I’ve talked about them before. But now that they’ve just brought their 19th child home, after 4 months of having to watch that teeny baby recover from a premature birth for six months in the NICU, it’s time to talk about them again. According to this, the Duggars are not only OPEN to the idea of having even more kids, but they actually believe the decision is not theirs to make.
Jim Bob told People Magazine that, “People think we are overpopulating the world. We are following our convictions.” I don’t think they’re overpopulating the world, actually. Their kids seem like really well-adjusted, grounded, sweet and generous kids, and God knows the world needs more kids like that.
But after having a really troubled pregnancy this last go around, I kinda think Michelle’s body might be trying to tell her something. And by “something” I mean that it’s probably saying, “Are you f*cking kidding me with this? I’m DONE. Please buy some freaking condoms already.”
In the same interview, Michelle said she wasn’t currently pregnant, but “that could change tomorrow or the next day or next week. That is out of my hands.” <–emphasis mine
See – that’s where she loses me. Michelle and Jim Bob had no problem with taking advantage of incredible advances in medical technology – equipment and drugs and therapies which allowed their little 1 pound baby to survive being born so early. And yet, they seem utterly oblivious to the fact that the same medical advances gave the world BIRTH CONTROL like DECADES ago.
So if they want to have more kids, despite Michelle’s body obviously being TOTALLY OVER IT, and they tell the media that it is their conscious desire to continue to procreate, then fine. They should have at it. But I don’t want to hear this nonsense about it “being out of their hands.” It’s absolutely in their hands. They can no longer pretend that their children are simply just a product of divine intervention, because it wasn’t just divine intervention that kept their 1 pound baby girl alive in the NICU.
/End rant. 
“In the same interview, Michelle said she wasn’t currently pregnant, but “that could change tomorrow or the next day or next week. That is out of my hands.”
There is their problem. Once it’s out of her hands, these things happen. If she kept it in her hands more often they wouldn’t have as many kids. Just saying.
I believe as well that her body is trying to tell her something. Time to put a stop to the baby machine!
More babies =more money! Lets try some applied behavior techniques on them and IGNORE them, maybe their “behavior” will just STOP!! Works for others that have annoying behaviors.
Octomom is appalled at their recklessness.
The kids aren’t even educated. They are “home schooled” in the way of their religion and know next to nothing about any academic studies. I feel sorry for them, because when they hit the real world, nothing will stop from hitting back.
This family is disgusting and they are overpopulating the world they are just to oblivious to see that,
@ monty_ca
These kids are better educated than so many of the kids in public schools now. When they go out on their own they will be better equipped to deal with the “Real World” There are millions of kids actually graduating now that can’t even read and write let alone solve any mathematical or scientific problems. The Home schooling they are going through is very organized and does include all the necessary subjects. Plus this family is not living off the government and our tax dollars.
I have mixed feelings about this family. Struggling with fertility issues myself, I willingly admit jealousy that this woman can procreate so frigging easily. I’ve read some things on this family, and they are doing it the ‘right way’ when it comes to money. They don’t have one debt, one credit card, one loan, anything like that. They built the house themselves with the kids, they bought their cars with cash they saved, they own a business. So, at least they are leeches to society.
That being said, I do feel it is extremely selfish of them to continue to have babies. It isn’t safe for the babies, as is proven by this newest one. The older children are made to parent the younger ones, which isn’t fair to either set, because they lack the ability to be kids and have real parents.
Always makes me think of this:
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I hardly think 20 kids is “overpopulating the world.” And I agree with BB – these are some very well-rounded kids. Homeschool works really well as evidenced by the homeschooled kids getting into top colleges that you can easily read about. It’s not for everyone, but it’s certainly not something to frown at, considering the state of most public schools nowadays!
Great rant, oh Mocky One…I bow to your infinite mock wisdom!!!
Finally…a post about these two that is not all sweetness & light, rather one I can totally get behind that is discussed in practical & sensible terms. I have always felt these two as procreating with a vengeance.
