<p>I won’t pick on their reproductive choices, either, but I’m the same age as Michelle and can’t even entertain the thought of pregnancy and baby-mothering at this point. And I loooove babies. I applaud them for remaining so romantic, though.</p>
<p>Has Josie Duggar had any more seizures?</p>
<p>Zoosermom,
Michelle doesn’t seem to do much parenting. The girls are her staff and do a significant amount of the child care and house work. I feel sorry for the Duggar girls having to take care of another sibling. The older girls seem to be stuck in the house with no type of education outside of their brand of homeschooling, no jobs, and no escape until they can “court” and find a husband.</p>
<p>I’ve never seen the show, but it sounds like they are creating their own little cult.</p>
<p>Certainly, older sibs will be taking of younger sibs down the road, along with their own sibs. </p>
<p>It will be interesting to see how many kids the Duggar kids will have…</p>
<p>Just the thought of being able to get pregnant at this age gives me a twitch. I am also vain. I work very hard at my body and can’t imagine what 20 pregnancies would do to it.</p>
<p>My question is what kind of job does the dad have that he can support and feed 20 kids and not depend on the government for some help? Or is this show their way of closing the financial gap? What about college or further education for these kids? Are they the ones getting all the financial aid? And who foots the bill for financial aid? I’m confused why this is a sustainable model for parenting.</p>
<p>I am sure the show does help a LOT@!
RThat was a big issue for the Gosselins.</p>
<p>Doesn’t he own some used car dealerships? I know that’s what the older son does. </p>
<p>No college for any of the kids.</p>
<p>“I applaud them for remaining so romantic, though.”</p>
<p>Rabbits are prodigious romantics too…</p>
<p>“What about college or further education for these kids?”</p>
<p>There’ll be none of that, thank you very much. They’ll work on a large farm where they can try to produce enough food to help offset shortages due to overpopulation.</p>
<p>I saw one episode where Mom Duggar discussed their family dynamic of the buddy system, where an older sibling is assigned duty to watch over a younger sibling. I had to turn off one episode where one of the younger children was seriously injured while they were unsupervised. To me, having this many children without adult supervision is tantamount to child abuse, and likens to day care centers that are shut down because of poor staff to child ratio. I feel sick to my stomach every time I see those pretty teenage girls and know what future they have in store for them. They seem very bright, unlike the mother, who seems to have problems enunciating her words, but it is no matter, these girls will not be allowed to get an education. They will become Baby Factories. The whole show reminds me of The Handmaid’s Tale.</p>
<p>The other TLC show, Sister Wives, is following down the same path. I was outraged when I saw Robin, the new pretty wife, ship her children over to Meri, the oldest wife with only one child, almost ready to leave the nest. I wonder if Robin didn’t join this family so she could enjoy the limelight while the Sister Wives took care of her kids for her.</p>
<p>After working with foster kids, people like this make me sick. </p>
<p>If you have that much time, money, and love- adopt. Don’t continue putting more people on this over populated earth. It’s incredibly, incredibly selfish IMO especially considering that the kids act more like parents than the parents seem to (the “buddy system”). That’s not the kids’ job.</p>
<p>I’m looking forward to the ‘tell all’ book by one of the kids in 5-15 years. </p>
<p>Best comment from a friend on FB: “I don’t know how her uterus hasn’t fallen out yet”.</p>
<p>I have read elsewhere that the Duggars are part of the Quiverfull movement.<br>
I cannot even begin to imagine the logistics of running a home with that many kids!
I don’t watch the show because I don’t like reality TV in general, and specifically dislike kids on reality TV. That being said, I do hope the mom and baby are healthy.</p>
<p>[Quiverfull</a> - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiverfull]Quiverfull”>Quiverfull - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>nj2011mom, that is soooo funny. Just got off a 3 way cell call with my sisters (we are all RNs) wondering the same thing (how her uterus could handle 20 placenta implantations). Also how our family w/ 7 kids had a similar buddy system, and how that system is so unfair to the girls.</p>
<p>I believe I heard a long time ago that the Duggars own cell towers that they receive rent on. They also believe in the system of buy used and save. Whatever they’re doing, it seems to work well for them. Who are we to say what’s right or wrong?</p>
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<p>One of the pioneers of time/motion studies, process flows, and other business efficiency measures and time savers was none other than Purdue University’s Frank Gilbreth (and his wife Lillian, and their many kids, as in, Cheaper By The Dozen).</p>
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<p>It seems to work for them. The children seem happy and well loved. yes , it is a well oiled machine and extraordinary as compared to conventional family units , but I do admire their management techniques in running their household . I watched the show oncce or twice …one was during an ice storm and I was surprised that they were stuck without diapers
( why wouldn’t a family with a virtual laundramat in their home use plastic diapers with that many tushies to take care of ? )
It’s not a lifestyle I would choose , but they DO seem happy…guessing that the girls are feeling trapped and too much responsibility is forced upon them is like guessing that ultra religeous families are trapped too when maybe that makes them happy</p>
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