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[Chrissytd]

Via Official Website

Preachers’ Daughters reveals a hard-hitting but often humorous look at the lives of these pastors' daughters as they balance the temptations every teenager faces with their parents’ strict expectations and code of conduct as influenced by their faith.

Premieres March 12 at 10/9c on Lifetime.

Edited by Chrissytd, Mar 2, 2013 @ 12:02 AM.

[WhitneyWhit]

This seems like it could be interesting. I went to high school with 3 girls who were the daughters of pastors and they were wild as hell.

[PharmGal10]

I thought this show was on Lifetime, not TLC. I jsut saw a commercial for it on Lifetime.

Hopefully, this show won't cause any issues in the relationships between the children and their parents.

[Chrissytd]

I thought this show was on Lifetime, not TLC. I just saw a commercial for it on Lifetime.

Your right. Thanks. I fixed the original post.

[iguessnot]

I really don't understand this show. It's a reality show, not a documentary so is the end game to showcase repressed hoochie mamas? What kind of religious leader would want to invite that kind of game play into their homes?

[appledumpling]

What kind of religious leader would want to invite that kind of game play into their homes?

The kind that worships the almighty dollar.

[iguessnot]

Totally agree.

[scruffy73]

The only girl that I thought was out of order completely was Taylor. The other girls seemed to have regular issues that wouldn't rate discussion if their parents were not ministers. I think the "Sex Mom" is nuts. Her "interview" with Micah, her daughter's boyfriend/date was ridiculous and hopefully played up for television. I mean, my mother said all manner of foolishness when I was growing up but not to other people. I much prefered Kolby's father, Nikita the Russian Nightmare.

Olivia's father seems really sensible and kind. I think his daughters really hate hurting him and their mother. They seem to be fairly "normal" even though Olivia might need to go on my favorite show (Maury!) to find her baby daddy. Seriously, though, I am happy they didn't shame her when she came to them with the paternity issue.

Back to Taylor...damn girl! Could they have taken the wild PK stereotype any further? She is ridiculous. He father is pretty ridiculous too with his lock-it-down attitude because he HAS to know that does not work. Even if he never experienced it in his own family, in his church, I'm sure someone has come to him with issues stemming from locking their kids down too hard. Hell, I can give 2 examples just from my friends in high school. Freshman year in college was off the chain! But whatever. She is a trainwreck and she will be the reason if I stop watching the show.

[blak_sheba]

This show is interesting. I usually hate reality shows, but the commercials got me curious.

I agree that Taylor seems a bit too wild for her own good. I hope she turns it around a bit because she seems like the type that will get into trouble and have loads of regrest a bit later on. Something needs to give somewhere between the parents and Taylor. She comes off a bit hot, hot, hot in the crotch... my father was ultra strict with me so I seriously get where she is coming from, but things could be a lot worse for her. She gets to have friendships outside the family and go to social outings; methinks, she should count her blessings.

Her clothing though -- almost threadbare. How her parents let her dress the way she does concerns me... particularly that swimsuit. I wonder if she will be successful in her desire to put off sex until she is married. Heh.

I was a bit surprised at Olivia's sisters not knowing about the paternity issue with Olivia's daughter. The other girls seemed a little saddened that their sister was a little more experience than they originally thought. I liked that the family prayed for her and grudgingly told her they forgave her after Olivia shared her news.

I liked "Sex Preacher Mom"'s bluntness. Generally there is too little information regarding sex disseminated to young people, so they tend to find little loopholes in the "rules" about what constitutes "sex". Everything she mentioned is sex; if these young people are honestly trying to stay away from premarital sex, they have to know all sex is.

I like Colby's father a bit more than her mom. Other than her being the queen of sex talks, she comes off a bit shrewish with regards to Colby's Dad.

[PharmGal10]

Taylor made me sad. Very sad. She dreams of being a stripper or a porn star. I mean....I just can't. No offense to the sex industry, but I found that so sad. That bathing suit, letting her bf grab her butt in front of her friends, talking about working in porn because she thinks porn stars have freedom - it was just so confusing to me. I've seen behind-the-scenes documentaries on porn - that is not an industry filled with freedom, fun, and rainbows. It's not. It's a scary profession full of people who take advantage of young women and spit them out when there's nothing left. Also, when she said she was waiting until marriage for sex, I kept thinking, 'I bet she's done everything else'. She was definitely what my mom would call 'too hot for her own good'.