IMHO, & in an armchair shrink kind of way, as a result of the death of their very first child (in infancy & as a means of coping, TRULY BELIEVE that the more babies they bring into this world, it will somehow ease or even erase what had to be God awful, gut searing grief and pain they no doubt suffered with the loss of their firstborn child. Nonetheless, I agree 100% with ya, Mock. It IS in their hands, yet, they are on their “mission”. Even though their kids seem grounded, polite & so forth, I find mom & dad to be utterly ridiculous. Enough already.
I have to disagree with most of you here today…..which is a very unusual occurrence when I’m on this site.
I admire this family so much, even though they live a very different lifestyle from mine. They are such kind and wonderful parents, who appear to be very much in love with one another. The children are smart, sweet and very loving. What more could society want than parents delivering these kinds of people out into the world? Aren’t we always complaining about idiot parents procreating and generating pure fools to be pushed out into the world and WE have to deal with them?
Why is it anyone’s business how many children they have and why? Why are we so concerned and disgusted with their faith in God’s plan for them? I’m sure we all here have put our faith in God for many reasons in our lives, and this is one example of doing just that.
As the mother of three premature babies, I know how difficult it is to helplessly watch a child in an incubator as it struggles to live. It never made me give up on having more children, though. And thank God I didn’t give up because my three wonderful children are the type of people the world needs (if I do say so myself)
These are truly wonderful human beings and we need to back off with the unkind judgements (ie. anonymous’ awful reply).
@monty_ca
Get a grip. Home-schooled children are, on average, smarter than traditionally-schooled children. Even though my children are not home-schooled, I have deep respect for parents who choose this route, usually because of the PATHETIC state of public schools.
What evidence do you have that the Duggar children are not being properly educated? Don’t be so ignorant and judgemental.
Sorry, that lost post to ‘monty_ca’ was from me, not sure why it came up as “Anonymous”. I take full credit for the post!
Brenda from IL
I can’t imagine that spending much of your adult life pregnant is all that enjoyable of an existance. Surely her uterus is ready to fall out onto the ground.
In general, I have no criticisms of the Duggars, but there must be some limit to the number of children that two people can effectively parent, and if they haven’t already exceeded that number, I’d be shocked.
Ditto what Brenda said..
Agreed, It is completely in their hands. However if they want to have more children more power to them. We need all the normal well adjusted children we can get in this world to offset all the idiots that spew out their ignorant spawn that do nothing but live off of honest Americans tax dollars.
Her body trying to tell her something?
Sorry but that is a crock, especially since the impetus for this was her losing her very first child to a miscarriage. She has since went on to have 19 children, so was her body telling her something with the first one? She has had 18 normal kids, one preemie, and one miscarriage. Do the math and tell me again about her body. Furthermore it is her body, and I bet most of the critics here have no problem with the body argument when it comes to abortion, cuz ya know, it’s a woman’s right to choose, and it’s her body and all!
This is one tight knit family that does it all themselves, and supports themselves, so it really isn’t anyone’s business how many kids they have…PERIOD!
These people are conservative evangelical Christians, so I think they might be actually AGAINST birth control. That’s probably why this lady believes that it’s not really up to her. Can anyone confirm this? In college, I met a guy who was a conservative evangelical and he was extremely nice and polite, but he had all these weird stuff like: he was against birth control methods and he was against homosexuality, and all that crap. He claimed that he didn’t have sex with his wife because he wasn’t ready to have children
I’m sorry, but I think the Duggars are not the definition of normal. And I’m sure the kids are nice and educated, but unfortunately, conservative evangelical Christians are usually very troubled people. Kids who are raised by conservative evangelical parents, usually grow up to be religious freaks who disapprove and condemn everything, just because it’s (supposedly) against God. That doesn’t mean that they aren’t educated and usually polite, but deep down, I try to avoide that kind of people.
I hope I’m not offending anyone, because that’s not what I mean. And if my opinion was in fact offensive, my apologies.
