Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets (2023)

We briefly see Kim Kardashian's nipple through a thin camisole and the cover of her sex tape is shown.

Discussion of Josh Duggar's molestation scandal which may be triggering to survivors of sexual abuse.

We find out Josh had an affair with a porn star.

Child p*rn is mentioned.

A former IBLP member talks about having a box of tampons confiscated because they were seen as a pleasure device.

A woman talks about being molested by her father and another talks about Bill Gothard's behavior around her when she was a teenager.

Corporal punishment is discussed and we see a clip of a man using a doll showing how to spank a child with a rod this may be triggering to abuse survivors.

A man demonstrates how to properly spank a child during a presentation at a religious conference he doesn't actually spank the child but he leans him over his lap and pats him.

Children and teens are forced to do manual labor.

The book "To train up a child" is discussed and they talk about using objects such as glue sticks, and plastic tubing to discipline a child and tactics on how to " break a child's will". A woman talks about how she took her son into a bathroom and spanked him until he stopped crying after reading the book. This book has lead to the death of some children .

Teen boys are shown in a paramilitary group.

Hell is used in a biblical context.

The n word is used in old footage from the Civil Rights era.

One use of motherf**ker

Some of Bill Gothard's teachings may be triggering to viewers who have experienced religious trauma or spiritual abuse.

There's a moment in episode 2 showing a demonstration video of how to spank your child featuring an elderly main speaker asking for a child to volunteer. They go through the motions. This moment may not show anything directly explicit but you can tell the elderly adult speaker has some thoughts going through his head while he's doing this. This one moment made me more uncomfortable than any extreme horror movie ever has.

Some discipline tactics discussed in episode 2 may be seen as child abuse.

This series may be triggering to viewers who have experienced sexual assault, spiritual abuse or religious trauma.

A woman cheerfully talks about spanking her children in front of a crowd at an IBLP conference it is a very creepy scene with eerie sounding music playing in the background.

The book "To train up a child " by Michael Pearl is discussed and we see footage of him demonstrating how to spank a child with a rod using a doll that has a menacing look on it's face as well as shocked reactions from an audience at a talk show where he was a guest this book discusses many methods of discipline that some may see as child abuse and this book has also been linked to the death of several children.