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Jill, Derick & the Kids: Moving On!!

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Wait, she needed a friend to tell her taking kids outside to play is something she could do to tire the kids out? Seriously?

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If my parents supported the person who sexually molested me as a child AND also profited from a show that portrayed them as God fearing, loving, better than everyone else parents AND then shunned ME? 

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And this is why homeschooling sucks. If Izzy and Sam were off at school, and Freddie was getting to the pre-K/kindergarten age, Jill would be forced to spend time alone. She might hit the gym, join some clubs, volunteer somewhere. She might EVEN get a part-time job. 

Instead, it seems as if she parks her kids in front of their learning module computers at home and then waits for Derick to get off work.

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Notabug

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1 hour ago, Is Everyone Gone said:

And this is why homeschooling sucks. If Izzy and Sam were off at school, and Freddie was getting to the pre-K/kindergarten age, Jill would be forced to spend time alone. She might hit the gym, join some clubs, volunteer somewhere. She might EVEN get a part-time job. 

Instead, it seems as if she parks her kids in front of their learning module computers at home and then waits for Derick to get off work.

If nothing else, Jill could volunteer to be a room mother, a lunchroom aide, a playground attendant or library helper at the kids' school.  She'd be close to her kids but able to interact with other moms and faculty.

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Salacious Kitty

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10 minutes ago, Notabug said:

If nothing else, Jill could volunteer to be a room mother, a lunchroom aide, a playground attendant or library helper at the kids' school.  She'd be close to her kids but able to interact with other moms and faculty.

She'd have to split her time between two schools the way the district has them set up. Her oldest two wouldn't be in the same school until high school. 

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I think it's more about Jill not being so afraid of being alone. As an example, I think Joy is just as hard-core about home-schooling, but I never get the impression that Joy can't function without Austin. Austin's house-flipping job and his interests (hunting trips with the boys) mean he's often away for long hours.

With Jill, I defo get the impression that she CAN'T function without Derick's constant presence. 

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Notabug

Notabug

27 minutes ago, Is Everyone Gone said:

I think it's more about Jill not being so afraid of being alone. As an example, I think Joy is just as hard-core about home-schooling, but I never get the impression that Joy can't function without Austin. Austin's house-flipping job and his interests (hunting trips with the boys) mean he's often away for long hours.

With Jill, I defo get the impression that she CAN'T function without Derick's constant presence. 

I agree, Jill doesn't like to be alone.  Perhaps this has something to do with her past growing up in that house and being assaulted in her own bed; but it seems clear she needs someone nearby at all times and not just an infant.

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My kids went to different schools and it’s really not that hard. The older one always wanted to be on the bus with his friends, so I could drive the younger one a lot if he wanted to. We had to mandatory “volunteer” for something at the schools. Preschool was just being a room helper a couple of days a year (and not in his class). Elementary school I chose playground a couple of times. It would be easy for her to stick the kids on their respective buses and get on with whatever she does at home with Freddie. How old is he now? My first son went to preschool a few days a week at three years old. The second one waited until he was four because we were in the process of moving across country. Joy talked about being in homeschool co-ops with lots of socialization. Jill seems to be all alone. 

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1 hour ago, Notabug said:

I agree, Jill doesn't like to be alone.  Perhaps this has something to do with her past growing up in that house and being assaulted in her own bed; but it seems clear she needs someone nearby at all times and not just an infant.

I agree that it might have something to do with Josh. Being assaulted when she slept, and then not believed and even blamed ... 

But smothering tends to create resentment and even worse feelings of isolation. She'd probably feel less alone if she did things, met people, interacted with people other than Derick and her kids.

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2 hours ago, Is Everyone Gone said:

I agree that it might have something to do with Josh. Being assaulted when she slept, and then not believed and even blamed ... 

But smothering tends to create resentment and even worse feelings of isolation. She'd probably feel less alone if she did things, met people, interacted with people other than Derick and her kids. 
 

It probably causes her an enormous amount of discomfort and maybe she doesn't know how to deal with that. She would have to want therapy but until it either becomes her idea or she buys into it and wants to change it might never happen

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Madtown

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5 hours ago, Notabug said:

If nothing else, Jill could volunteer to be a room mother, a lunchroom aide, a playground attendant or library helper at the kids' school.  She'd be close to her kids but able to interact with other moms and faculty.