Well…..aside from their propensity for rapid fire procreation, the Duggars seem pretty normal. But pretty soon they are going to have to build a school house and hire teachers as their student to teacher ratio will soon fall outside of guidelines!
It will be damn interesting when all of these kids have kids and they all come home for the holidays. Jim Bob better be stockpiling his TV money so he can build a dome over about 10 acres. -The Duggar Dome.
Francisco, you are a blatant religious bigot! You didn’t even try to sugarcoat it, did you? Wow. Just wow.
Is she putting her body at risk by continually staying pregnant, probably. Is it her choice, definitely. Are they on anybody’s dime besides their own, no. And they’ll probably pay the hospital bills off, too.
I don’t necessarily agree with what they’re doing, but they’re doing it on their own, they’re not a drain on society.
I just think she’s putting a strain on herself by so having so many pregnancies, I’d like to think she won’t have put herself in a position where she doesn’t live to see most of her grandchildren.
She doesn’t have to use artificial methods to keep from getting pregnant, she can do that naturally. I’d think God would even think at some point – just because your body can do something, doesn’t mean you have to keep doing it.
Whatever, Brenda… I’m not going to start a pointless argument with some random angry lady over the internet. Seriously, not to be rude or anything, but I clearly said that it wasn’t my intention to offend anyone and I offered my sincere apologies in case anyone was, in fact, offended… and yet you went ballistic on me anyway. So guess what? it’s not my problem anymore
All I’m going to say is (to the other Mockdockers) :
I actually respect conservative evangelical Christians, just like I respect all other religious people. And by ‘respect’, I mean that I treat them just like I treat everyone else. I wouldn’t do anything to cause them harm, or at least not voluntarily. And if I ever feel that I owe anyone an apology for being offensive, I actually offer my apologies. Still, that doesn’t change the fact that I have an opinion on them, and unfortunately, it’s not a very possitive opinion. Does that mean that I don’t respect them? No. As a matter of fact, you CAN actually respect something, even if you dislike it, or disagree with it. Just like evangelical Christians who believe that homosexuals are an abomination, but they treat them with respect anyway (hell, they even invite you for their super fun birthday parties with christian rock and everything!!!).
Anyway, that’s all I had to say. Oh, and by the way, Brenda… don’t bother answering me, because I won’t waste my time reading it
I just felt the need to explain myself to the others, but like I said before: I don’t waste my time arguing over the internet.
My only criticism of the family is that I don’t think the older children should have to parent the younger ones. It robs them of a normal childhood. Otherwise, I say have at it. I think at some point the parents should ask themselves how old they want to be when their youngest is in high school. I’m Catholic, went to Catholic school (which I think we established from another post!), and I grew up with the teachers saying birth control is a sin. I personally believe that if you get pregnant and can’t provide for the child, THAT is a sin. These people seem able to provide for their kids, and I can think of worse things than having 19 kids. I’m bummed because my husband doesn’t want a third! God bless them and their family.
Mikey – I love the Duggar Dome!
I can’t stand this family. I don’t necessarily think they are single handedly overpopulating the earth, but don’t say having another baby is “out of your hands.” If you are having unprotected sex, it is MOST DEFINITELY “in your hands.” It’s not like all these children are the product of immaculate conception.
Also, maybe they are not living off of state money, but they are whoring their family out on national television. They moniter their television and internet activity, but they have no problem broadcasting them all over the world on a weekly basis. HATE.
Does anyone else think they are doing it for the attention?
*monitor. Sorry, but it was bugging me… lol
Well, there are many, many American households who could stand to learn a thing or two from the Duggars… You may say they are “whoring their family out” but I see it as an opportunity for people to see what a close nit family looks like, how they interact with one another… and do it pretty harmoniously. How many American families still eat together at the table instead of zoned out in front of the TV? How many American families grow an awesome garden to help offset their grocery bill? How many American teenagers could stand to learn that the world doesn’t revolve around them?
