Karen and Deon’s oldest children Darian and Derron are now teenagers and now have dating on the brain. This season, the two will be accompanied on dates with their parents as chaperones. But Deon and Karen say trying accepting this phase of their lives and figuring out how to oversee the dating game is challenging.

As a father, Deon says he’s much more protective over his daughters. “I have a different level of protection over my daughter because she’s a girl. When the boys get older, he’s more adept to be able to protect himself, whereas we have to protect our women at all costs. So I just can’t get away from that programming.”

Karen views things a little differently, explaining that each child is treated as an individual and their level of freedom is based on their level of maturity and skill set. “It’s not a one child fits all, it’s just not that way. For example, our twins, Dallas and Denver, and our quintuplets, yes they are all sets and they’re in a grouping, but they are there’s still individuality.”

Watch the full interview above where the Derricos talk about navigating the tension between Gigi and Karen, Deon’s hesitation of moving to South Carolina, takeaways from this season and more.

The show airs every Tuesday on TLC at 10 pm EST.

Doubling Down With the Derricos

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