Well, I know a quiverfull family too. They freak me out and I’m a VERY conservative christian.
Why do they freak you out?
I've seen some quiverfull families' webbpages and they have freaked me out as well. On the other hand, years ago, I used to attend a church that was comprised mainly of quiverfull families, and most of these families were really great people.
Knew one such family and they ran like a machine. I asked the mom HOW she did it. One child is in charge of another, making sure they get dressed, etc. The kids did not have anything with sugar in it and she baked her own bread. She had a plaque as you walked in her home which read in very large letters: PATIENCE.
I know several. Some are just regular folks, albeit a few different ideas than I have, and some are definitely, shall we say, QUITE “different”.
The idea of having a large family and leaving it up to God is not something I have difficulty with. But some of them go a little farther, have some regimented clothes, don’t cut the girls hair, etc. Some believe only in home churches, and owning your own business and having no debt.
Not bad ideas, but I have problems when it starts to smack of religious requirements, it’s almost like a works thing. There is a homeschooling organization known as ATIA (Bill Gothard) that has lots of quiverful families. I do like some of their teachings, but some of them I really can’t agree with. The Duggars are classic ATIA.
All that said, a child raised on ATIA certainly can’t turn out any worse than what they are teaching in the public schools nowadays. If they grow up a tad regimented, well when the PS blows it the kids end up disasters.