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Re: Watching a 19 kids and counting rerun....

They have send a few of their kids off to a ""camp."" That's not shown on their show.

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On 1/15/2014 SydneyH said:

If we are talking about the family that I think we are........it surely is not all rainbows and unicorns, lol.

That is what I figured... I mean with all those kids... all of them are perfect angels? The odds are there is going to be one or two in the bunch that has issues...

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On 1/16/2014 brii said:

They have send a few of their kids off to a ""camp."" That's not shown on their show.

is it one of those camps to do mind control and make the kid a perfect kid?

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On 1/16/2014 gazelle77 said:
On 1/16/2014 brii said:

They have send a few of their kids off to a "camp." That's not shown on their show.

is it one of those camps to do mind control and make the kid a perfect kid?

Keeps them on the straight and narrow. If there is any deviation from the thinking of Michelle and Jim Bob, they go off to camp and come back all fresh and willing to obey again.

Poor kids...

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Re: Watching a 19 kids and counting rerun....

I think it is an incorrect assumption to make that this is a family that should be a model for anybody. They are a non-reality based bunch and it is, indeed, scary.

Out of that many kids you just know there will be at least one or two who will, ultimately, stray from the brainwashing. Good for them and I wish them well in their endeavor to join the real world. I hope at least some of the girls decide to break away and get an education, too.

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On 1/16/2014 brii said:
On 1/16/2014 gazelle77 said:
On 1/16/2014 brii said:

They have send a few of their kids off to a "camp." That's not shown on their show.

is it one of those camps to do mind control and make the kid a perfect kid?

Keeps them on the straight and narrow. If there is any deviation from the thinking of Michelle and Jim Bob, they go off to camp and come back all fresh and willing to obey again.

Poor kids...

That is pretty scary....

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Re: Watching a 19 kids and counting rerun....

I wonder if a single one of those kids will ever see the inside of a college? How are they going to all earn a living in a little town in Arkansas?
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Re: Watching a 19 kids and counting rerun....

Michelle has admitted she struggles with anger issues.

Several months ago I read that one of the girls is courting. They don't believe in dating.

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Re: Watching a 19 kids and counting rerun....

They say that Michelle homeschools the kids, but in all the episodes I've seen, they've never showed her doing so. I wonder how she could keep up with the studies of 19 children, especially once they get to the high school level. I mean, maybe I'm wrong, but she doesn't seem capable of teaching them geometry and physics.

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This woman grew up in a similar lifestyle to the Duggars and has some very interesting info on them at this site:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/nolongerquivering/2012/02/carefully-scripted-lives-the-real-reality-of-...

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