Dotmom, actually, Anna had a miscarriage over the summer.

Old news! LOL
Their little daughter just turned 1 year old.

So a kid that just turned one, a miscarriage this summer and pregnant again. She IS trying to have them popping out like stair-steps.

As long as the tax payers don't have to pay for them, I don't care if she has 100 babies. Her business.

Hey, the kids have to start taking over the family business....new kids keep the money coming in.

From what I read online, she did have a miscarriage but they announced on the Today show today that she IS again currently pregnant.

Shirley

Even if the taxpayers aren't footing the bill I don't care for their media circus family. Their only claim to fame is producing a bunch of kids....but to each their own, I wouldn't want someone telling me how I should live either...

OK. Chloecat & Monica....she had a miscarriage, and I'm supposed to know this....How?? I don't watch their TV show. Lets face it, this womans MIL is famous for popping em out almost every year, and Anna is just act 2. JMO as I'm entitled to have.

These people have one claim to fame. Pathetic.

ugh

The young Duggar's have said they do not plan on following in the parents footsteps~~~~

I have to agree, they are nothing more than wannabee celebrities, don't have time nor interest in them. Frankly the parents disgust me.

Don't a lot of women have children in fairly rapid succession? My mother had a baby in July, another 17 months later and then me, 16 months after that. So, 3 in 33 months. Does that make her a terrible person?

I think having a one year old baby and another on the way does not make for a trend.

Anna is a little bit slower than I was. I had 1st baby March 25, 1963 and 2nd baby March 5, 1964. I was young and wanted my kids close together.

And whose business is this?

I just wish them the best

A little different yes our families had lots of children we now have birth control,and our world isnt doing real good to be bringing all these children into it .Thats just my thinking.

I have never watched their TV show, and don't even know if it is still on, so I probably should not comment.

But I am dead set against older kids being required to care for and help raise younger ones.

That is what I had to do, and I still resent it. It is no life for a child. I believe the rearing of children is the responsibility of their parents.

They have both already stated they only plan to have 3 kids.What if they have them close together? Family planning should be no body's business but theirs.
I don't know why so many people get so rilled up about this family and their kids! They have a lot of kids.So what?LOL They have a TV "reality show".HELLO!! Some network heard about them and approached them with their own show.So what? Whatever perks they get by doing the show will only help them out.I don't see any harm in it.At least they are a clean cut,happy,debt free family with (as far as we can tell) well adjusted,productive children getting some extra income from a TV show! I would rather watch their lives than the lives of some of the celebrities the networks push down our throats every day!
And for some of those who keep griping about this family,don't tell me you would not also be tempted by an offer to have your own TV show! And if you did,wouldn't you expect to be compensated for having a camera follow you around all the time?
Sorry,I know I have commented on this family before and didn't intend to do it again,but I just do not understand why people are so adamant about this family! I think they portray what life can be like with such a large family and have the same concerns and problems we all have.They are self sufficient and take care of themselves.They aren't on welfare! If we only knew how many people out there pump out the babies just for the welfare.More babies means more food stamps,welfare checks and medical care that WE the hard working taxpayers pay for.THAT is what we should be disgusted about!

I didn't mean to start such a controversy...... I was just stating news. lol
Personally, I like them. And I watch the show. I agree, it's no one's business how many kids they have.
I think a lot of people could learn something from them.

LOL Ritamay! Sometimes I think people get so rilled up about things like this because they may be a little envious? I like them too and also think we could all learn something from them.Maybe all of us won't learn the SAME things,depending on which side of the fence we are on.LOL

Hi, Rita. This is another one of those SOB threads. :)

I grew up in a large family; only half the size of the Duggars. Guess they got an earlier start than my parents did. My mother was 42 when I was born; she told us that Daddy was just as happy about the last one as he was the first one!

There was always fun, companionship and someone to learn from. Did the older ones help out with the younger ones? I'm sure they did. Being the youngest, I was the benefactor of that. No need for Parenting Classes to learn how to care for a baby or young child. There was on the job training, preparing for adulthood.

I am the only one left now, and I miss each and every one of them.

I watch the Duggars. Some others must watch also, or how else would they know that they dislike them, find them revolting?

Sue

Lilliepad.... I agree, I think some people might be jealous of them.
And Sue, I'm sorry about all your siblings, my mom is the baby of her family, and she's the last one here too. Makes me sad. And I agree with all of what you said.

I would like see any family that has more than say, 3 or 4 kids where the older kids don't help out with the younger ones. I thought that was what a family does.

I guess the only thing that is important is that the child is healthy.

SamKaren
your resident DJ

Let me see if I got this straight..... We are only supposed to respond to a post if it agrees with YOUR opinion of these people. If we respond unfavorably, we are jealous. Interesting. Yes I;m jealous of being impregnated once a year for 19=20 years. So often that the last time I came close to dying, leaving the multitude of children motherless. but wait...doesn't matter because it is the other kids raising each other.
Seriously, these are public people. They put themselves out there when they became a TV show, and because of that, we have a right to our opinion of them....just as you do.

As Rhett Butler said, Frankly, I don't give a darn...

