Does Jill Duggar Get Along With Her Family Now? - Counting On TLC show
Channel: The Famous Room
Date: 2021-04-05

TV fans have been following the lives of the Duggar family for a long time now. While viewers were fascinated by watching this huge family on 19 Kids And Counting, the spin-off Counting On doesn't feature every sibling.



Joy-Anna Duggar left Counting On to focus on family and business, and Jill Duggar isn't on reality TV anymore, either. Derick shared that he wanted to quit reality TV.



Does Jill Duggar get along with her family now? Let's take a look at what their relationship is like.

The Relationship Now

Jill Duggar says that she and her husband Derick Dillard made a little more than minimum wage when starring on their reality show, and the couple filed a lawsuit saying that Jim Bob was making thousands of dollars for each episode.



Jill said she and Derick are "in a healthy place now" and according to Us Weekly, she said that they have gone to therapy.



Jill explained, “It was one of those things where we knew therapy was helpful but until we got to the point where we were, like, desperate … we didn’t venture out to actually sign up for it. It’s been so helpful learning to communicate as a couple and knowing your triggers.”

Jill told People that the couple wasn't able to move forward with their lives the way that they wanted because of what the TV network wanted. She said, "Our control to choose what jobs we were allowed to accept and even where we were allowed to live was taken away from us."



Jill said she hasn't visited her parents in a few years because she needs to take a step back from the relationship. According to Hello magazine, she said that her parents' house has "a lot of triggers" and "But also, we just feel in this season of life we have to prioritize our mental and emotional health and all of that. Our threshold — we like to call it — is a little bit lower in this season of life for us with a lot going on in our own lives."



Anyone who has experienced difficult relationships with family members can definitely relate to not wanting to visit certain relatives or have certain conversations.

Jill And Her Siblings

In 2020, Jill Duggar shared that she and her family were definitely estranged from each other. It was surprising to hear this since people are used to seeing Michelle and Jim-Bob with their many children on a regular basis.



According to The Hollywood Gossip, Jill and Derick posted a YouTube video and said, "We’re not on the best terms with some of my family."



Is Jill still close with her siblings? It's a question that many are curious about since, of course, the Duggar family has so many kids.



According to Cheat Sheet, Jill said on YouTube that while some of her siblings understand, others don't know why she has taken a step away from the family. She said, “Not all of them are cool with it. But some of them are more cool with it than others. … You also don’t want to be controlled by what somebody else is gonna think or not think. You want to be genuine.”

Finding Her Own Journey

Jill Duggar has definitely been honest in recent years about the way that she wants to live her life. According to People, Jill said that she uses non-hormonal birth control. It sounds like this caused some tension with her family since that is not something that the Duggars have been supportive of.



Jill said, "Growing up, it was ingrained in me that if you don't have as many kids as you're able to, that there's something wrong with that. But there was a shift in me where I felt like it wasn't wrong if you decide as a couple that it's best for you to wait."



The publication notes that Jill wears jeans, pierced her nose, and has alcohol sometimes. These go against the very rigid rules the Duggars have come up with.

It sounds like Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard are focusing on their two children and doing their own thing. Us Weekly reported some of their parenting beliefs. They attempt no screen time if it's a sunny, beautiful day, and they listen to their pediatrician who suggested two hours of screen time at the most. They also said that PDA such as kissing and hugging is totally fine in front of their children.



It must be difficult to not only grow up on TV and in that kind of spotlight but to have to follow so many rules, so it makes sense that Jill Duggar would want to have some space away from her family.