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I really think they appear to be a very well oriented family and the kids are happy. However, at a certain point, it begins to appear that mom has to keep having babies in order to keep a reality program going. These younger kids will be teens when she is quite a bit older and that is tough....especially with so many of them.
Wow. What an incredibly selfish couple. All for the media attention and cash it will bring I suppose.
And for those who think they "pay their own way" , sorry but there is no way in hell they paid for Josie's NICU care on their own. Unless Mr Dugger is secretly Bill Gates.
She's a taxpayer-subsidized baby through and through and most likely will be for the rest of her life.
And now...the parents selfishly want to do this yet again???
They have insurance and if you read back I stated Michelle had the same complications with Jana and John David as she did with Josie but then went on to have many normal pregnancies and births. There is absolutely nothing to say this baby will not be perfectly fine.
I really think they appear to be a very well oriented family and the kids are happy. However, at a certain point, it begins to appear that mom has to keep having babies in order to keep a reality program going. These younger kids will be teens when she is quite a bit older and that is tough....especially with so many of them.
They are not apart of that group/movement whatever you want to call it. People and articles have tried to make them apart of it but they are not. They are conservative baptist, that's it.
I have a feeling this baby will be their last. Jim Bob and Michelle are at the age now where it becomes extremely difficult even with help to become pregnant and have a normal pregnancy.
They have insurance and if you read back I stated Michelle had the same complications with Jana and John David as she did with Josie but then went on to have many normal pregnancies and births. There is absolutely nothing to say this baby will not be perfectly fine.
Best wishes to your cousins-in-law!
I watch their show on occasion and can not even imagine having that many kids (20!), myself. But the Duggars seem to be uniquely suited to this type of lifestyle and their kids seem to be happy and well adjusted people. So, good for them.
That's not true. In fact, most churches these days don't even have the bells. That was done to signify the change.
Umm, yes, Catholics believe that a miracle happens each time and the wine and bread is converted into the body and blood of christ... not "symbolism". Every church I've ever been to has bells.
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I guess one of my biggest concerns is that heaven forbid something happens to the child and mother. An older mom has more risks involved then a mother typically in her 20's. I have no doubt their family would still thrive if God forbid something happen to the mother but I have to wonder if they've really understood how much of a risk she's taking and at what point is it still worth it for her health.
there's a risk with every child... how many of us regret the risk we took? Can you honestly look at any of those 19 children and state which wasn't worthy of life?
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I dunno, in a world so overpopulated, if you love kids that much, why not adopt? They don't live in a vacuum, their decisions affect society around them....the resources used to support so many progeny....
I find this argument of overpopulation and being "responsible" for the benefit of society laughable. So responsible, educated, intelligent, financially stable people should cease to reproduce in order to raise the offspring of the ignorant and irresponsible, often without proper prenatal care and at an extreme disadvantage? Yes, that will be great for society. I am all for adopting and helping those in need, but certainly not at the expense of a good gene pool. Political correctness is not more important than survival of the fittest.
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