Dotmom,I don't know if your post is directed at me, or you just put "you" meaning everyone on here who disagrees with your opinion, but I just want to say, that , of course, I feel everyone has the right to their opinion. How boring if we all thought the same.
What they do should be noone's business.
Like I said before, I was just posting a "news" story. I didn't ask what everyone thought about them. That's a WHOLE different thread, probably more suited for Hot Topics.
Have a good day, everyone!!!

OMG this is beating an old horse to death here. We know that the majority of you can't stand the family. It is has been posted here time and time again.

Ritamay, No, I wasn't directing my post to you and I'm sorry you thought it was. My post was to say, the Duggers are public figures and there will be dissenting opinions. I just posted mine. It just seems so Jr, high to say if you don't agree with me....well you must be jealous. Any post about this family always has brought out strong feelings among our folks here at The table, and just as I accept the right for some to like and approve these people, I reserve the right to express my opinion and the right of others of like mind.

Dotmom-I didn't necessarily mean some might be jealous of the fact they have so many children,(which there may be some who could be)but maybe for the fact that they seem to be a happy,well adjusted,prosperous,debt free family! Something that is not real common these days.I didn't direct "might be jealous" to any one person and I still feel there may be people who are for one reason or another.I don't expect everyone to have the same opinions that I do but respect every one's opinion.Just like everyone else here I was expressing my opinion and I could give a rat's patootie whether anyone else agrees with it or not! LOL If I stepped on any one's toes or was out of line,I apologize.
As for the Duggar family,I wish them all well!

debt free is from everybody watching thier show theyre making big money,no I dont think its jealousy,This world is in such bad shape nobody knows whats gonna happen and your bring baby after baby into this??Doesnt make any sense to me.Her body must be a wreck.I had 3 and Ive got problems.granted mine were 10lbs or more but 19???She needs a rest from nursing,birthing.shell die he'll be left with 19 children.

He'll be left with 19...
not one of which he'll raise alone.

He'll marry again & start all over, & the older kids will keep raising the younger ones.

Ritamay-"What they do should be noone's business" How can you even think that when they put themselves out there by doing a reality show, or appearing on the cover of People magazine? They've made themselves fodder for gossip.

I thought we were talking about Anna Duggar, the young woman who is expecting her 2nd child. How and why does this upset anyone? Her first kiddo is about a year old and will be at least 1.5 years old when this new one is born. I must be missing something- why is this "bad" or "wrong"?

Exactly what I was thinking. And as far as I know Anna is a sahm and her dh has a used car buisness. They make a some bucks from the show. Seems fair to me.

Watched the show with Anna in it last night. She is a sweetheart.

My laughs come from watching people get so wound up being so overly-defensive of that group! LOL

An noone's business? When they're not placing themselves in the public eye, it's nobody else's business (at that point). An example could be your feet are your business, but when you stick your feet into someone's face, it then becomes that person's business. Going on TV and the like is sticking their feet in peoples' faces and they have every right to have an opinion on it whether or not they could teach a few people to reproduce or shun parental responsibility.

This group is just another reason I'm happy to *not* have cable/satellite! Never seen their show and never plan to watch it. I just wish they'd mind their own business and quit sticking their feet into my face.

That's a very good point, Flamingo.........this started out being about ANNA Duggar. lol.

Fortunately, I have no idea of what anyone is talking about...

It's even funnier that some people are annoyed by the fact that they simply HAVE a show and consider that an invasion of their lives even though it's not showing in their house. roflmao

I'm sorry but I have to say this.I see this word used so many times in so many place.When I see it the word "noonie" pops into my head. Then I read the sentence using "noonie" and have to laugh.LOL It's "no one",not noone.
Not making fun of anyone.We all make mistakes but for some reason I think this one is just funny.

Is a noonie the same as a nooner? Just askin'

I don't know Dot,but noonie kind of sounds naugnty to me.I guess that's why I find it so funny.LOL
Anyway,we kinda changed the subject.

Awwww, yes, Lilliepad, I guess I digress. LOL. Sorry. Carry on.

LOL at noonie / nooner!

I'm convinced more than anything, that no matter what - some people are just not going to like you for what you do, or don't do.

jmo

Oh man, just what the world needs, another one of those idiots!

Calling a baby an idiot..... wow.
I would be thrilled if this young couple was my son and dil. I hope they never change. One baby and another on the way, is nothing new. So you think they are idiots....wow.

Wow neesie! That's a little harsh. I wonder what other class of people you label "idiots"?
Bluejeans and Toni-I agree with both of you.It's a shame some people go through life looking down on others just because they don't agree with our personal philosophy on life.Must be a very negative existence.I know people like that and they aren't very nice to be around.OK,I'll stop now!

Calling a baby an idiot is an awful thing to say.

Lilliepad, you expressed my thoughts entirely,thank you.

I think it's great that the older ones are taking care of the younger ones and learning parenting skills.
Working in public health and doing a zillion positive pregnancy tests on teens that have no idea how to take care of an infant, they would have benefited from a large family and learning those skills. They have the baby with no knowledge and the next thing we know the babies are taken away from them and placed in foster care due to being an 'unfit' parent.

Lilliepad and Flamely have expressed it all. None of our business. I don't watch the show but whatever works for the family is fine by me.