My mother was one of 14 (16 if you count the two stillborn sibs)… Damn straight the older kids were changing nappies and helping feed/bathe/and put to bed the younger children… Grandma was busy cooking dinner, churning butter, making soap and washing laundry.
F.D. I soooo agree with you!
These people are raising conservative, moral human beings. Their children are far better educated than most public school children, and they smile, have good manners, a lack of a profanity laden language, and do NOT look like they fell face first into a tackle box.
I don’t think the world will suffer with the Duggars in it. We’d probably be better off if there were more of them!!!
Wild guess, here. The woman won’t stop until A) her uterus prolapses beyond repair, or, B) she hits menopause. Somebody needs to pool funds and get Jim-Bob, or whatever his name is, a lifetime supply of flesh lights and KY jelly.
I have five sisters. The oldest is 32 and the youngest is 16. I’m #4. My two oldest sisters “parented” us like many of you have insisted the older Duggar children do. In turn, #3, #5, and I (all very close in age) are “parenting” #6. I often call #1 “My Second Mom.” We wouldn’t change it for anything.
“You may say they are “whoring their family out” but I see it as an opportunity for people to see what a close nit family looks like, how they interact with one another… and do it pretty harmoniously.”
They used to have “specials” to serve this purpose. Now it is a weekly thing. I respect everyone’s opinion, but I am not going to change mine, and I wouldn’t expect you to change yours. You see a loving, close nit family. I see a woman with mental health issues who is teaching her daughters that the most important thing in life is to be barefoot and pregnant.
Being only one away from #20, they will most surely go for it. The media value is simply too high to pass up. But I predict that #20 will be the last passenger through Mrs. Duggar’s birth canal.
It should then be officially closed and Jim Bob should mount a commemorative plaque and notice of closure on the conjugal headboard.
A full 15 years of pregancy has to be testing the bounds of sanity.
Obviously Jim Bob has problem keeping it in his pants and Michelle has a problem with keeping her legs closed. Michelle had severe medical problems while pregnant with baby Josie- so why would anyone risk more problems or death while giving birth to a 20th child? Where do they find the time, privacy, and energy to have sex with 19 kids running around, climbing on cabinets, or dragging each other around on the hardwood floors? The older children take care of the younger ones (as seen on TV constantly)- “Normal” people with 2,3,or 4 kids can’t afford college- so how are these people going to send their kids to college? When the TV show gets canceled, Jim Bob’s commercial real estate company hits rock bottom, Michelle’s uterus drops out on the kitchen floor, and the older kids wake up and realize they are “babysitters and enroll themselves in high school- what will this family do? I will not be dropping my loose coins into a milk jug at the local grocery store to “HELP FEED THE DUGGARS”
None of the older kids have gone to college.
The teacher they follow, Bill Gothard, doesn’t think women really need all that much education, they can learn all they need to keeping house. There is some talk of the oldest girl going to a music school but without a male chaperone I don’t see how she will manage it.
I believe asking kids to help around the house is perfectly normal but their “buddy” system seems extreme. The youngest children look to their sisters more than their parents for guidance. The parents have to schedule time with their kids to make sure they don’t miss anyone. If you have to pencil them in on a calendar to make sure they each get a few minutes with you then you may have too many kids.
I also have a huge problem with their rigidly defined gender roles. The girls are always cleaning and doing laundry and the boys just seem to sit around. I can’t remember the boys ever pitching in and mopping a floor or doing a load of laundry.
A persons plumbing shouldn’t determine what their options are in life, but this Gothard guy they follow has some pretty extreme views.
I also think their courting process leaves something to be desired. Not sleeping around and not dressing like a slut is, of course, a good thing but to never allow a couple to be alone before marriage seems to be extreme as well. How can a couple really get to know each other if there is always someone there listening to every word they say to each other? Couples have some very intimate conversations before they marry and I can’t imagine Josh and his wife were able to have those conversations with a little brother or sister alway present.
The Quiverfull people believe in having so many children so they can out-populate all the sinners. For some reason it’s not something most of them will admit to but it is in some of the literature I’ve seen.
