Joy-Anna Duggar Claps Back at Mom Shamers After She Is Accused of ‘Bad Parenting’

Joy-Anna Duggar is hitting back after some of her followers criticized a decision she made involving her daughter.

Posting via her Instagram Stories on Friday, October 24, Duggar, 27, reshared a previous post she had uploaded. In the original post, Duggar had mentioned she would be getting rid of her daughter’s hot pink bedroom walls.

In the original post, Duggar shared a photo of her five-year-old daughter Evelyn’s bedroom, noting the color will soon be transformed into a more neutral hue as the family renovates their home.

“Definitely not going for this style..Evelyn is sad to see the bright pink go but I promised her we will make her room sooo cute!” Duggar captioned the post at the time. “I’m thinking somewhere in between French country/cottage core! I want very natural tones throughout the house with lots of antique pieces. A very lived in look!”

Following the post, Duggar received critical comments from some of her followers, which she shared via her Instagram Story.

“Sad you don’t let your kids express themselves. She loves the color but of course you have to crush her creativity #badparenting,” one comment read. Another follower added, “It’s so sad you’re forcing her style on her.”

Duggar hit back at these comments and shared more context surrounding her decision to get rid of the bright color.

“OK, I got these comments on my post yesterday… going to clarify this. We’re redoing the WHOLE house… NEW drywall, new paint, everything,” Duggar wrote. “So the bright pink walls are going bye-bye. We may pick out a fun color later, but for now I’m keeping things neutral until the renovation’s done.”

Defending her parenting choices, Duggar continued, “She still gets to pick the fun stuff like decor and bedding. But saying no to neon walls doesn’t make me a bad mom.”

Duggar and husband Austin Forsyth welcomed Evelyn in 2020. They are also parents to sons Gideon and Gunner, who were born in 2018 and 2023 respectively.

In 2019, the couple suffered a heartbreaking loss with the stillbirth of their daughter Annabell at 20 weeks.

Duggar opened up about the loss in a July episode of the “Jinger and Jeremy” podcast.

“I guess looking back, I did have kind of a gut feeling of something may not be right,” she recalled on the podcast. “But also I’m like, ‘I don’t want to over exaggerate.’ Like, I don’t want to read into things. … I just remember feeling so numb leaving the ultrasound. … I was so scared.”

Duggar noted that the process of having to deliver Annabell at 20 process was particularly emotional.

“That was extremely hard, having to go through the whole delivery process,” she said. “I’m so thankful that I had [my mom] there that had been through it before … and I had a really good support team, but even with all of that, it was extremely difficult.”

Duggar is the ninth child of Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar and is best known for appearing on TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting and Counting On.