Thread: The Duggars Announce They Are Expecting Their 20th Child

Originally Posted by Josie

It's a conspiracy theory. The REAL Duggars aren't what we see on the TV.

When's the last time we've seen anything "real" on TV. The Real World and all that BS is scripted as well. If you don't think there isn't some selective editing, then you're fooling yourself. Is it covering up some anger issue or whatever? Who really knows, probably not "issues" as they don't seem like folk who would lose their temper often; but it's possible to happen. You can't know since you aren't actually there and reality TV is not sufficient enough to produce a full data set.

Originally Posted by Josie

Why are you saying that so matter-of-factly? It's your opinion, unless you're somehow privy to information from the production team....

What reality TV show isn't?

Originally Posted by Josie

Please post your research on that one.

This is a well known corollary. Higher educated couples tend to have less children than lower educated ones. That doesn't mean that a well educated couple couldn't have a lot of children, they just tend not to.

Originally Posted by Ikari

When's the last time we've seen anything "real" on TV. The Real World and all that BS is scripted as well. If you don't think there isn't some selective editing, then you're fooling yourself. Is it covering up some anger issue or whatever? Who really knows, probably not "issues" as they don't seem like folk who would lose their temper often; but it's possible to happen. You can't know since you aren't actually there and reality TV is not sufficient enough to produce a full data set.

People believe what they wanna believe. Logic isn't a factor.

How is their 19th baby doing? Wasn't it born really sick and isn't it handicapped?

Originally Posted by SheWolf

How is their 19th baby doing? Wasn't it born really sick and isn't it handicapped?

She's doing fine. No, she's not handicapped.

Originally Posted by Josie

She's doing fine. No, she's not handicapped.

What was wrong with her? I thought she was sick and her birth was a emergency?

Originally Posted by SheWolf

What was wrong with her? I thought she was sick and her birth was a emergency?

She was born premature.

Michelle Duggar's Baby Josie Brooklyn Born Prematurely Because of Pregnancy Complication - ABC News

Just a few links I wish to share..

1st one is in reguards to those who claim these kids appear so happy all the time.
But They Look So Happy! « NO LONGER QIVERING

The 2nd says a lot in pics about how one child may not have been so happy to hear that #20 is on the way. Which is what most normal kids would feel after almost losing their mother the last go round and not to mention almost losing baby too.
ImageShack Album - 14 images

Originally Posted by Josie

She's doing fine. No, she's not handicapped.

While she's not handicapped, I wouldn't say she's doing fine either. She's still on oxygen 14 months later.