OK, my 2 cents are in. – That was way more than 2 wasn’t it?
Anonymous99, I take issue with their rigidly defined gender roles as well. I have said in the past that I do not take issue with these children having chores and responsibilities, but it makes me sick to see the women relegated to pretty much only the cooking, cleaning, and childcare. They are born and bred to live the way their parents live. There are some downright scary articles out there concerning the Quiverfull movement. Living in one of these families sounds like a sick time warp. I found this article to be especially troubling:
http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2009/03/14/joyce_quiverfull
@Wiz of ID… You beat me to it! The one I saw was just slightly different. It said, “It’s a vagina, not a clown car.”
“Mother Nature is fine in her place but she mustn’t be allowed to make things untidy.” –Flora Post, from the movie Cold Comfort Farm
I think that sums up quite nicely what many of you are trying to say.
And I agree. The only other opinion I have on the matter is that I feel kind of sad that none of the younger children will get to have a personal, private relationship with their mother. No special mommy/son or daughter time. I just don’t see how it’s possible to even manage a private conversation. For some reason, that just makes me sad.
Really? I know a conservative Catholic family that has 21 children (no twins)where I live. They are now over 110 grandchildren. It’s ridiculous! They, however, have never tried to get on TV.
I think this is a wonderful family. I only have four children but I understand their thoughts on letting their God decided for them. They take care of their own and I don’t remember the last time I saw such a healthy bunch of kids both physically and emotionally…..that’s one thing about life, we all get choices……so all of you who are critizing them, I’m just wondering how happy and successful your home life is………….
There will very likely not be anymore children for these fruitcakes
as Michelle is now 44 & is probably no longer fertile. It’s a wonder she did not have a downs syndromes baby. Christie Brinkley had her last child at 43. And her 2nd child at 41. And they are beautiful normal children. But Christie was not trying really. For her, it just happened. Michelle does not even fear downs syndrome at her age. That’s what makes these people fruitcakes.
Wow! I wondered what other people thought about the Duggars. I guess I got my answer. After having just gone through my daughter giving birth to premee twins about the same time as the Duggars were in the hospital with their baby,I think that the mother has an obligation to be there to raise her babies and to make wise informed decisions about when it is best to stop putting her life or an unborn child’s at risk. At the age of 43 with her history of highblood preasure, and other complications I think she should be happy and count her blessings and not take any more risks. My daughter chose to end her childbarring risks perminatly and I supported her decission even though she is only 30 years old.
I must say that I have tried home schooling and it is really hard to do I admire any parent who dose it and dose it well. The state usually requires that home schoolers take the same preformance tests required of public school children. I strongly dissagree with the person who said that the children woould be illiterate. (I have never been good at spelling) I graduated from high school and have had two years of college and I am still lost without spellcheck.
Something did come out last year where the oldest son Joshua(now a married father)had molested one of his youngeat brothers, & because his father Jim-Bob was a state senator, managed to keep this juicy little allegation out of the media. If Joshua did molest one of his younger brothers(I’m not saying this is true), he could very well be a closet pedophile.
I think the most harmful thing the Duggars have demonstrated or have allowed the media to show is: the kid’s lack of interaction with other children other than families like the Bates and an occassional church group or two. I do think the family should sign the kids in groups like the Scouts, not lead by mom and dad, and soceer groups, also not lead by mom and dad (at places like the Y)so that they learn to socialize with other kids who are not siblings – a very differnt type of interpersonal skill.
I think that should one of the kids actually break away from the family (moving more than 3 hours away) they are going to be vunerable; to be sexist, especially the daughters. Even the parents who weren’t raised the same way seem or are protrayed as a bit naive. Lastly, how much is the family willingly to risk and how will they handle one of the kids actually leaving the fold. Maybe that’s why they are shown keeping the kids in such a restrictive (home) environment. Is it more the loss of control rather than exposing your kids to sin? I think the kids, to a degree are well rounded enough, to say: Hey, I was taught this is a sin and I’ve experienced how much it’s hurt this person and I don’t want to live that life – you can’t play baseball from reading a book. …And taking your kids to the Ostrich Farm and a Zoo doesn’t necessarily count as exposing them to the world.
