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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 6:10 am
The Duggars re a wonderful family. It's a sweet show and it's easy to see the love they have for each other and the world, in general. No grasping for fame and fortune no pretense for the camera and no diva behavior from them.
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Kittyab
Member
07-15-2005
| Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 11:14 am
I was laughing last night when I was watching them at that weight loss thing and Jim is eating a snickers in the background LOL!
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Angelicfairies2
Member
07-19-2004
| Monday, October 26, 2009 - 5:58 pm
So I've just started watching this show (They have some good looking kids) first of all 18 kids? WOW and she gave birth to all of them..God bless her lol.
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Sherbabe
Member
07-28-2002
| Monday, October 26, 2009 - 8:46 pm
2 sets of twins, angelicfairies. and, they are totally debt free. all kids are home schooled, they all play piano and violin. The mother speaks in kind tones and never yells. She is now pregnant with #19 and that child already has a niece. Their oldest just had a baby girl earlier this month.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 4:31 am
the fact that michelle always keeps such an even temperment and tone constantly amazes me. i wish i was able to do that!
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Kittyab
Member
07-15-2005
| Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 11:50 am
Texannie, I only have one child and I can not do that.
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Angelicfairies2
Member
07-19-2004
| Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 6:37 pm
Hell I have two and I can't be like Michelle is lol. How adorable are those kids though. Sooooo precious.
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Kittyab
Member
07-15-2005
| Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 11:30 am
Michelle is the kind of mom you aspire to be.
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 11:57 am
same here, Angelic! nevermind the fact that I've only had 2 pregnancies and both have kicked my butt so to speak!
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Kellsma
Member
08-27-2002
| Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 3:15 pm
I would loved to have seen the older girls answer some of those questions, especially as the mother of a 17 year old teenage girl who is a complete polar opposite of these girls. They all seem so grounded. I wonder if every child will stay true to the family's beliefs. We have seen some of Jim Bob's family such as Amy and his sister not living the conservative lifestyle Jim Bob and his family are. Is there gonna be a rebel or two??? So far does not look like it which says a lot for the Jim Bob and Michelle.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 6:20 pm
IMO if there are any rebels to come out of this huge offspring, it will be several yrs from now. Jim Bob & Michelle are both in their 40s and the older kids are going to go into their own adult lives just as the oldest has. Honestly, those older girls really do alot in raising the young ones. What's going to happen when those girls are leading their own lives & Mom & Dad have all of these younger folks to bring up. I only had 3 and my youngest was 10 & 7 yrs younger than his sisters. I wasn't as strict on him as the girls (should have been even more on my toes with him). I'm just saying, maybe Michelle depends too much on the "built in" help.
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Misspoufy
Member
09-30-2004
| Friday, October 30, 2009 - 6:04 am
Michelle raised all the older kids without any help. I think sometimes we don't give them enough credit for how they live their lives. We want to look at the negative instead of the positives. Their lives don't follow our ideas of "normal" so we start looking for things that appear negative. I give the Duggars a lot of credit...to live completely debt-free, to have all those normal, healthy, active, intelligent, well-behaved children, to have all those children under one roof and have a clean, organized, clutter-free home....if most of us could do so well with our one or two kids.
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Spoton
Member
09-16-2005
| Friday, October 30, 2009 - 1:39 pm
I loved the interview. It was interesting to hear that Michelle said it was much harder in the beginning with "just" 4 or 5 kids. But I still can't fathom how they remain so calm and sweet-mannered, even with the older ones helping day to day. It was also neat when she described teaching the young ones to learn to be still and calm. A real testament to a non-yelling, anger-free parenting style!
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 12:56 pm
What if we found out later she's been on Xanax or something similar all these years..LOL (just kidding) I agree she's amazing. I do wonder if it's healthy to be calm all the time, though.
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Lori32
Member
07-04-2008
| Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 1:30 pm
Honey,I am on xanax and my 2 girls make me wanna pull my hair out some days...LOL!! If she is medicated,it must be thru a port! LOLOLOL 
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Willsfan
Member
09-04-2000
| Sunday, November 01, 2009 - 1:09 am
She must be on a natural high. The older kids watch out for the smaller ones so Michelle doesn't have quite so much to deal with and since the children always have someone to play with maybe they actually do get along better. I would imagine when the camera crew is there everyone tries to be on their best behavior. But...we know with that many kids someone is going to be in a bad mood and acting out. (probably out of camera range) lol
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, November 01, 2009 - 8:54 am
on the 'ask the' show it showed kids fighting/wrestling/hitting each other. they both just calmly handled it.
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - 9:43 am
I only just saw the second half of the wedding renewal ep last night and I wish I caught it from the beginning. I was then trying to see if I could remember all 18 kids' names...lol another episode came on after so I got the answers from thw show intro. I then started thinking of new "J" names for the next baby...lol sure helped me to sllep!
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Sunday, November 08, 2009 - 9:27 am
I think she has a naturally soft voice, and I do think she can control her emotions very well. There have to be times when she does let loose, but it's not when the cameras are rolling. I bet she's not a loud yeller..so her letting loose would be more of a loud frustration..(IMO)
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 10:51 am
I love when they do the two-kid interviews. They're so cute. The little boys remind me so much of video I've seen of the Osmond's when they were little. Especially Jackson.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 1:37 pm
You're right Scout, they do look like little Osmonds.
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Nan
Member
09-25-2000
| Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 2:02 pm
I think this family is wonderful. I think they are so at peace with and grounded in their faith, and that must help immensely...they truly "practiice what they preach".
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Sabbatia
Member
08-15-2005
| Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 11:42 pm
Spoton, my parents were like that. If you raised your voice when we were young, you better be bleeding! My parents did spank us, but they didn't ever yell. I've discovered from my friends over the yrs that the parents that yell at their kids end up with kids that yell...and usually back at their parents.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, December 07, 2009 - 5:51 pm
Michelle got really sick over the weekend and had to be taken to the hospital. "This weekend, Michelle Duggar was admitted to an Arkansas hospital due to gallbladder issues," says a network rep. "The pain from a gallstone was generating some contractions. Just to be safe, she was airlifted a Little Rock, Ark., hospital, so that in the unlikely event that she had to be delivered early, she would be close to a NICU center. Though there were some fears that the baby was in trouble initially, it soon was discovered to be solely the gallstone causing the discomfort. Michelle is resting comfortably, and the baby is doing fine." http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34319051/...
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Tuesday, December 08, 2009 - 6:25 am
Poor Michelle! I hope she is OK!
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