The Duggars

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How do you feel about this family?

For anyone that doesn't know, the Duggars have a show called 19 Kids and Counting (Or is it 20 now) It's basically a reality TV show about a family that has 19 (or 20 or 21, or 30) kids. Apparently they are also not recieving any government assistance.

Do you agree with their choice to have so many kids? Do you think they are good parents? Are they exploiting their family on TV? How do you feel about them sheltering their children? (Home schooling, online college courses, protesting a gas station for getting a liquor liceness)

I've only seen a few episodes. Regardless of whether or not the world is over populating, how can these parents get to know any of their children when they have so many? How much one on one time do these kids get with their parents?

I was also not happy to see that they use a "buddy system" basically an older sibling is paired up with a younger sibling to help raise it. Sorry, but it's your responsibility to raise your kids, not your own children.

I also read that on average, Michelle Duggar gets pregnant on average every 18 months. Their last child (or two kids ago) was born almost three months premature.
 
its sickening :monster:

children are such a handful, I couldn't imagine having more than 3 or 4 of them myself and I'd think 2 or 3 would be ideal. All I have to say is that woman is lucky she hasn't had a child like me yet, I was like the fucking devil reincarnated.

I bet I'd have made her give up whoring herself out faster than... something that gets rejected really fast.
 
If they were getting state hand outs then Id be outraged, but other than that, it's their choice to pop as many kids as they want out I guess

I personally cant imagine why any one would want that many kids it's bonkers, and Id like my kid/s to go out an live their lives, but whatever floats your boat I guess

It must be like chucking a sausage down an alley in her fanny
 
Well, as far as I know, the kids are doing just fine (aside from the newest Duggar). There's Michelle, Jim Bob and Josh who's married (and his wife) to take care of the kids. They have parents, older kids and other family members to help out. So technically it's not just the kids who are taking care of each other. They all have a roof over their heads, food to eat, clothes to wear, family close by (one of the brothers is a volunteer fire fighter, right?) They have schooling, they have schedules and a routine. The children aren't being abused. They've got loving, caring parents. I've seen people with one child who can barely take care of just one and the Duggar's, by far, seem to have more control over their 19 kids than most of people I know.

While I personally would flip my lid if I had 19 kids to take care of, Michelle and Jim Bob made the decision themselves and that is their prerogative. If or when things get out of control, then I'm certain the proper authorities would handle it.
 
I don't personally see a problem with it. ...and you know what..I admire them just a bit.

They for one don't take any state aide to help their family/children....they are very self-sufficient looking for ways to save money by making their own laundry soap and going to thrift stores to buy their children clothes, and I'm sure they hand down clothes from sibling to sibling. They are also genuinely GOOD people...they search out ways to help other people and families by taking their children to volunteer at homeless shelters and etc.. and they've travled many various places to help the starving, hungry, and recently to Joplin, MO to help those that were left after that destructive F5 tornado: http://www.happynews.com/news/622011/duggars-lend-helping-hand-joplin.htm They seem to really care about society as a whole and are going out of their way to help make a difference in the world.

Their children are all really well-behaved and tbh...I don't think I've seen one of them ever have a temper tantrum or anything. What I've usually come to see is that this is the case in a lot of big families. None of them are obviously overweight or rebellious, or anything...they seem like really good parents to me.

...and as far as them having more children...I'm sure they have been well-informed of the risks. It is their decision if they choose to have more. I don't see a problem with it because: they pay for them, raise them well, and love them...so why not?
 
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I don't agree with them at all - be it their sheltering, views, or choices to have so many kids. It's not like they're violating any laws though, or leeching tax payer's money, so I don't really care on that aspect.

I do think there should be laws the world over restricting you to two kids, maybe three in some cases. Pretty much every major problem we're facing in the modern era is at the state it is because of overpopulation.