I think the only real good thing that has changed with the family is the older kids are beginning to go out and do Missionary work.
PS: I also add that any “kids’ social group, like the Scouts… should not be lead by anyone immediately remotely to the Duggars.
Correction: immediately related to.
I don’t understand anyone having that many kids, but what I wanted to comment on is how difficult(at times) it must be for the kids( especially the teenagers and tweens) to live life in a fishbowl as they do. Do you rmember how hard it was to be a teenager? The feelings, the emotions? How some days were just so hard, just because of the ups and downs of being a teenager? Now, imagine you need to put on the “happy Duggar face” when you are having a hard time, because it is “FILMING DAY!” Sorry, but you cannot convince me of 2 things:
1) ALL of those kids are ALWAYS on board with filming ( especially the older ones)
2)That the parents would honor one of the kid’s requests to not be on the show. Given the importance the Duggar’s place on obedience to the parents, I think any ‘dissenter’ would be subtly, (or not so subtly)coerced to “be quiet and keep smilin’!”
Ok I also have a few issues with this so called well adjusted family. Given that the mom can no longer have a child in a couple years or so I happen to think is a very good thing since she cannot mother the ones she already has and/or give each child a true bonding experience beyond breast feeding.Once the baby has been weaned off her breast its pasted on to an older sibling. Is this true parenting skills at work I don’t think so. I also take huge issue with the home schooling thing they MAY be shown teaching the kids have they actually been shown giving the children the needed tests to pass to the next grade levels, didn’t they show the oldest taking his um GED? Now he is married has a child and sells used cars(wife and baby in tow at the lot?) boy I sure hope and pray the rest of them can do better at making a living? what about the future of the other 18 children they are raised to be good and religious sure their belife systems keep them in line but lets be real here folks that is NOT real life. the kids are it seems only allowed to be social with other families who hold the same strict belife systems the older children may get out in the world sure to countries they don’t even speak the language in. Bottom line for now anyway is just this how many low-end jobs can their community support for these kids with no real job skills or education and even of mom and dad make enough to pay all their own bills what about all those kids with no real future, what if one or two or 12 happens to stray from the Dugger norm? ask mom and dads help with some collage funds oops there won’t be any?
On another note has anyone else notice how mom and dad who preach all the time about being consevative and just show your real face to the world (face and hands only its their way) well take a good look back at older programs of the Duggers have a good look at mom and dads hair and face. Can ya say had a bit of work done I knew you could so much for being yourself to the world huh they have a word for that I think right? have fun thanks for the vent.
Just took a peek at the offical duggers website and if noting else wanted to set things right.
They were married in 1984.
They decided they didn’t want children right away so she went on birth control pills took them for two years then they decided they could afford a baby? she went off the pill concived and went back ON the pill took I have no clue how many of them and miscarried BULL sorry people that was NOT a miscarrange but a chemical abortion! apparently neither one of them had good reading or listening skils or they would have know had they read and listen when she got her pills the first time and many tims after that when a women has check ups? while taking this medication? After talking to some chistian doctor they met they realized what they had done. Hence the prayers for forgiveness and prayers for as many children as God? would seem fit to grant them. Can you see it in the future> child 20 still exploiting them for the $money$ and attention.
Excuse me for stating this risk she seems healthy but?
What if she dies in childbirth Will Jim bob go to the other conservative families they know,seek out a brand new never used or even kissed younger baby machine?
I sense that the Duggars are not much different from the Older Amish families in their family system, religious POV, and education choices. The only difference is the Older Amish families would not allow themselves to be exposed like the Duggars.
I am aware the Duggars did visit an Amish family who was willing to share a part of their lives on TV.
