MUM-OF-TWELVE Alicia Dougherty shared the vast piles of food she buys weekly from the supermarket to sustain her massive brood.
The mother of the Dougherty Dozen showed off her regular haul including 25 bananas 5.5kg of chicken and 191 packets of crisps.
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The total cost of the mountainous food shop was £876, adding up to around a hefty £45k 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 boy’s 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 mover 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 of cheese, lunchables, coffee, some canned goods, meat including 12.5lb chicken. 6lb of pasta and a few random things and that’s all for today!”
TikTokers were quick to comment on the monumental price tag of the food shop.
One said: “How do yall afford this? I would literally go bankrupt. Good job mama!”
While another said: “This is literally thousands of dollars a month on groceries.”
And a third said: “1200 dollars in one week? What in the world do you guys do for work? That is my rent and my food for two weeks.”
Alicia and Josh Dougherty, from Pittsford, New York, also refuse to let their brood of 12 children help with chores.
Sitting on the living room floor and surrounded by a mountain of clothes, the super mum shared a clip on TikTok and explained why she and her husband bear the brunt of the chores alone.
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Alicia said: “They didn’t ask to be a part of a large family so they shouldn’t have to do extra chores just because they are.”
The super mum added that six of her kids were adopted from foster care which means they “already missed out on a childhood due to their traumatic past.”
Instead, she wants them to just “have fun and be kids” – and besides, “acts of service is my life language,” she explained, so doing things for others is what she likes to do.
In a 2018 interview with People, Alicia and Josh explained that all six of their adopted kids have behavioural issues and suffer from Fetal 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 in TikTok and Instagram.
Although the kids aren’t expected to do chores, they do have some responsibilities, Alicia explained.
To help manage the hectic family schedule, each child’s daily activities are written on a white board in the kitchen, which has their entire day broken down into time slots.
The boys play football in a team with their dad as the coach, while some of the older kids take music lessons.
In summer, all of the kids swim daily for hours “to burn off excess energy, and because water is a calming, therapeutic source.”
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