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The Duggars are Praying for Jon and Kate
If there’s one thing Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are doing right (besides, um, practicing), it’s keeping their marriage from imploding in front of the cameras.
No matter what you think of how many kids they have or how they’re raising them (no kissing before your wedding, really?), the baby-making Duggars deserve some props for keeping the love real. They spoke out on what Jon and Kate Plus Eight need to do to set things straight.
No surprise here, but mama Duggar thinks Kate needs to settle down now - like most of America.
Michelle Duggar told the Washington Posts’ On Faith columnist she can’t imagine martial strife with seven under seven because “your demands are so much more intense as a mama and daddy. You’re the only one – really – that can tie the shoes and everything.”
“Humility is the key,” Michelle said.
For the most part, the Duggars didn’t come off that badly (who else is surprised? raise your hands). Jim Bob says they’re praying for them – after all, there are pressures to raising children period. And to that, we say AMEN! As someone who has always been skeeved by the subservience complicit in the quiverfull lifestyle, I was even happy to hear Jim Bob say that he believes he should treat his wife like a queen. If he means it as – she’s the love of my life, and I want to lavish her with love not, I put her on a pedestal because she makes my babies.
Because somehow, for all the weird anti-feminist rhetoric spun by the Duggars on their show, they came off – in this interview at least – as two parents on the exact same page. And as Amy recently pointed out here on the Derby – it would be nice if people stopped looking at the Gosselins as “Kate’s a shrew” and started saying “it takes to two” . . . two to screw up a marriage, two to make it work.
And if you’re in a household of two parents, you better get on the same page.
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PlumbLucky commented on Jun 16 09 at 10:48 amI won’t go into whether I do or don’t agree with the Duggars on numerous issues, but I will agree with them on this. The two parents need to be on the same page, preferably the same paragraph of that page. Different chapters or books is not a good way to raise a family. And they’re also correct, raising children creates pressure on your marriage. Its what you do with that pressure.
Brett Singer commented on Jun 16 09 at 4:02 pmTo quote Christian Bale: Ohhh GOOOD for YOU, Duggars!
mamaDu5 commented on Jun 18 09 at 4:54 pmI too have a large family….I was one of 6 and I have 5 children of my own. We lost our last one 4 months into the pregnancy. I have 3 daughters and 2 sons. All three of my girls graduated and are working in their field of study and not one of them got pregnant. My oldest son is currently in Afganistan and I have only a 15yr.old at home now. We raised with a firm hand with consequences and chores or timeouts. I am proud to say I think I have a Blessed family as my Husband & I just celebrated are 29th anniversary. So as far as Michelle and Jim Bob go…..I think they should be a roll model for everyone. Kate has no patience on the show and most of the time DOES look like a “shrew”. So Horray for the Duggars….and God Bless. I only hope that Kate &Jon find God somewhere in their lives.
Thanks for letting me vent.
MamaDu5 and proud of it. !!!!!
Lucinda commented on Aug 31 09 at 10:35 pmWhy are a-hole men on these websites anyway? They don’t have any right to be here, they just want to be loser, mean-spirited jerks that have no life. I can’t stand people like Brett Singer.
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