I have seven kids, and I think I could find the time for a couple of more (definitely not in the works, however), but eighteen? I've read of a couple of other large families like this one, and think you have to be a bit nuts to have that many kids.
Frankly, I'm ready to enjoy grandkids, and wondering where we're going to put all the in-laws and grandkids when they arrive!
Surely by now you've learned that most people think you are more than a bit nuts to think anyone has time to properly rear seven or nine children.
Nine is OK but 18 is a bit nuts seems a rather arbitrary distinction. What do you think the cutoff for "not nuts" is?
The Duggars are completely self-supporting and totally debt free. They should be the example to all of us — regardless of how many children we choose to have — of how to live free of government intervention and how to stay out of debt.
I think people criticize them out of their own insecurities and guilt over the kind of choices they make for themselves. Most of us, frankly, are just too self-centered and self-serving to imagine WHY they would want to keep growing their family. I’ve watched their program on TV many times. I see authenticity in their attitudes and actions, in the way they care for each other. I don’t think they are “putting on” for the cameras. The logistics alone required to function daily puts most of us to shame, the way they cooperate with each other and simplify life so they can be free of turmoil and conflict.
It’s quite a template for Christians, especially.