I bet her dad wakes up today very embarrassed. He should spent more time on his daughter in than filming a tv show.

Why didn't Olivia ask her two ex-bfs for paternity tests before revealing to her dad that there could be two dads? It would take away a lot of that pain and anger her parents felt.

Edited by PharmGal10, Mar 13, 2013 @ 6:40 AM.

[Linds09]

This show is already a guilty pleasure, thanks to the one dad praying for his daughter to not become a porn star. Take note MTV, between this and Dance Moms, this is how you make awesomely bad tv. Now I'll go back to my corner.

[kerrey92]

The saddest part of Taylor's wanting to be a stripper or in porn for the freedom means that she has no related experience with people who are sexually free and NOT in that industry. She's developed really perverted attitudes about what sex is or can be in the "real world" because of the sheltered life she's lead. Hopefully her parents will have more of a frank discussion with her.

I have two young daughters and this show scared the shit out of me.

[OaklandGirl]

Back to Taylor...damn girl! Could they have taken the wild PK stereotype any further? She is ridiculous.

I actually thought Olivia did a better job at being that stereotype. She was dropping acid, wrecking cars, had a teenage pregnancy and isn't sure who her baby daddy is. Juxtapose that with a girl wearing a hoochie swimsuit at the pool and kissing a guy. I'd rather have the second daughter, if given a choice. She hasn't done anything we can't undo just yet.

[scruffy73]

I actually thought Olivia did a better job at being that stereotype. She was dropping acid, wrecking cars, had a teenage pregnancy and isn't sure who her baby daddy is. Juxtapose that with a girl wearing a hoochie swimsuit at the pool and kissing a guy. I'd rather have the second daughter, if given a choice. She hasn't done anything we can't undo just yet.

You are correct. Taylor is a hot and on fire mess and she is really terrible to watch. But Olivia has already done it all. Hopefully we get to watch her getting herself together. I do not want to watch Taylor going downhill.

[cherry malotte]

We watched last night, since one of the girls featured is in school with my child, and it's not the teen mom. I'm a mix of horrified and a bit disappointed. It's very normal for any girl to rebel and say outrageous things to your parents (been there, and heard that, still do) and be defiant and bend those rules about as far as they'll go...preacher kid or not. I really don't know how to react, I think there's definitely some scripting and situations being set up here.

[bilgistic]

I watched this based on the promos/commercials (which hinted toward a totally different premise), but I won't be back for subsequent episodes. I'm about twice as old as the girls, FWIW.

Nikita Koloff lives near me! My preteen years watching wrestling came rushing back when he came onscreen! His daughter is most like I was as a younger teen; I was "raised in church" and pretty sheltered. I would've been as embarrassed as Kolby was at her mother's speeches, but I think ultimately I would've appreciated them. As the oldest sister, I had no one to talk to about sex; my mother told me "no sex before marriage" and that was it--no other info at all. Going to a "hellfire and brimstone" church, I was taught that everything I might do was bad and I was going to burn in hell. Cut to years later, and I have serious issues with organized religion.

...Which is part of why I won't be back next week to watch this. The strong overtones of men controlling women's sexuality was extremely creepy to me. The father asking Olivia--his grown daughter with a baby (even if she is still living under his roof) how many boys she had been with sexually was disturbing. The scene with the whole family where the parents were quizzing the daughters about what sins they'd committed, basically, was so unsettling. The older two sisters are adults, living on their own. They were being shamed ("slut-shamed", perhaps), and I felt for them. Creepy dad's praying every two minutes didn't help.

I just wasn't allowed to act like Taylor. Like others have said, her parents let her dress and look like she does. The jewelry, makeup and clothes were all red flags to me. Even in my 20s going out to clubs, I never wore a "dress" as short as that black thing she had on. Just because they supposedly aren't letting her date doesn't mean she's on "lockdown". She's obviously very "of the world".

Among so much else in this show, Taylor's dad praying, "Please don't let my daughter become a porn star!" was just beyond ridiculous.

[Shugardrawers]

I was both a PK & a PGK (Preacher's Grankid)in the SAME church. Talk about pressure to be perfect! I was taught right from wrong but I was definitely given enough rope to hang myself then enough love & forgiveness to learn how to navigate life on my own. That appears to be missing in at least Taylor's life. The message is dress like a slut, act look a slut, hang out with a totally inappropriate boyfriend but why on earth would you think we think that's ok? And scripted as these shows are, the kid DID say "I've thought about being a porn star or stripper. They make lot's of money & have freedom. On national television. Daddy must be so proud. Mine would have been I'm sure /sarcasm. No true man of God would allow his child to behave, dress or speak that way on national television.

