Jinger Duggar details the bizarre rules from her strict Baptist upbringing - where Cabbage Patch dolls were BANNED and her 10-year-old brother was enlisted to chaperone her on dates

Jinger Duggar has lifted the lid on her ultra-strict Christian upbringing in a new interview.

The reality star's parents, Bob and Michelle Duggar, raised Jinger and her 18 siblings as Independent Fundamentalist Baptists.

The family, who starred in TLC's 19 Kids and Counting, follow a non-denominational religious organization called the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP), which was founded by controversial minister Bill Gothard in 1961.

Discussing her upbringing on the Unplanned podcast with her husband, Jeremy Vuolo, Jinger revealed some of the extreme rules she had to follow growing up. 

The 30-year-old said that not only was she banned from listening to rock music or watching movies, she also wasn't allowed to own a Cabbage Patch doll as a child.

Jinger Duggar has lifted the lid on her ultra-strict Christian upbringing in a new interview

Discussing her upbringing on the Unplanned podcast with her husband, Jeremy Vuolo, Jinger revealed some of the extreme rules she had to follow growing up

Explaining the reasoning behind not being able own the popular children's toy, Jinger said it was because 'it could bring harm upon me,' before adding that her parents were 'very superstitious'. 

When it came to dating her now husband, Jeremy, the couple said that they were required to have a chaperone at all times before they were married.

While having a chaperone wasn't unusual among religious groups, Jinger admitted that her family wanted one of her younger brothers - who was 10 at the time - to take on the responsibility. 

To get around this, Jeremy said that they made sure to double date with other couples in the family.

'I wasn't gonna have a 10-year-old kid with me - it was kind of absurd,' Jeremy said.

Jinger said that they weren't even allowed to have solo dates while filming their TLC reality show, as her family said that the producers and cameramen 'weren't enough' supervision.

Sharing some of the other strange rules she had to live by, Jinger said that she was banned from wearing T-shirts, but in a baffling twist, she was allowed to roll up the sleeves of a longer shirt.

'If you have a normal shirt you're allowed to roll up your sleeves, but you can't buy a T-shirt that has the sleeves already off,' she explained. 

The 30-year-old said that not only was she banned from listening to rock music or watching movies, she also wasn't allowed to own a Cabbage Patch doll as a child

When it came to dating her now husband, Jeremy, the couple said that they were required to have a chaperone at all times - which saw her 10-year-old brother pitched for the gig

'It's kind of interesting. So it's like, all these rules that don't make sense.'

She was also forbidden from wearing pants, but now wears everything from trousers to ripped jeans since breaking away from her family's ultra-strict form of Christianity.

It comes after Jinger laid bare the lasting trauma of her upbringing, revealing that she was left 'crippled with anxiety' as a result of the rigid 'cult-like' rules she was forced to follow as a child.

Previously speaking to People, Jinger admitted that her childhood left her questioning what God actually wanted from her.

She believed that she would be 'harmed' if she strayed from the rules or made a mistake. 

'I thought I had to wear only skirts and dresses to please God,' she told the publication in January.

'Music with drums, places I went or the wrong friendships could all bring harm.'

She was also forbidden from wearing pants, but now wears everything from trousers to ripped jeans since breaking away from her family's ultra-strict form of Christianity

Jinger first shot to fame on her family's TLC reality series 19 Kids and Counting

Jinger also believed that she would be 'killed' if she didn't constantly follow the IBLP rules.

The strict directions included in the teachings - which see followers avoiding dancing, kissing, hugging, hand-holding, to name a few - left her 'crippled with anxiety' and 'terrified of the outside world.'

She hinted that her parents didn't agree with her newfound freedom.

Jinger found love with soccer player-turned-minister Jeremy and the couple tied the knot in 2016.

After marrying, Jeremy steered Jinger to a less strict form of Christianity and they joined the non-denominational Grace Community Church in Los Angeles. 

Jinger isn't the first Duggar to go against her family's beliefs.

In their 2014 memoir, Growing Up Duggar, authors Jill, Jinger, Jessa, and Jana Duggar explained the mindset behind their family's dress code and deciding to wear pants for the first time ever. 

'It's okay to enhance or accent whatever beauty God has given us, but we try to be careful not to wear clothes that are too tight and draw attention to the wrong places,' they wrote.

'But this does not mean we go out dressing frumpy or trying to look formless. Clothing can be cute, trendy, and stylish, and still entirely modest.'

Since then, the women have reevaluated their stance on attire and almost all of the daughters have decided it's acceptable to wear pants now. 

The Duggar family's reality show 19 Kids And Counting was cancelled in 2015 after it was reported that Josh Duggar, 35, had molested multiple underage girls, including four of his siblings, when he was between ages 12 and 15.

A number of the older siblings, including Jinger, went on to star in the follow-up series Counting On. 

Josh, who has seven children with wife Anna, was found guilty in December 2021 of receiving and possessing child pornography and was sentenced in May 2022 to 12 years and seven months in prison.

After Josh's guilty verdict, Counting On was canceled by TLC in 2020 after 11 seasons.