The Duggars

Contention 1: "They could have thought about it, and the fact they have a show show that they did want a certain degree of fame." Rebuttal 1: If that was their only reason for having kids, nobody in their right mind would consider it worth it. Neither would they. It's not about the fame or the money. Contention 2: "Stress can be harmful to them and with so many siblings they could invade each other privacy, even they don't mean it." Rebuttal 2: A little stress isn't bad for your well-being. It clearly hasn't been enough stress to drive any of them bonkers. Contention 3: "If they were friends among themselves they wouldn't get a chance to meet new people and they don't have many outside friends because they are home schooled." Rebuttal 3: Au Contraire, they are friends with the Bates family, a family which also consists of 19 kids. And I'm sure they're friends with other families as well. Contention 4: "The parents wouldn't mind, but the children could. Do they really want to be followed around there entire life. When certain things happen that they don't want to tell their friends, its put on their show and their friends find out anyway." Rebuttal 4: They won't be followed around their entire lives. When the show comes to a conclusion everyone will forget all about the Duggars. And with their strong conservative Christian upbringing, there's unlikely to be an teen pregnancy or anything like that in the family. Contention 5: "Well the kids are famous to have an article on Wikipedia written about them for example there is an article on Josh's family." Rebuttal 5: The kid who did the "Leave Britney Spears Alone" video also has a Wikipedia article, but probably no one would recognize him if they saw him walking down the street. Contention 6: "Key word APPEAR we don't know if they are happy about all the publicity that they have." Rebuttal 6: You can't keep pretending if you're under the camera 24/7. If they weren't happy it'd show. And maybe they don't enjoy the publicity, but the show's about over anyway, if it isn't already. Contention 7: "Also I would like to say that I doubt that they get very good education, because they are home schooled. Why is their mom their teacher? The problem is that she has eighteen kids that are different ages, so instead of taking time to teach each of the kids the material with detail, she has to teach multiple kids and try to cover as much material as possible." Rebuttal 7: Ah, so now this debate comes down to homeschooling. My intention is not to offend you or insult you, but I was homeschooled and you probably went to public school...and my grammar seems to be better than yours. I was Home-Schooled, and I can spell just fine. I know about as much about science as the average Joe does. I'm as well-educated as any Public-Schooled person. You see, public schools and homeschools can have access to the same curriculum. What it boils down to is the way it's used. If the parents tell their homeschooled children to study this this during this day, well, that's what the public school students experience. Not to mention public schools are getting less and less efficient as time goes by. And they have problems like bullying, suicide, students "hooking up," drugs, shootings...you name the problem and public schools have it. Granted, homeschooling takes a risk. If the parents don't know what they're doing then their children's education will suffer. But the Duggar parents are probably good enough at schooling their children and making good use of school curriculum. After all, their children are not uneducated hillbillies. Jim Bob Duggar served in the Arkansas House of Representatives and now he's a real estate agent and investor. Stupid people don't become Representatives. And even without education you can spend the rest of your life flipping burgers and emptying somebody's garbage cans. I conclude that the Duggar family is better off than many families in America today. Of course, it's okay to shudder at the thought of having 18 siblings. I know I would.