Too Many Duggars?

How many kids do you want to have when you grow up, one, two, or possible three? Well what do you think about 19 and counting? That is a lot of children, but that is how many Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar have. Married July 21, 1984 and not yet ready to have any children Michelle was on birth control. Four years later they had their first son, Josh. A little while later they conceived but Michelle miscarried. They then asked God to bless them with as many children as he thought fit. So many years later the family has grown to 21 all together, 19 children, Josh, Jana, John-David, Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy-Anna, Jedidiah, Jeremiah, Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johannah, Jennifer, Jordyn-Grace, and the most recent Duggar Josie. Michelle and Jim Bob have two sets of twins. Josie Duggar was born prematurely on December 10, 2009, she weighed a little over one pound. She is currently in NICU in Little Rock. Michelle and Jim Bob plan on having more kids if God will allow them to.

The Duggar Famliy *not pictured Mackynzie and Josie*

Michelle only had four C-sections and the others were born natrually. All of their names start with the letter J. The family is Conservative Baptist and have strong beliefs in homeschooling and limited Tv and Internet use. Josh Duggar was the first of 19 children. He is now married to Anna and they have a daughter Mackynzie Renee. Mackynzie is older than her aunt Josie by a few months.

The parents encourage their children not to date, but go through courtship. They also teach their children abstinist. Michelle home-schools her children and the older children help. The older girls teach their younger siblings how to play music. The Duggars raise their children using a buddy system, in which an older sibling is assigned to a younger sibling and assists in their daily care.

Their 7,000 square-foot house was built by hand by the Duggar family themselves over the course of three years with minimal assistance from friends, primarily in the form of instruction. The home was completed on January 20, 2006. The painting, decorating, furnishings, appliances and other finishing touches - such as a stocked pantry - were provided by Discovery Networks and corporate sponsors as part of the one-hour television special. The work on and completion of the house were the focus of a one-hour television special entitled "16 Children and Moving In."

So how many kids is too many? That is a question you have to answer for youself. In my opinion if they can support of their children then go for it, but 19 is really to much to handle. Some people say that the oldest children do more with the younger children do, they say that she teaches them and then goes to a room which the children can not enter without their parents permission. If you have kids old enough to take of your younger kids whats the point of having more children. Don't get me wrong I do know that the parents love every single child but why have so many?

Do you think Jim Bob and Michelle should stop having kids? Now take in to account that Michelle had preeclampsia and that it might happen again if she has another baby! My other hope is that they don't end up like the Gosslins. In America a family typically has two to three children. In times before families were averaged at five or more kids. Why is it that they so many people disapprove of the amount of kids they have? Why are we so interested in how many kids this family has? This is the way we are, we are simply fasinated by things such as this. What have we come to that we are interested in such meaningless things to us?