I am completely disgusted with the Duggars.
There are HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of Children on this planet absolutely desperate for a home. As bizarre as the Duggers are, obviously they aren’t child molesters or drug addicts – they would make wonderful Foster or Adoptive parents, but for some reason they choose to continue to breed even after the near death of their 19th child.
I have more respect for Jon & Kate! At least they were only trying for 1 more, they got 6 by mistake.
Sure, everyone wants children of their own, but if you want a large family – Those that GOD can give you are ALREADY HERE!
I can’t believe how the Duggers talk about Morals.
It’s time the Duggers take a good long look at their morals.
Don’t tell me “As many as God gives us.” God will Gladly Deliver Unto the Duggers a Child that Mama Dugger doesn‘t need to birth.
Are Foster Kids not good enough to be Duggers? I’m sure there must be a few Foster children out there with names which start with the letter ‘J‘!
Maybe an adopted child would lead the Duggers down the path of destruction? Are the Duggers so afraid of the outside world – maybe they don’t think their children will survive any kind of outside influence.
Duggers, put your God where your Mouth is – Adopt and Foster children who need you.
I agree with you to an extent. It doesn’t bother me that they have so many children. That’s their decision. It’s their human right. What I don’t agree on is opening them up to the public like they are something to show off. The public can be very brutal and I don’t think young kids should be open to that.
I do, however, think that you’re right on the aspect of adoption. They could. But what I am seeing is the lack of birth control or the need to want to try to control their “breeding” as you so kindly put it. Perhaps the family would rather their own DNA then (unfortunately) someone elses. I know people that would choose to adopt and those who won’t due to the unknown family line.
So, thanks for posting. I enjoyed reading it. Definately think they need to do something (other than have more kids).
Oh, don’t get me started on this! It’s become a joke now. “Will she go for #21?” It’s just wrong on so many levels!
She’s ill. She needs counseling! It’s one thing to have maternal instincts but hers are out of control.
I can’t even have children, so for me, the only option if I hadn’t found a lovely husband who didn’t want them, was to adopt or foster. She’s had mine as well as several other people’s… don’t even get me started on these megafamilies, they make me sick. God has not provided for me, what have these people done that makes them better than me in that regard?
I think these people are criminal. We can call it a right to have as many kids as you want, but with the always skyrocketing number of human population (now at around seven billion) anybody who purposely has more than two kids is a criminal as far as I’m concerned. I had a premature sister, who weighed about 4 times as much as their last child, and her life was a very difficult scary thing. This is a very deluded family and I hope none of those kids breed as excessively as their parents did. People like this should be locked up not given the attention they get.
Oh wow bryan. Really? Purposely having more than 2 kids makes someone a criminal? I mean I totally understood where you were going with it, but that’s ridiculous.
Guess I should turn myself in now.
eDee, I have such mixed emotions. I find their faith beautiful, but at the same time, enough is enough and it was enough SEVERAL kids ago, and definitely with Josie. Ugh! I feel like saying that God will give them whatever He feels they can handle or should have, has completely exhausted itself. I agree with the poster above that says she needs counseling.
@Nicole, Yes, counseling and maybe removing her children from the home until the 2 adults are better.
What they don’t get is that God has already given them a life supply of children – they’re called orphans and foster children.
I don’t find any faith that promotes mass producing children, while ignoring the children already here, beautiful in anyway. I call that a Faith of Show – which is a sin.
Plus, it’s impossible to have a good relationship with 20 children. They talk about taking their children when they are running errands – seriously?
I spent the entire day with my 2 girls today and I don’t feel like I spent enough time with them. How can someone spend a sufficient amount of time with a child during a quick trip to the store?
To adopt a child is not an easy decision to make. Many factors has to be considered.
I’ve created a “Take the Duggars off the air” petition at Change.org. If you’d like to share your concerns with Discovery Communications, take a minute to sign it!
@San,
I don’t want them off the air for 2 reasons.
1) I’m sure their show is their major source of income and I don’t want all those children to starve.
2) They give me something to blog about.
I have been following the Duggars with sick fascination for awhile. From what I’ve read about their particular beliefs (they are followers of Bill Gothard), they would not adopt a child because (I’m paraphrasing, so might not be exact), the sins of the father follow the child. Seems like they believe evil or sin must be passed along from the parents to what I’d view as an innocent baby. So they don’t want to risk allowing sin into their home, via adoption. However, in their own terms, they have been hugely blessed with children already. My advice to the Duggar parents: Show you are truly thankful for the blessings you already have, put your focus on them, and stop risking your life. At this point, it just appears greedy and slightly demented.
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