And it's irresponsible to be having more kids when the risks for birth complications increases the more kids you have. Same thing goes if you have a high chance of passing on a very dangerous genetic illness to your children.
 
My overall consensus is.. who am I to judge? Though I can say this.. do you always believe what you read or watch?

This is one of those.. eye brow raising, I can smell the awful smell of excrement coming out of their Entertainment driven TV programs. It's just another thing to follow up with drama sadly.
 
Rydia said:
I was also not happy to see that they use a "buddy system" basically an older sibling is paired up with a younger sibling to help raise it. Sorry, but it's your responsibility to raise your kids, not your own children.
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Sorry, but that's silly. It's like saying teenage kids shouldn't be doing the dishes because it's the parents' responsibility to maintain everything. If anything, the kids learn valuable lessons, both the older and the younger sibling. If anything, that seems more healthy than what most people do with their kids. Simply and outlandishly put, it teaches them to take care of shit.



I also think it's kind of silly that people talk about that octomom or whatever the hell she was called, and this family, and talk about government assistance and not being on it being a good thing.

If anything, I'd be overwhelmingly happy if government money was put on welfare of kids (granted if you can follow the money and see it is spent just on that). It's absurd that governments spend assloads of money on killing people overseas, and people talk about how wrong it is to take care of kids who might have it bad. Perhaps people who have a million kids and can't support them are irresponsible, but that certainly doesn't mean a collective society should avenge it on the kids.
 
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Sorry, but that's silly. It's like saying teenage kids shouldn't be doing the dishes because it's the parents' responsibility to maintain everything. If anything, the kids learn valuable lessons, both the older and the younger sibling. If anything, that seems more healthy than what most people do with their kids. Simply and outlandishly put, it teaches them to take care of shit.
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Raising a kid takes a lot more responsibility than doing the dishes and takes a hell of a lot more time. The older kids are being denied a childhood. They shouldn't be raising their younger siblings. They should be out with their friends instead of practically being a teen mom.

What about them being sheltered. I watched an episode where Michelle stopped I think it was a gas station, from getting a liquor license because she didn't want her kids to live so close to a place that sells alcohol.
 
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Raising a kid takes a lot more responsibility than doing the dishes and takes a hell of a lot more time. The older kids are being denied a childhood. They shouldn't be raising their younger siblings. They should be out with their friends instead of practically being a teen mom.

What about them being sheltered. I watched an episode where Michelle stopped I think it was a gas station, from getting a liquor license because she didn't want her kids to live so close to a place that sells alcohol.
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I don't really watch TV (I don't even own one now), but I remember this and wiki says: "he Duggars raise their children using a buddy system, wherein an older sibling is assigned to a younger sibling and assists in their primary care. According to Michelle, "They help them with their little phonics lessons and games during the day and help them practice their music lessons. They will play with them or help them pick out the color of their outfit that day and just all of those types of things."". Hardly sounds like anything you're describing, I could be wrong though?

Just out of curiosity and if you're not bothered by the question, do you have any siblings? Because I do have them, and that really doesn't sound anything out of the ordinary.

I certainly don't agree with anything they're doing, but they're allowed to think what they think, and she's allowed to petition for places to lose liquor permits. I think it's a dumbshit thing to do, but that's how it is. If I got a nickel for every time someone pisses me off, I'd buy land next to the Duggars and would put up a distillery there :)
 
They're adding to the world's ever increasing population! It's not like the earth is getting bigger! They should find a couple to be neutered every time they want to have another child. :wacky:
 
I'm not planning on having kids in my lifetime seeing as the world is over populated as it is. To have 20 kids, your going to need a fucking boss job. I've never watched the show nor really care to attempt to.

No family should have 20 kids. Unless your bill gates your setting yourself up for failure, and even then, who wants to deal with 20 kids on a daily basis? I get irritated with dealing with 1.

I don't think it was super right of them to protest a gas station for getting a liquor license, but they have the right, so murr to that.
 
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