Guess who’s pregnant?
Besides me, I mean. That would be too easy.
Well, it’s happening again. The Duggars are in the news again for the usual reason, and suddenly people are talking about blanket training. Whenever this happens, my old blanket training post and my more recent follow-up post on the subject get tons of hits. Unfortunately, all the search engine traffic lands at my old blogspot address, but here’s hoping that we can bring them over here to the new digs.
Actually, maybe that’s not such a hot idea. Most of the people who seem to find those posts are just looking to badmouth the Duggars and everybody who bears any resemblance to them. Anyone with a large family of well-behaved children seems to make a good target. Bonus points if you believe in teaching children to obey while they are young, rather than “letting them explore freely and enjoy their childhood. ” Because we all know that the two philosophies are mutually exclusive, right? (tongue firmly in cheek)
Are y’all ready to speak up if they show up?
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Oh wow, their 18th baby!
Funny on the blanket training post… I actually found this blog because I was trying to figure out exactly what it was, and stumbled on that post in my search!
Oh yeah- I saw that article on Yahoo about their announcement and got excited. I am such a Duggar groupie- last year I recorded all of the Duggar specials (they had a Duggar marathon on Mother’s Day) and watched them all. Looking forward to the new one, too. Their kids all seem so pleasant and articulate.
Um, and I’m totally ready for the naysayers. Because raising children to operate freely and creatively within certain parameters is *soooo controversial*.
We went to the Ken Hamm seminar recently and the Duggers were working the sales booth all so polite and ready to help.
We love the Duggars…..I actually borrowed a diaper from them at the SAICFF in 2006. We sat right behind them in the auditorium. What a wonderful family! They are every bit as self-effacing and as well behaved in real life as they are on TV!
And I’m ready to stand shoulder to shoulder with you in the fray should you get any naysayers!!
That cupcake sure is cute!!
Leanne in Longview
Bring it on!
I love watching the Duggar show. They seem so godly and down to earth. My latest post was actually about the rude comments I get from people when I go out with my kids, and I am only pregnant with my fourth. It was good to meet you recently when you were on your trip. I am sure you are glad to be home with the family.
WoW!!!! I just read and reready your old blanket blog post and the updated one, I was amazed with Martin whoever’s comments. I mean, I am almost speechless. Kim, you are a lovely Godly women, keep fighting the good fight. Kim’s husbands comments were 100% dead on. I appreciated his wisdom and breakdown of the hebrew in regards to Biblical scripture. Jesus was the rock of offense. I am very troubled with “feel good” theology that alot of American Christians seem to subscribe too. That being said, I need a quick piece of advice along the same lines. Awhile back I posted something on my blog about homeschooling and was quickly emailed something by a “friend” of mine that completely disagrees with homeschooling about that the old testament has passed away and we are now under grace. Ofcourse she went off on the usual tangent of her kids are a light in the schools and that is what God has called us too, not to keep them at home, that is the “old law”. WEll… I am not as succinct as you Kim, I knew I would have went off on her so I just emailed her and said “thanks for the email” by my husbands advice. He said ” when people stop taking the scripture at face value and start interpreting it to what they want, they are no longer willing to listen to truth.” Wise words! So anyway, I thought that was relevant for the husband/wife team who left so many comments on your blog about blanket training. Ofcourse, they said they would NEVER read your blog again, so maybe they won’t. But nonetheless… what would you say?
I’ll stand with you!
Dear Mrs. Kim C,
I’m an infrequent writer on your blog, but I find your ideas and comments always very interesting and challenging.
Although I’m no believer I respect you and your wonderful family very much and dream to have a large one of my own one day, when I’m finally married.
Reading this post I was curious to read about blanket training and its benefits… Well, I think it’s a great idea and wish more children were trained to obey and respect the boundaries their parents set; this way, in my humble opinion, we would live in a more civilized and serene society, where far less violence would occurr and problems would be solved talking and not shooting.
I wish you to keep consistently on your path and to find more and more happiness and fullfilment
Elena
I don’t know why we even have to defend ourselves from anti-child feminists (and their supporters). It’s funny how feminists preach “my body, my choice” but when someone actually decides to make a choice against feminists standards our families are called cults and the women are call baby machines, or worse. I wrote about this on my weblog as well. I’ll keep y’all updated on what the anti-child crazies are saying on my blog.
http://www.adlynmorrison.blogspot.com/
Hi! I read your blog every day and have to say I love it, and I think your family is beautiful.
I’d love to have a whole ‘passel’ of kids myself but my husband doesn’t want more than 2…so I’m hoping to get pregnant again next year with #2!
I’m just curious, how do you respond to people (like my husband, heehee) who say you are being irresponsible by having so many kids what with the Earth being so over populated and strained as it is already?
Ready!
When we had cable, our children enjoyed watching the Duggars. They enjoy pretending they are the Duggars.
As a Mom who DID “let the boundaries be explored” let me tell you, I wished I had taught them correctly from the start! It has taken no small amount of work to teach my children to obey and respect when they got older. It is still a struggle, and when/ if the Lord chooses to bless our family with more children, we will be teaching them from infancy for sure!
I admire the Duggars and other families like them for their strangth in a society that says ” you can’t afford more than two children” etc etc!
I LOVE blanket training! Although our boundies quickly end up more varied than that.
I just LOVE being able to take my 2yo places and give him boundries. He is able to watch his daddy play basketball and is almost always the only 2yo that is not being hovered over and snatched off the court just before being trampled.
Babies are so smart, but they don’t know if you don’t teach ‘em!
Mama Bear, I feel for you.
Sometimes I feel like a strange, odd little woman because I don’t have to beg my husband for more. I’ve barely had both of our sons before he starts praying for God to bless us again! He add this petition to our dinner blessings and it just makes me smile. I wish you could see most of KS, or some of the other highly “unpopulated” areas in the US.
My dh, who is an engineer, figured out that everybody in the world could fit inside Texas at the same density as New York City. In our opinion that just leaves a bunch of space!
KimC (too),
We have ended discussions that way in the past when it looks like they are going in unfruitful directions. Sometimes it’s a hard call, and sometimes we only continue because we feel that listeners can benefit from the discussion, even if the questioners themselves obviously don’t take scripture at face value.
Mama Bear,
I emailed you about this, but my answer to you included the Texas and NYC comparison too - I did the math and posted about this a while back too, so Ashley’s info is corroborated by two people.
Oooo, I was wondering if the Duggars would have more (LOL!). Well, I guess I knew they would. haha. I love that family.
I have never heard of blanket training but it sounds right to me! Those of us who “get it” know that it’s not just about the blanket but about lovingly training and correcting our children in all parts of life. A lot better than play pens or play yards and listen to this: My husband’s grandmother told me she used to tie her babies’ shoestrings to the crib so they wouldn’t climb out while she was out in the yard hanging laundry!!
I think the Duggars are a lovely family and yours is as well.
KimC, I wanted to alert you to this documentary, and also Mama Bear. I don’t know why I didn’t even think of it! I’ve been waiting for over a month for dh’s okay to get a copy. The trailer that you can watch on this site (there is a bar on the right side of the page) is a beautiful, scary look at the REAL “numbers” in the world.
http://www.demographicwinter.com
Blessings,
Ashley
Ashley, we purchased Demographic Winter…it’s well worth it…and fascinating, in a sobering sort of way!
YAY Duggars! Congratulations to their family!