I had these thoughts and posted this same thing when Izzy went to school and Sam was in the pre-school age. I too, thought maybe she could've worked/volunteered at the library or school. Nope, she went and had Freddie instead. That's when I gave up hope that she would put the kids in school and go do something for herself.

 

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4 hours ago, Madtown said:

I had these thoughts and posted this same thing when Izzy went to school and Sam was in the pre-school age. I too, thought maybe she could've worked/volunteered at the library or school. Nope, she went and had Freddie instead. That's when I gave up hope that she would put the kids in school and go do something for herself.

 

Having three kids is fine. It's having three kids, pulling one kid out of public school, parking two kids by the computer to do learning modules all day, and then waiting for your husband to come home I find kind of sad. 

At least she's branching out with the cooking. Some of her stuff looks pretty good.

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lookeyloo

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She is a sad sack meaning she doesn't know how life could be after her indoctrination and josh issues.  Plus her father not doing right by her.  Therapy can be very painful (ask me how I know) and maybe she is not up for it and maybe never will be.  It has to be her decision to put herself through that and it will be work.  And, wonder if Derick likes things the way they are in inside their house and all seems fine to them.  the homeschooling and isolation are very familiar to Jill because she was raised that way, although with more siblings.

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EmeraldGirl

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And she was counting on (no pun intended there) more kids. I think she is still grieving that lost deeply. Plus the car accident seems to have left her in pain, which can really change your mood. I wonder if she would’ve continued with outside school if she had had Isla? She would’ve had one more baby at home, and maybe wouldn’t have been needing her other kids to be there too.

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EmeraldGirl

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4 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

There were plenty of signs that Jill was homeschooling before the loss of Isla. Pictures of thrifting in the middle of the day with Amy and the boys' heads in the distance. 

OK, that’s interesting. I thought it was always her thrifting with just Freddie. I didn’t notice the other kids, and it looked like she was just with one little one. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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17 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

In this instance, for this post, I think the word explains my thoughts.

I agree that it IS now a part of the zeitgeist.   It's a bell that can't be un-rung and  people know exactly what it means to them when they hear the word. 

And I also agree it's a huge fear for the Dills that their kids be infected with it. 

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Is Everyone Gone

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I could be wrong, but my feeling is Derick is more into conservative politics. Federalist Society, that sort of thing. He's not so much into the fundie LIFESTYLE if that makes sense. He worked at a court and now a law firm and I assume there's plenty of career women in those workplaces. His mom worked, he went to public school, university, all that. 

as a contrast, I feel like Jill isn't necessarily that into conservative politics. Sure she votes for Trump and watches Fox News, but I bet she'd have no clue what Project 2025 was or who the SCOTUS justices are. She is however extremely entrenched in the fundie lifestyle (women don't work, homeschooling, etc). 

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Zella

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On 4/19/2025 at 4:15 PM, Salacious Kitty said:

There were plenty of signs that Jill was homeschooling before the loss of Isla. Pictures of thrifting in the middle of the day with Amy and the boys' heads in the distance. 

Yeah I've always believed they've homeschooled since they moved to Siloam, which was summer 2023, if not possibly earlier. 

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Tigregirl

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Jill has some pics on IG from a trip to Silver Dollar City and meeting up with a couple of brothers and their families there (there are pics but I’m not sure which of the bros they were - I can’t tell them all apart).  Nice to see her having fun with her siblings and the boys spending time with cousins.  My cousins lived on the other side of the country and we rarely saw each other growing up.  We’d promise to write letters to each other but that always fizzled out (yes, I’m old and grew up before computers, email and social media!).  Nice for their kids to have that connection.

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Absolom

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As the other siblings quit following JB's and Michelle's made up rules (I realize they didn't do all the making up of rules but still followed man made up rules), I think most of the rest of the family began realizing that they didn't have to either.  Joe always seemed to look up to John David to me so if JD and his wife produced two kids rather slowly, then it was "safe" to quit or slow way down at four. 

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Heathen

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On 4/17/2025 at 8:16 PM, Madtown said:

I had these thoughts and posted this same thing when Izzy went to school and Sam was in the pre-school age. I too, thought maybe she could've worked/volunteered at the library or school. Nope, she went and had Freddie instead. That's when I gave up hope that she would put the kids in school and go do something for herself.

 

She went and had Freddie after a life-threatening emergency delivery that could have killed both her and Sam. And had another pregnancy after Freddie's. 

Jill's just another fundie idiot in slightly more mainstream packaging. I expect another pregnancy announcement at some point, since she lacks common sense. 

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