[lilmarysunshine]

It all struck me as way too phony, even for reality TV - esp Taylor's story. I think Taylor plays up the bad girl thing because that's how you get air time on a reality show. I don't think, for a minute, she really dreams of being a porn star. It's just a way to get attention. And mom and dad allow it because that's how you become a "celebrity."

[StrawburryTarte]

Watched it once, wont watch again. By famewhoring on this show, narcissistic parents are asking their children to go wild by putting them in what you know is producer encouraged situations to act out basically tempt them. Act bad = more time on tv.

If the kids were all over 18, I might be interested in watching them navigate out of a very strict upbringing bit I don't like underage kids being filmed in situations where they are offered bad choices.

Also, as a Christian who grew up on a strict household, but who never really went off the wild deep end, I always detested preachers or others who bragged about superwild lifestyles before finding the Lord, then locking down their children in chastity belts, homeschooling and denial of basic friendships.

I also resented adults who assumed that because I was a teen, I would turn into a lying, stealing, drugdealing, prostitution whore, even with other church kids, if not on
lockdown 24/7. Thank God my parents were strict but not suffocating and tyrannical.

Most of these parents are more about using religion to control their kids, and who can't separate their own actions from potential actions of their kids. I think I hate this how more than any other reality show ever.

[Macthekat]

I would've been as embarrassed as Kolby was at her mother's speeches, but I think ultimately I would've appreciated them.

What struck me in this last episode is all of the 'one-eyed willys' Kolby's family kept saying. Her mom wants all teens within her earshot to have all the info they can about the sins of sex/premarital sex/etc. yet they can't call a penis a penis? They might as well have just called it a 'tallywhacker' or 'wiener' or the like. I just think correct info goes hand-in-hand with correct anatomical names.

This show is just so bad with really bad acting. Are any of these parents preachers in real life? If so, I wonder how their parishioners feel about them participating in this muck.

[scruffy73]

I think I have to be done with this show. These girls are ridiculous. I really like Kolby even though her mom is nuts. I was really shocked and saddened by how she, her sisters, and her mom responded to the married sister saying she wasn't a virgin until she married. Crying? Really? Maybe I don't understand because I was not raised in the church and I was never really taught to wait until I was married. I knew I was "supposed to" but not that it was really expected that I would. Guess we were all heathens. LOL! I just felt that the sister took a risk and told them because she wanted to let them know that sometimes "it happens" and that the world doesn't end and they went completely left on her. I bet she won't ever feel compelled to tell them anything again.

[catherinedebarra]

Kolby talking about her life being "shattered" if she had sex before marriage was just too much. She's just so ridiculously naive and dramatic.

Honestly, Olivia is the only one I find remotely interesting. I feel like her parents are the most reasonable and supportive, and technically she is the "wildest" one. I think I'd find it a lot more interesting if any of the families had boys, to see just how differently they did/didn't treat their daughters from their sons. I respect people's faith, but I can't help but find the parents' fixation on their daughters' sexuality downright creepy.

[Shugardrawers]

Yeah, I'm done too. Crushed because your sister didn't wait? Why exactly? How does that affect your beliefs/behavior? It reminds me of the fundies feeling like gay marriage defiles their marriages. HOW exactly? It happened, take their advice and move on. One person's actions can't defile an entire institution~

[Cynthia24]

Olivia's father's attempt at advice was pathetic. So yeah, the father of your child may, in a number of years, turn out to want to have a part in his daughter's life. So...

I think that we gotta go forward and you need to be a great mom and we need to pray and you're going to meet somebody and it's going to be okay and... otherwise we need to live with the constant stress and fear

Which means, I guess, that, we'll just pray and maybe you'll meet up with a good man and then the possibility of your daughter's father won't exist anymore?

Olivia is supposed to be someone who has done bad things and is now trying to lead a good life because she has a daughter to care for. First of all, maybe Eden's father will come to the same realization, whether it takes months or years. Why is Olivia so convinced that, if Eden's father tries to be a part of her life Eden's seven, he won't be a better person? Don't be offended that, despite past mistakes, a father has a right to be there for his child, especially when the mother has made mistakes of her own.

