The Duggars

Contention 1:I find this unlikely. By the time anybody approached them to film "16 Children and Moving In," they had, obviously, 16 children. It's unlikely that they would've known years and years in advance about the show. So why would they have so many kids when they had no idea about their future show? Also, even if they did, it wouldn't be worth having 16 kids just to have your own TV show. And they haven't become wealthy or anything from the show. Their large house is there because the family needs a lot of living space. It's nothing like a rich couple living in a mansion. Nothing like that at all. Rebuttal 1: They could have thought about it, and the fact they have a show show that they did want a certain degree of fame. Contention 2: I'm sure that living in a household with that many siblings is natural to them whenever they've done it their whole life. We could never understand it ourselves, because we don't have 18 siblings. But anyhow, I don't see how it could be harmful to their well-being. Of course, it may be stressful at times. Rebuttal 2: Stress can be harmful to them and with so many siblings they could invade each other privacy, even they don't mean it. Contention3: If they don't have any outside friends, and they do indeed have some outside friends, then they can be friends with themselves. There's nothing necessarily wrong with being best friends with your brother or your sister, and the Duggars would agree. Rebuttal: 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. Contention 4:No. I cannot deny this one. But this can also be a good thing. It can serve as a deterrent against deviant behavior, such as drug usage, "one night stands," internet pornography etc. And I'm sure the Duggars don't mind so much. Rebuttal 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. Contention 5:They're not THAT famous. There aren't paparazzi mobs everywhere they go. Occasionally somebody might ask for an autograph or to speak at some church or a Christian convention, and that's about it. The amount of attention they get isn't enough to ruin them, though it seemed to ruin Kate Gosselin, and that's a different subject. But if you're referring to the fact that they'll always be remembered as a "Duggar kid," I'm sure they won't be recognized when they get older and when the show's been off air for ten years. Rebuttal 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. Contention 6: Are you implying the children would be better off not being born? Because they seem to be living happy, satisfying lives. Rebuttal 6: Key word APPEAR we don't know if they are happy about all the publicity that they have. 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.