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Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are doing their best to shelter their youngest kids from the new documentary exposing all their alleged secrets!

The former star of Welcome To Plathville is reacting to the all-new documentary focused upon a very similar right-wing Christian family — and she sees a lot of parallels in the new series.

Jim Bob, Michelle and the Duggar family, who starred in the hit TLC reality show "19 Kids and Counting" are back in the spotlight in the new docuseries "Happy Shiny People." The four-part limited series explores the family's rise to fame and fall from grace after allegations emerged in 2015 that the oldest Duggar son, Josh, had molested five young girls when he was 12. Josh later admitted to molesting four of his younger sisters and a babysitter.  The show, which ran for 10 seasons beginning in 2008, was subsequently canceled.

The Duggar family is letting their thoughts be known regarding the forthcoming tell-all documentary on their family.

Defending their family. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are speaking out against the new docuseries Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets — which stars their daughter Jill Duggar.

Duggar docuseries say they were “shocked” by the “far-reaching quality” of the infamous family’s controversial church.“Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets” claims to “expose the truth” about how The Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) negatively affected the extensive reality TV family.Guided by parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, the children were raised with IBLP’s strict teachings — such as women should be obedient to their husbands, and everyone should avoid dating, listening to music with drums, and following pop culture.The religious organization that became IBLP was founded by 88-year-old minister Bill Gothard in 1961. He has since been forced out under allegations of abuse — accusations he has denied.Docuseries executive producer Olivia Crist told People that those who worked on this project discovered “how far and wide the IBLP ideology went.”“It went into our police system.

An EXPLOSIVE new doc is exposing the Duggar family — and it’s all being told by the Duggars themselves!

in an ultrastrict religious group, the Institute in Basic Life Principles.The limited docuseries, “Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets,” will be “exposing the truth” behind the family and the IBLP, an organization established in 1961 by minister Bill Gothard, since forced out under allegations of abuse.“World domination was the goal,” one man in the trailer alleged.Another woman even claimed that the institute “raises little predators.”The series will feature two members of the Duggar family, Jim Bob and Michelle’s second eldest daughter, 32-year-old Jill Dillard, and her cousin, Amy King, 36. Both Jill and Amy have previously spoken out about their upbringings in the organization.“As details of the family and their scandals unfold, we realize they’re part of an insidious, much larger threat already in motion, with democracy itself in peril,” the new series’ logline reads.“The biggest feature of Bill Gothard’s teachings is authority,” one woman said in the trailer.

Digging deep. A new docuseries is setting out to expose the dark secrets of the Duggar family and their ultra-conservative religious beliefs.

all nine Duggar daughters sharing a recent outing with mom Michelle Duggar. In a smiling snapshot posted by Jessa Duggar Seewald, Michelle is seen sporting what appears to be a new look as the group poses together inside an Arkansas coffee shop. The 56-year-old reality TV matriarch, who is known to exclusively wear long and modest skirts, is seen in black leggings, sneakers and a chambray top.

all nine Duggar daughters sharing a recent outing with mom, Michelle Duggar. In a smiling snapshot posted by Jessa Duggar Seewald, Michelle is seen sporting what appears to be a new look as the group poses together inside an Arkansas coffee shop. The 56-year-old reality TV matriarch, who is known to exclusively wear long and modest skirts, is seen in black leggings, sneakers and a chambray top.

While Jinger Duggar found The One in Jeremy Vuolo, she was initially wary about entering into a courtship with her now-husband.

A new perspective. Jinger Duggar reflected on finding “peace” as she began to turn away from her strict Christian upbringing.

Telling her story. Jinger Duggar grew up in the spotlight, but there was still plenty TLC fans didn’t know about her life — until now.

Jinger Duggar Vuolo is revisiting her difficult family life ahead of the release of her memoir. The 29-year-old former reality TV star

Jinger Duggar Vuolo is getting real about her intense Christian upbringing.

Jinger Duggar Vuolo was raised in an ultraconservative family, with her parents, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, laying down the law for their 19 kids about everything from courtship to clothing and even music. But in her new book, the Counting On alum is revealing why she decided to leave those strict rules behind.READ: Jinger Duggar makes surprising confession about strict family beliefsIn Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith From Fear, the TLC star, 28, details "how she began to question the harmful ideology of her youth," according to publisher Harper Collins.The Duggars explain "courtship"19 Kids and Counting stars Jim Bob and Michelle raised their brood in a devout Baptist home, following the teachings of Bill Gothard, who dictated obeying rules of modesty (no shorts or jeans, only dresses or skirts) and following guidelines for courtship that banned front-facing hugs and kissing before marriage.