Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Is 20 kids to many?
The Duggar family believes that if God gave them another child then it was meant to be, but at the same time it makes you wonder if 20 kids is pushing it. A mother and father are suppose to give each of their children equal attention. At certain ages in their lives they will need more attention then others. This makes you stop and think if each of these children will be able to get the attention they need to become stable adults. In our society having multiple children was common because you never knew how many would actually survive due to diseases we did not have anecdotes for. Now a days usually all of your children survive and this has caused no need to have more than the amount of children you want to have and can take care of. Now the typical family is a mom, a dad, one son, and a daughter. Having more than two children is becoming more and more uncommon. So we come to the question is 20 children over kill or is it possible to take care of each and every one of them.
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I definitely agree with you and think that 20 is overkill. Its true that each child has specific needs and more or less attention according to what age they are. I understand their religious point-of-view and that children are a gift from God but there are ways to prevent having more children that I'm sure they could have used. Also, I wonder how in the world they have the financial means to raise 20 kids, feed them, clothe them, shelter them, and send them to school. Do they have this money or are they on some sort of government funded program in which case we are paying for their children? Children surviving has definitely become more of a possibility with all of the new medical discoveries but it has also become much more expensive to raise a child, let alone twenty.
ReplyDeleteYou make a point when you ask the questions of how they are paying for all 20 children. As for most television show some people let their lives be broadcasted in order to benefit by being paid by the television channel they have a contract with. I believe they receive some kind of payment for letting their lives being seen worldwide but then you wonder if they are doing the show for money or so people can see that their lifestyle can aid in their children being more well rounded then children exposed to public school systems, unlimited internet access, and television. That makes you wonder if they are doing it because God blessed them with that many children and they want people to see how they live their lives or if they had ulterior motives for the show such as money.
ReplyDeleteA minor word note: you mean "antidote" (how you counteract poison) not "anecdote" (a short story).
ReplyDeleteAnd because I can't help myself, when you mean that there are too many of something, there's an extra "o" making it "too."