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Duggar Family History
Michelle Duggar (née Ruark) is the youngest of seven children (she has one brother and five sisters). Originally from Ohio, Michelle moved to Arkansas in her childhood. Jim Bob Duggar is one of two children. The couple met in the early 1980s, when Michelle had experienced a religious conversion and Jim Bob (along with other church members) was sent for follow-up visits. They were married on July 21, 1984.
The Duggars elected to wait before having children, and practiced birth control during that time. It would be four years before Joshua, their eldest, was born. The Duggars then returned to birth control; however, Michelle conceived again, but suffered a miscarriage. Believing the miscarriage was due to the birth control, the Duggars decided to no longer practice birth control, electing instead to allow God to determine the number of children they would have. Shortly thereafter, Michelle became pregnant again, this time with the first of her two sets of twins, Jana and John-David. Thereafter, approximately once every year-and-a-half, Michelle would again become pregnant and give birth (including another set of twins).
The Duggars are seriously conservative Baptists who endorse the Quiverfull movement. The children watch very little television and their internet usage is strictly monitored. The children are home schooled using a mix of materials, including those of Switched On Schoolhouse, IBLP (produced by controversial Christian teacher Bill Gothard), and Accelerated Christian Education (ACE). Casual dating is forbidden; instead, the older children are taught that a marriage partner should be sought through a form of courtship (which requires the young man to seek permission from the girl’s father to begin the relationship, even if both parties are adults). All meetings between the engaged couple have a chaperone to accompany them and they believe in saving their affections and intimacy, up to and including kissing, for marriage.
The Duggars raise their children using the buddy system, in which an older sibling assists the younger sibling in daily tasks. According to Michelle, “They help them with their little phonics lessons and games during the day and help them practice their music lessons. They will play with them or help them pick out the color of their outfit that they want to wear that day, and just all of those types of things.” In 2004, Michelle Duggar won the “Young Mother of the Year Award” in Arkansas, which is sponsored by American Mothers Incorporated.
Jim Bob Duggar is a former state legislator who served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1999 to 2002. The Duggars now say their income is derived from the commercial properties they own. The Duggars claim they live debt-free which Jim Bob has said is “the fruit of Jim Sammons’ Financial Freedom Seminar” he attended years ago. However, charity and donations of food and household appliances provides in large part for their lifestyle . Their large house was completed on January 20, 2006 with aid from Discovery Networks and corporate sponsors.
HELLO DUGGAR FAMILY, I WATCH YOUR SHOW ALL THE TIME AND I THINK YOU GUYS ARE GREAT. I THINK ALL OF YOUR CHILDREN ARE BEAUTIFUL AND TO INSTILL ALL OF THE VALUES YOU HAVE INSTILLED IN THEM IS AWESOME. I WISH TO
MEET YOUR FAMILY ONE DAY. I ALSO WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT AS A FELLOW CHRISTIAN I COMMEND YOU GUYS FOR ALL
OF THE WORK YOU ALL DO TO HELP OTHERS HERE AND AS WELL AS OTHER COUNTRIES, ITS AMAZING AND ONE DAY I WISH TO HELP OTHERS LIKE THAT AS WELL. IF YOU HAVE THE TIME FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL ME BACK AT YOUR CONVENIENCE AT david.christy @sbcglobal.net. I TRULY LOVE YOU GUYS. SINCERELY VICKI CHRISTY
hi jim and michelle i am a big fan and just love your show and am a firm believer of god as well
hi dugger family i am a big fan of the show and watch you every time your on t v i am also a firm believer in god and was raised a baptist
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Hello Jim Bob and Michelle..Please tell me how you came to be so organized with you marriage, children, money and life in general? I would love to be that disciplined and have everything in order. You are wonderful parents and have darling children. Please E-mail me anytime, I would love to visit with you. Thank you! Sylvia Dale
Hi! H iam a Big Fan of yours…I think it wuld be so cool to live in a house where there aer 18 childern! I hope you continue to have more childern…all of them are gorgeous and you do not have a child named Jamie and it can be used for a boy or girl! Well please fill free to email me…it would be an honor to hear from you!
Dear Duggar’s may God be with you in this time of need.i know the Lord does everything for a reason he knows why he sent you little josie ahead of time.You are always in my prayers and i hope that this not only brings you closer as familly but as children of the Lord.May God be with you here and always and lead you and your familly by his heart and his hands God bless you all and keep faith and be strong for that tiny blessing by the name of josie.
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