Duggars: A 19th child is coming
The day after the most boring Jon & Kate show yet comes the news that Michelle Duggar, of the TLC show "18 Kids and Counting," is pregnant with her 19th.
It made all the moms around here cringe -- how could anyone possibly take care of all those children?
But then I thought about a family of 10 I interviewed several years ago for a story on motherhood. The parents were very organized, so that the older kids did lots of helping, and often watched the younger ones. Things ran much more smoothly than they did in my household of four.
The mom told me her craziest times were when she was alone with just the youngest two or three kids. So maybe there's something to having a really big family.
Comments
wow, when will they stop? I guess she doesn't believe in birth control?
Posted by: jreed | September 1, 2009 3:54 PM
stop having sex.
Posted by: Meg | September 1, 2009 4:02 PM
I couldn't even imagine having that many children. But those kids are so well behaved!
Posted by: Chrystal K. | September 1, 2009 6:24 PM
Bile rises in my throat every time I hear their name. They are half-human, if that. Disgusting and starved-for-attention. ICK!
Posted by: Lori Campbell | September 1, 2009 6:38 PM
You should so not have kids that will be younger than your own grandkid. Give the next generation their turn!
Posted by: Heather | September 1, 2009 7:40 PM
It works well if you have parents who like being parents. The Duggers like being parents and it shows. :)
Posted by: rachel | September 1, 2009 9:04 PM
How wonderful to see a husband and wife express their love for each other by welcoming children into their lives. We should all be so lucky to be part of a loving family.
Posted by: Chris | September 1, 2009 9:50 PM
When I was in high school I did some babysitting for a family of 10 children--and the oldest was 11. It was a blended family. The mom had three children when she was widowed, and the husband had six when his first wife passed away. They then had one together to complete their family. It was the easiest babysitting job I had, because every younger child was taken under the wing of one of the older kids. They did laundry every day, with each kid having a specific part of the job assigned. It may have helped that it was a military family--lots of discipline there!
Posted by: Dahlink | September 2, 2009 3:09 PM
The Duggers are disgusting. The parents are out of control and should be given a court order to stop procreating.
Posted by: Andy | September 3, 2009 1:48 PM