Also, I was so uncomfortable with the way Taryn handled talking to Kolby. I really like Kolby, though I understand that what people expect their lives to be at age 16 is not necessarily what the same person would think at 23. But Taryn seemed to be saying, "I love that you don't want to have sex until marriage! But if you do, it's totally okay." She could've taken the approach of-"Listen, Mom makes it out to be that if you ever make a mistake you're doomed. You're not." It wasn't supposed to be about how its alright that you have sex before marriage. It was supposed to be about how no matter what, if you're a good person, you're going to be okay. It was horrifying to watch, knowing that what they were trying to construct was so far from what it conveyed.

[glencora]

Maybe this is because I'm not Christian, but why is this all about sex??? Really, it seems incredibly extreme. I forget who said it, but someone on the show said that having sex before marriage was "the worst thing a Christian could do." Really? Wouldn't it be more important to work on being a good person, being kind, compassionate, charitable, work on helping those who need help, etc. I can't understand how a person having premarital sex could actually be worse than for example taking food from a starving person, or being cruel to the sick, etc.

But let's just obsess about sex. That doesn't make kids even more interested in it...

[scruffy73]

Unfortunately, Christians (I'm one) focus a lot on sex. That's why we talk so much about premarital sex, homosexuality, and gay marriage. But I think it's deeper than the sex act...I hope. I would hope the focus on sex is because of the consequences of sex. Using Olivia as an example. She had a kid and didn't know who the daddy was so she had to go through a paternity test. Since she is a teen mother she also had to deal with the "shame" of that. (Of course it doesn't help that her father is a preacher; I'm sure a lot of kids in the same situation don't go through the same degree of scrutiny.) Now she is concerned about the father wanting custody of the kid down the line. (Stupid. Just as she is maturing, he may mature. Also, if he is not abusive why would she NOT want the father to be a part of the baby's life? What about some visitation and child support? Give him the chance to do the right thing.) And so on... All this could have been avoided had she waited until she married to have sex and gotten pregnant by her husband.

On the flip side, Kolby is putting a whole lot of stock in being a virgin when she gets married, like her life would end if she had sex before marriage. Of course I know the Word says to save yourself for marriage but most of us don't. Maybe we suffer consequences seen and unseen. Who knows? But I don't think my life has been irreparably damaged because of sex. Anyway, the fact that Kolby broke up with Micah because she might, POSSIBLY be tempted means she is very immature in life and in her faith. I'm not one to judge one's faith walk (I don't want anyone judging mine!) so I'll go with immaturity/naivete in life. She is talking about "I'm only 16" when most kids are talking about "mom/dad I'm 16!!!!!" like that makes them near adult-hood. 16 is an age where most kids WANT to start asserting their independence and proving their maturity, not hide behind their age as young. I wonder when Kolby will think she is mature enough to handle dating. It makes me sad for her, really, because she is running from a situation that seems very good for her. Both she and Micah want the same thing and believe the same thing. How often is she going to find someone who not only respects her decision to wait but has also made the same decision for himself?

Taylor is the opposite of Kolby. She doesn't understand how she is putting herself in situations that will tempt her. I don't think she takes her "purity ring" that seriously. Well, she may not plan to have "penetration" sex as Kolby's mom would describe but she might need to talk to Kolby's mom about what ALL sex is. She's probably going to get a lot closer to the line than her other church friends. She's hot in the pants and needs to bring it in. A LOT!

[Gloworm]

I couldn't sit through a full episode of this. I wonder if the preachers are as concerned with sons as they are with daughters.
Of course, scrutinizing the lives of women makes for better TV, right, Reality Producers?

[scruffy73]

I couldn't sit through a full episode of this. I wonder if the preachers are as concerned with sons as they are with daughters.

They may not be as concerned about their sexuality but I'm sure a lot of boys feel pressured into joining the ministry and taking over the father's church.

[legaleagle88]

I wasn't raised religiously, and as a teenager, I was nowhere near as concerned about sex as these girls. It's bizarre. Also, it seems like a lot of the parents are very controlling of their daughters as an overreaction to their own mistakes.

[fliptopbox]

I wasn't raised religiously, and as a teenager, I was nowhere near as concerned about sex as these girls.

Same here. Maybe because it wasn't made out to be a huge deal in my life I just didn't care about it that much until I was over 18. It seems to me the more you talk about something like sex and make it seem so forbidden to a teen, the more they want to try it. Makes perfect sense to me.