Friday, October 10, 2008
17 Kids will fuel culture wars
Another flabbergasted reporter cannot understand why anyone could actually love their children enough to want to be with them and have more. The topic is the Duggar family and the soon to be 18 children they have.
Whatever its other intentions 17 Kids and Counting has the potential to keep the culture wars raging along. This series, being shown Mondays at 10 p.m. on TLC, follows a round of specials documenting the daily logistics of the Duggars of Tontitown, Ark., the evangelical Christian family of a couple named Jim Bob and Michelle, who during the course of their 24-year marriage have produced 10 sons and seven daughters, spread out in a 7,000-square-foot house with nine bathrooms.
The Duggars have been the subject of fierce debate online, where liberal women often condemn their choices as reckless and conservative women defend their patience and commitment as inspirational. Read more...
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Posted by gary at 10/10/2008 11:03:00 PM | 2 comments
Friday, September 21, 2007
Children, a gift from God
I continue to marvel at the polarizing effect of the Duggar family and their 17 children. Here's a commentary that touches on that effect. BONHAM, Texas (BP)--Recently on NBC's "The Today Show," host Matt Lauer interviewed the Duggar family. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are the Arkansas couple who just welcomed into the world their 17th child.
Among some Americans, typical reactions have included, "Are those people crazy?" and "Don't they know what causes that?" But among homeschooling families like the Duggars, a greater openness to having more than two children has prompted such responses as, "Isn't that wonderful!
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Posted by gary at 9/21/2007 06:39:00 AM | 0 comments
Friday, August 03, 2007
Duggars welcome 17th child
We've been following the Duggar family since 2004 and number 15. Now they are up to 17 with Jennifer. The discovery Channel has a great site devoted to the Duggar family. HT: The Homeschooling Revolution LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - It's a girl — again — for the Duggars. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar welcomed their 17th child, and seventh daughter, into the world Thursday.
Jennifer Danielle was born at 10:01 a.m. at Saint Mary's Hospital in Rogers, Ark., the Duggars said in an interview. Jennifer weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces and arrived five days after Michelle's due date.
Less than 30 minutes after giving birth, the Duggars already were talking of having more.
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Posted by gary at 8/03/2007 07:40:00 PM | 0 comments
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
The 17th child for Duggars
God bless them LITTLE ROCK The Duggars are once again pulling out the pink ruffles and lace as they prepare for the birth of baby number 17.
Michelle Duggar said today that the whole family is excited about the arrival of the baby girl they will name Jennifer Danielle, keeping with the family tradition of giving the child a name that begins with J.
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Posted by gary at 5/08/2007 07:32:00 AM | 0 comments
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Duggar Family, Stars of TV, to Address Film Festival
I don't have cable TV and I didn't know this was such a big hit. In case you never heard, the Duggars are a family of 16 kids (at last count) who homeschool. “One of the most remarkable events on cable television took place recently when hundreds of thousands of viewers watched as the Duggars -- a Christian home school family with sixteen biological children -- worked together and managed a happy, orderly household to the glory of God,” observed Doug Phillips, founder of the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival.
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Posted by gary at 10/14/2006 08:17:00 AM | 0 comments
Sunday, December 18, 2005
Duggars in the news (again)
This is the third time I can remember this notable homeschooling family making the news.
SPRINGDALE, Ark. � Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are baby boomers.
They may not fit the age profile of the post-World War II generation, but the numbers don't lie: They have 16 children.
Ten boys, six girls. Together, as a couple. All theirs, biologically.
And they may have more, Lord willing.'We never dreamed we would have 16 children,' said Mr. Duggar, a soft-spoken, 40-year-old former state lawmaker, as he surveys what Michelle lovingly refers to as their home's 'serene chaos.'
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Posted by gary at 12/18/2005 08:30:00 AM | 1 comments
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Mom delivers 16th child, thinking of more
I hear it gets easier after the 12th child... We reported on Duggar number 15 a while ago too.
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP) -- Michelle Duggar just delivered her 16th child, and she's already thinking about doing it again.
Johannah Faith Duggar was born at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday and weighed 7 pounds, 6.5 ounces.
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Posted by gary at 10/13/2005 07:44:00 AM | 0 comments
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Having 15 children, little less ridiculous
Some surprisingly level headed re-thinking of the author's own opinions about the Duggar family. (Homeschoolers, mentioned in previous stories).
It's 10 p.m. Do you know where your 16-year-old is? How about your 12-year-old or your 11-year-old? How about your 7-year-old twins? And what about your 3-year-old, not to mention your newborn?
Keeping track of these seven children would be a daunting task for any parent. Double the amount to 15 children, however, and throw in a bun in the oven for good measure, and you have the makings of absolute pandemonium. However, this is just how Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar live each day.
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Posted by gary at 7/12/2005 12:40:00 PM | 0 comments
Friday, July 23, 2004
Homeschooling Mother of the Year's Life Chronicled on Discovery Health Channel Series
SILVER SPRING, Md., July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar have it all over actors Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt. In the movie, 'Cheaper By The Dozen,' Martin and Hunt play the parents of only 12 children. In real life, Michelle and Jim Bob are happily raising 15 children and who knows if that is the final count.
Whether it's the intense high-drama of keeping track of and raising a lot of children of varying ages or the graphic reality of many people living under one roof, viewers are fascinated with the loving and chaotic inner workings of a large family. When 14 CHILDREN AND PREGNANT AGAIN! premieres on Monday, September 6 at 9 PM (ET/PT), Discovery Health Channel presents an intimate behind-the-scenes portrait of the Duggar family as they celebrate the arrival of their newest sibling, a boy named Jackson Levi, the fifteenth Duggar.
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Posted by gary at 7/23/2004 08:20:00 AM | 0 comments
Thursday, June 03, 2004
Duggar family's newest addition brings number of children to 15
There is nothing unusual about the cardboard sign outside Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar's house announcing 'It's a boy!' in big blue letters. But inside the modest brick home, life is anything but typical. The newest arrival is the Duggars'15th child.
Most days, the Duggar household - consisting of 10 boys and five girls-is run with the precision of an Army boot camp. Everyone is up by 7 a.m., chores are done and checked off a master schedule posted in the kitchen by noon and lights are out by 10 p.m. But last week, the family was celebrating the homecoming of its latest addition, born on May 23 - a boy, who like all of his siblings, was given a name beginning with the letter J.
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Posted by gary at 6/03/2004 07:19:00 AM | 0 comments
