Why are TV shows about large families popular? Do American women want to emulate these mothers? Do American men hanker for more kids? Maybe more of you do than I realize.
When people hear that we have a large brood, they want to know if we want to be like the Duggar family or Jon and Kate Plus 8. Please! This may sound funny coming from me, but Lisa and I think those Duggars are nuts. I think they have 19 kids now. Well, I'm all for a big family, but you have to draw the line somewhere. I remember once I was watching Mrs. Duggar in the hospital after she had just had Baby #16, (I think). And she was talking about how eagerly she was looking forward to Baby #17! Having babies is not a contest. Besides, after a woman has just had a baby, the last thing in the world she is thinking of is conceiving. It seems to me that the Duggars are having them just to have them. Here's an idea: Take time to get to know the ones you have. (And what's up with giving every kid a name starting with J?)
As for Jon and Kate, they had a set of twins and then a set of sextuplets. I don't think it was such a good idea to take fertility drugs when you already have demonstrated a tendency toward multiple births. Then they put the family on TV like some kind of freak show. Then Jon, I guess, feels neglected by his stage-wife, so he runs out and has an affair. (That's good for the family.)After the parents and kids are dragged through the slime, the show is pulled, and Jon and Kate divorce. Now I hear that Kate is going to have her own show with the kids sans Jon. Jon should have kicked the film crew out of the house after the first week.
(For the record, I have watched the Duggars only a few times, and then I got sick of them. I have never seen Jon and Kate; I just know what I have heard and seen on the commercials.)
So, would we want to be on TV like the Duggars or Jon and Kate? No, thanks. That would mean we would have to vaccuum.
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It's not okay to use the fact that you have a big family as a money-maker.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this post :)
I sense some hostility...:) Both those families are crazy....I don't know if people want to emulate, or they just are interested in how large families go about life.
ReplyDeleteI agree that some of these families are producing more children than they probably should. But, have you observed the fact that the Duggars are financially responsible. The family pays its own way through life, rather than using government sources such as Welfare. Mrs. Duggar also home schools the children, so I'd say she has had the chance to get to know her kids pretty good.
ReplyDeleteStill, considering that the latest addition to the Duggar clan, I would hope that one of those parents see it as a sign that God is telling them to stop with the kids already.
My father came from a family of nine. Every child suffered from lack of attention and too many responsibilities in terms of taking care of the younger children.I have one child and am happy to focus on her and her alone. As far as being woman I could not IMAGINE popping out 19 kids. whoa. crazy.
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