn't and is better than his father at everything until he becomes an obnoxious brat.  Geniuses, those two!  

     

     

    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.

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    All Episodes Talk: Small World, Big Lives

    in Little People Big World

    On 4/3/2024 at 9:08 AM, Dibs said:

    … Amy was trying to sabotage her!  Don't forget that she also slips mushrooms, which Matt hates, into his food when they visit …
    So Zach let it slip that they're going to the dwarf games, and Jackson had to ask what a dwarf was, saying, "I'm not a dwarf!"  So he has NEVER been told, and ZiT was annoyed that he had to tell him even then,

    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.

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    All Episodes Talk: Small World, Big Lives

    in Little People Big World

    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?

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    Spoiler, Speculation and Social Media

    in Sister Wives

    1 hour ago, LilyD said:

    Wasn’t it Garrison who converted to the LDS church? I seem to remember that one of the boys joined the LDS and that there were several pictures of him in a white shirt for his baptism?

    I found it rather interesting at the time as both Maddie and Mykelti explored that path years back, but neither were accepted for being part of the (in)famous Brown family….

    I don’t know much about LDS other than that they believe that your soul/spirit lives on after death, and how depends on how you lived. The whole “planet-thing” seems a Brown (or maybe an AUB) thing.

    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”.  

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    Spoiler, Speculation and Social Media

    in Sister Wives

    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? 

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    Zach and Tori

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    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 🙄

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    All Episodes Talk: Small World, Big Lives

    in Little People Big World

    · Edited by Irate Panda
    Added lilah’s name,the sentence made it sound like she was a junkyard :( sorry

    On 3/28/2024 at 4:45 PM, BAForever said:

    It's worse @Irate Panda

    They laugh when she falls, refuse to comfort her, constantly degrade her, cite the amazing things Jackson does, and refuse to acknowledge she has a severe language acquisition delay. 

    Awful people.

    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 😡

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    All Episodes Talk: Small World, Big Lives

    in Little People Big World

    3 hours ago, EastCoast4Life said:

    The favoritism is glaring. Jackson can do no wrong, and Lilah is treated like a sack of flour with a bow on her head. 

    Yes, it is very sad they play such favorites.  I wonder if they realize how glaring their favoritism seems on the show.  At least the kids won’t be on as they get older where all their classmates can see the nonsense.  
     

    Although I guess they could see all the old episodes, I missed most of the years Jeremy and Audrey were on the show.  Does anyone know if  they acted like their children OWNED everything/ play favorites or did they not have any children when they were on the show.

    In the beginning, I felt like Jeremy was Matt’s favorite, Zach was Amy’s favorite, Molly was “the girl”, and Jacob was forgotten.

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    All Episodes Talk: Small World, Big Lives

    in Little People Big World

    9 minutes ago, Jst2Wld said:

    Tori probably resents Lilah because Lilah isn't that regular size baby girl she was hoping for.

     

    If that’s true then Tori is just a horrible person.  I remember an episode where Tori talked about girls can be so mean, obviously she forgot to include herself.  
     

    As much as Amy is a mess , literally and figuratively, I hope she gets to spend more time with Lilah maybe Lilah will have someone there to show her she’s celebrated too.  Now that Matt and Caryn are “evil” 🙄 and don’t get to see Lilah much, I wonder how much Lilah gets to hear words of encouragement. 

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    All Episodes Talk: Small World, Big Lives

    in Little People Big World

    Why are they always so mean when talking about Lilah? Who calls a little 3-4 year old learning to dance clueless and clunky? If that were Jackson they call him MAGNIFICENT and say he OWNED the dance studio.  They seem so mean when they talk abou Lilah sometimes, it’s very sad to hear.  I just read the summaries so I hope it didn’t sound as bad as it read.

    Zach I can write off as to being clueless, he doesn’t even know you’re suppose to feed party guests, but Tori seems resentful of Lilah and I think it’s awful 😔

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    Spoiler, Speculation and Social Media

    in Sister Wives

    2 minutes ago, DanaMB said:

    And could it possibly be because Audrey and Leon were there?

    I have missed many episodes the past couple of years did something happen specifically with Robyn’s kids and Leon or do you mean because of transitioning?? Robyn, Kody, or the kids don’t think they’re safe???

     

    Janelle’s picture with the flag broke my heart 😔 Even Kody, who I like to to kick around seems kind of haunted looking.  I don’t know it will change any of his behavior in a positive way with his other kids, but I wouldn’t wish the loss of a child on anyone. I’m glad Janelle has the rest of her kids there to support her.  
     

     

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