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Some of my most baby-obsessed facebook friends seem to fawn over the Duggars and their family that grows at an alarming rate.
I always see their updates get posted to people's feeds every time one of them gets married or has a pregnancy 5 minutes later.
I know that the parents, who started having all these kids back in the 80's, are part of a group called the "Quiverfulls", a Southern-baptist sect type thing where the marriages center around that bible verse about kids being "arrows in your quiver for when you need to fight off the enemy"
and so the wife becomes a homemaker and not only does the couple not practice birth control, they also try to get pregnant as much as they can resulting in a baby about every 2 years sometimes less.
But what about the kids? The grown kids were given someone to court when they reached age 19 or 20 and were engaged and married off quickly. Then, they announced a baby months later.
Somehow, I don't think they would be doing it like that if it weren't for fame and TLC paying their bills?
Like, sure the parents would encourage them to get married young and have short engagements, but I think the babies would come at a slower rate if it weren't for the limelight.
What do you think?
I always see their updates get posted to people's feeds every time one of them gets married or has a pregnancy 5 minutes later.
I know that the parents, who started having all these kids back in the 80's, are part of a group called the "Quiverfulls", a Southern-baptist sect type thing where the marriages center around that bible verse about kids being "arrows in your quiver for when you need to fight off the enemy"
and so the wife becomes a homemaker and not only does the couple not practice birth control, they also try to get pregnant as much as they can resulting in a baby about every 2 years sometimes less.
But what about the kids? The grown kids were given someone to court when they reached age 19 or 20 and were engaged and married off quickly. Then, they announced a baby months later.
Somehow, I don't think they would be doing it like that if it weren't for fame and TLC paying their bills?
Like, sure the parents would encourage them to get married young and have short engagements, but I think the babies would come at a slower rate if it weren't for the limelight.
What do you think?