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Had these people been any other race (but especially had they been Black or Hispanic) there would be all sorts of racist rants, demands to see tax returns and calls for "welfare" reform on this thread despite the parents ability to pay for the 19 children unassisted by the gov't.
This is not a issue of race. This is not an issue of welfare. This is about the Duggar family. They are not any other race and they are not on welfare so all hypothetical assumptions about what would be said if they were is off-topic.
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Originally Posted by NCyank
It's very sad that you think obedient children are odd these days.
I'm not sure about your household, but here (and we don't have 19 kids) children do not tell their parents what they will and won't do. I suspect it is the same in the Duggar household. A few times, when the kids were younger, we may have heard an occasional "I don't want to_______." to which I would reply, "I didn't ask if you wanted to________. I told you to do ________." They figured it out pretty quick.
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It's very sad that you can't read. I've never seen a child that didn't rebel against what their parents wanted even once; rather it's saying you don't want to, rolling your eyes, pouting, whatever. I did what my mom expected me to do too but there were times where I mumbled and grumbled a lot because what she wanted me to do wasn't what I wanted to do. From the few episodes I've seen the kids don't seem to express "I want" or "I don't want" they just kinda do what's expected of them. .
I think why they get so much more support than other "reality" stories is that they don't have the obvious drama of J & K plus 8 or the wacko factor of Octomom.
I do find the whole trend of parents parading their lives and children in front of TV cameras for a show totally distasteful.
how do you know this? Do you go up to black women and say "excuse me I see that you have 6 kids here...do they all have different fathers? Really? And they're all in prison, correct?" I know A LOT of black women and not ONE of them fit into the little box that you painted. If you know A LOT of them it's probably because you are one one of them so you should probably pull your head out of where ever it is and stop trying to make this a racist issue when it's not.
How do I know? Because I'm an RN who worked on a postpartum floor of a major medical center that served minority populations, and one of my best friends worked in the NICU. That's how I know. HUGE number of black mothers had multiple children at home, a new baby, and none of the children shared a father. Fathers didn't come visit because they were in the pen.
It's very sad that you can't read. I've never seen a child that didn't rebel against what their parents wanted even once; rather it's saying you don't want to, rolling your eyes, pouting, whatever. I did what my mom expected me to do too but there were times where I mumbled and grumbled a lot because what she wanted me to do wasn't what I wanted to do. From the few episodes I've seen the kids don't seem to express "I want" or "I don't want" they just kinda do what's expected of them. .
LOL...you are so young and naive. It wasn't that long ago that a rolling your eyes at your parents was NOT normal behavior for most ANY child. Pouting....yeah, right. Kids who pouted got sent to bed without dinner or assigned extra chores....that pretty much ends the pouting. Not to say that such things never happened but they weren't tolerated or acceptable. Parents now days are pansies and so we have kids who roll their eyes, pout, grumble a lot and think what they want really matters and folks like you, who think that is normal behavior for kids. If you don't tolerate it from the start then it never becomes normal for your child. By the time my kids were 3-4 they also never said "I want" or "I don't want". It just wasn't part of our vocabulary. You wanna guess how many times they've rolled their eyes at me??
Also, I have seen episodes where one or the other parent had to quietly take a child aside for a brief 'conversation'. I expect discipline issues in general are handled off camera. Just because you didn't see it on the show doesn't mean it doesn't happen. I've also never seen them use the toilet or shower but I'm pretty sure they do that too.
I can't wait for the reactions when same-sex couples break records having children - either by hiring surrogate women (if it's a male couple) or visiting sperm banks (if it's a female couple).
LOL...you are so young and naive. It wasn't that long ago that a rolling your eyes at your parents was NOT normal behavior for most ANY child. Pouting....yeah, right. Kids who pouted got sent to bed without dinner or assigned extra chores....that pretty much ends the pouting. Not to say that such things never happened but they weren't tolerated or acceptable. Parents now days are pansies and so we have kids who roll their eyes, pout, grumble a lot and think what they want really matters and folks like you, who think that is normal behavior for kids. If you don't tolerate it from the start then it never becomes normal for your child. By the time my kids were 3-4 they also never said "I want" or "I don't want". It just wasn't part of our vocabulary. You wanna guess how many times they've rolled their eyes at me??
Also, I have seen episodes where one or the other parent had to quietly take a child aside for a brief 'conversation'. I expect discipline issues in general are handled off camera. Just because you didn't see it on the show doesn't mean it doesn't happen. I've also never seen them use the toilet or shower but I'm pretty sure they do that too.
+100 on this comment. I think you've let in some fresh air on this topic.
welp, jesus always said to live long and have as many kids as you can. God has blessed me with 5 children so far and we are workin on about 7 more within the next 6 years. We got to build our army for god.
your army for God?
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I've also never seen them use the toilet or shower but I'm pretty sure they do that too.