PSS: As long as people continue watch them on TV, they’ll still be seen as WOW! (in a good and bad way) and talked about. The good news is they still seem modest and humble. It could be worse, they could have become “John Hates Kate” and that’s a whole different rant.
Its the oldest Bates girl in college. Jill and Jana both have mentioned college but it will likely be a school to fit their beleifs.Arkansas has the most lenient home school laws and they rank no 48 out of 50 states for education. It isn’t that the kids are illiterate but the requirements aren’t that high. You can argue it the parent’s choice on how to educate their kids all day long. That is true but you need to meet certain standards and basics. This is why high school has required credits and the same should apply to home school. Both home school and public school need reforming.
I agree with all annonymous99 said. The broom ball episode want4d to prove they had other friends. There was stiff interaction with those not in the Duggar fold. The kids morals have never been tested. It is easy to remain moral in you own bubble.
I could understand chaperons for minor teenagers,but two consenting adults? The Duggar parents don’t seem to trust the kids.If you raised good kids, you should be able to trust them.
The kids might do OK if they end up in a place like Orel Roberts Univ. (or whatever its called). They might do alright in the sense they will be around people who share the same religious values as they.Regarding: personal interactions, I think there will be avoid. Talking with and to your family and maybe families like the Bates, won’t prepare you for meeting people who share completely different view from how you were raised and in this time and era, its an absolute life skill.
Mentioned before.
Hey all its been awile since I posted here and its been some time since we had seen a new episode of these people parding around like parents of the year & knowing Gods will more then the average Joe citizen.Just saw the neww show of this family and Michelle had to take a pregnecy test to see if he was carring number TWENTY (20) so she could go out and skydive with her 18 year old daughter on her B-day IF she was not going to have another, well and good no baby YET!
At the near end of the show mom gets on her high horse and talk about the problems of having a premature baby and says NOTHING about the science that saved that childs life in fact she put it all on GOD as if he was there giving the baby the attention that the nursing staff and doctors who went to Real colleges to learn medicine that saved the childs life. Come on people without real science and modern medicine we all know what would have happend to the poor little thing. They must have some kind of Super insurence to cover the cost of the childs care and treatment& for such a long time in hospital. Even if Jim Non got it at a discout it had to have cost them a fortune. that part of the show proved to me that the rest of those children will never get to any school of higher learning and that is a shame. Hope mom and dad have a super fund to help them all LOL but I doubt it.
Michelle has probably now entered the menopause. Let’s hope so anyway
Michelle’s “problem” with his pregnancy wasn’t the pregnancy wasn’t the pregnancy itself but a gallstone. That’s why she went into premature labor. And they also are not against medical help and knowledge, just birth control. So is the entire Catholic church for that matter. Why r they against birth control? From what i remember bc she got pregnant on birth control and lost the baby prob due to the birth control.
So why does everyone have a beef with them??? 19 kids too many for your family? Don’t have that many. If 2 kids r too many, only have 1. I just can’t understand why everyone is quick to tell a woman that her body is cussing at herto stop having kids. Even before their tv show when they had 10, 11, 12, 13+++ kids they were still supporting their family on their own.
So what’s the limit? Should the government start regulating how many kids we r allowed to have too??? That’s probably the next step anyway.
I just can’t get an answer why everyone thinks their opinion of why she shouldn’t have more kids matters to anyone.
Totally late on this, but I want to weigh in. This country allows people to have the freedom to follow the religion of their choice. And sometimes Christians are led by God to trust Him with their fertility. It isn’t that birthcontrol is wrong, it is that they have made that decision based on faith.
And as far as the baby being born premature because of how many she’s had, well, there are LOTS of babies born premature in a first pregnancy. And many women who have premmies and then go on to have full term babies. Things happen.
I had a very difficult second pregnancy, I was in labor for 6 months and lost one of my twins. I went on to have 4 more healthy pregnancies, and then one more that we in danger of being a premie.
When someone is a leach to society, you have a say on their birthcontrol. When they are self sustaining, you have no say.