About 2 years ago I officially entered into the stage of life where all my friends started having kids. Which is fine because I absolutely adore kids! I admit that sometimes I feel left out as the one still single and trying to figure out life while most of my friends and married and starting to pop those cute little tykes out. But the beauty of it is that I still get to see these adorable kiddos and as soon as they start fussing or pooping hand them right back over to their parents! I'm super excited because next week I get to see one of my good friend's brand new little boy PLUS see my youngest 2 nephews! And before that one of my dearest friends is finding out the gender today of her next little one and my first Godson/daughter!
I should probably also point out that I'm one of those American girls who loves the Royal Family in England and was checking Twitter every few minutes over the past few days to find out about first the birth and then the naming of Prince George! As I joyfully made the announcements to my friends as soon as I saw them online they mostly just stared at me like I was crazy. I don't care-I love me some royalty!
While surrounded by all this baby news I stumbled across an article about another famous family who's kids have kept me captivated in the past. The wonderful Duggar family of TLC fame. I LOVE the Duggars! I've watched their show for years and think they are great. They may be more religious than I am and the girls enjoy skirts a whole lot more than myself (who only wears them for weddings and the staff Christmas party), but seriously-they are a very strong family who love each other and who teach their kids incredible values. Every kid learns the value of helping others, working hard, and doing what's right. I see nothing wrong with this. But apparently a lot of people have issues with their family. Mostly due to the size. Michelle and Jim Bob have 19 kids (the fact I can name them all shows my fandom). Even I'll admit that is an INCREDIBLY large family. But you know what-so what?!? Today's day and age teaches tolerance and acceptance of differences between people, and yet this family gets attacked because the parents are just really good at reproducing?!? I don't get it. The one other common complaint is that none of the children have fully enrolled in a college. They've pursued other licensing tracks and started their own businesses instead. I see no problem with this either! I've linked the article below. The main reason I liked it is because it gives an interesting twist to the debate and the criticism about the Duggars.
Click Here for the Article entitled "My Body, My Choice" or as I like to call it- Don't Hate the Duggars
Sidenote: The article comes from what appears to be a Pro-Life website. I think everyone is entitled to their own opinions regarding the pro-life vs pro-choice debate and this is not my way of endorsing one belief or another whatsoever! In fact, I had never even heard of this website before a friend on facebook posted the link to this article.
I should probably also point out that I'm one of those American girls who loves the Royal Family in England and was checking Twitter every few minutes over the past few days to find out about first the birth and then the naming of Prince George! As I joyfully made the announcements to my friends as soon as I saw them online they mostly just stared at me like I was crazy. I don't care-I love me some royalty!
While surrounded by all this baby news I stumbled across an article about another famous family who's kids have kept me captivated in the past. The wonderful Duggar family of TLC fame. I LOVE the Duggars! I've watched their show for years and think they are great. They may be more religious than I am and the girls enjoy skirts a whole lot more than myself (who only wears them for weddings and the staff Christmas party), but seriously-they are a very strong family who love each other and who teach their kids incredible values. Every kid learns the value of helping others, working hard, and doing what's right. I see nothing wrong with this. But apparently a lot of people have issues with their family. Mostly due to the size. Michelle and Jim Bob have 19 kids (the fact I can name them all shows my fandom). Even I'll admit that is an INCREDIBLY large family. But you know what-so what?!? Today's day and age teaches tolerance and acceptance of differences between people, and yet this family gets attacked because the parents are just really good at reproducing?!? I don't get it. The one other common complaint is that none of the children have fully enrolled in a college. They've pursued other licensing tracks and started their own businesses instead. I see no problem with this either! I've linked the article below. The main reason I liked it is because it gives an interesting twist to the debate and the criticism about the Duggars.
Click Here for the Article entitled "My Body, My Choice" or as I like to call it- Don't Hate the Duggars
Sidenote: The article comes from what appears to be a Pro-Life website. I think everyone is entitled to their own opinions regarding the pro-life vs pro-choice debate and this is not my way of endorsing one belief or another whatsoever! In fact, I had never even heard of this website before a friend on facebook posted the link to this article.
