I guess if the Duggars were poor and lived on Welfare and didn’t attend services or homeschool their children they would be a scourge on our nation.
I admire them for the intent and purpose but something is lacking in that family. There is little time for individual love and expression. The children appear to be bot-like, dressing in uniformity, lining up to do almost everything - no spontenaity unless they fall and hurt themselves. What kind of childhood is this?
Once a child is weaned it is turned over to an elder child to be its mentor.
I wonder if they have to make an appointment to be hugged by mom or dad.
There is serious lacking in the parental interaction and I am not being critical but stating fact.
I would rather see a family of three or less children loved, hugged daily, chased and played out at the end of the day, all muddy, thrown into a bath or shower and towelled dry with more hugs and laughter.... and a personal story at night before lights out....
So much for building our nation. It’s the quality not quantity in family life. The Duggars are plastic machines.
>>There is little time for individual love and expression<<
You have never actually dealt with a large family, have you?
How sad for you.
Apparently, you know nothing about this family.
not so.....I watched them on a special on TLC. They are individually loved and they are quite well rounded. They are good christians and they love their children.
I wouldn’t know about 18, but I’m oldest of seven and we had plenty of love and affection to go around. I don’t plan on quite that many - five sounds good, we’ll see - but the idea that you can’t have more than three or they get no attention is stupid.
“The Duggars are plastic machines.”
You got all of that out of a newspaper article? They wear similar clothes because they make it themselves. What you see is a snippet of cleaned up kids for filming/pictures. You are not there in their daily lives seeing how they live. Your statement is just ridiculous. That family gathers around the table several times a day for meals and for praying. They have play rooms built into the house. They are healthy, happy children. I love the sibling interaction. We have a similar routine going at our house and we only have 4 kids. There is nothing wrong with doling out responsibilities to your children.
Obviously you have never been in a large family.
Wow- that post sounds really well thought out and ignorant of the reality of large family life.
Many siblings? I think maybe you speak without first hand knowledge.Or if you did have a large family growing up, and experienced some of the issues in your post, I feel truly sorry for you, but thats atypical of a large family with a comitted mother and father.
You know, there are not too many things like LOVE. It is one of the few things that the more you give it away - the more it GROWS.
I say if they can afford them, more power to them. God bless them all.
Wow, what an ignorant post. If that is illustrative of your typical thought process then your screen name is very appropos.
What a bunch of nonsense!
Really? My My - have you seen the documentaries?
http://www.duggarfamily.com/photos.html
For one thing, they are home schooled - and have a stay-at-home mom. That allows for a lot of parental time - that most kids don't get today, even in a one kid household - with both parents working.
Kids live in the NOW - they want a parent available NOW - not hours later when the parent(S) ge3t home and after all the work is done - a tired out parent read a bedtime story and pats themselves on the back.
These parents believe the old tradition of - if you choose to bring children into to world - raising those kids 24/7 is your "career" = To always have a parent on hand, 24-7, trumps being in day-care/public school all day, come home to rushed parents getting meals, cleaning up, doing laundry, rush rush = and oh, goodie, a few minutes for a story at bedtime.
WAtching the documentaries and looking at the slide show on their web site - I'd say these are some lucky kids
“There is serious lacking in the parental interaction and I am not being critical but stating fact.”
So you know the Duggars?
i believe that i read that michelle duggar once said that she spent more time with each of her children than mothers who have one child
with 24 hours in 1 day and 17 kids, how is that possible?
Obviously, you don’t watch the programs. Each child is a true idividual. Older siblings help care for younger siblings’ physical needs, but the parents are very present and react regularly with each one. They have no TV, homeschool, and spend a ton of time together.
"I wonder if they have to make an appointment to be hugged by mom or dad."
I wonder how mom and dad can really know their children when there are so many. I don't doubt that these kids are healthy, and well cared for but as you suggest, where is the personal interaction between the child and his or her parents? I think that is important as well.
Well put. There’s a limit to everything, and you have to separate fantasy from reality.