Last night I actually had control over the remote. I was flipping through and saw the beginning of the show 17 and Counting. Which is now 18 and Counting. The Duggar Family pisses me off and amazes me all at the same time.
I think it is great that the family is so traditional and stands up for their moral values. The episode that I was watching was about their oldest sons wedding. The new couple pledged not to be intimate until they were married. They didn't even kiss each other until they said "I do.". Hand holding and hugging is all they were allowed to do. I think it is great that they were able to make it that long without dry humping each other.
I just don't know if I would expect the same out of my own kids. Intimacy is such an important part of a relationship. I would hate for that to be a reason to end a marriage. Of course I don't want my kids whoring around, but I want them to be happy. Maybe I will change my mind once my girls get older but as for now I am all for premarital relations.
The part of the show that really pisses me off is listening to the parents whine about the older girls not being around of a few days. I don't think that it is fair to depend on your older children to raise your smaller children. What kind of a childhood is that? No wonder no of them want to have sex. Seems to me these parents are selling out their own kids in order to have even more kids and be on t.v. Someone is scanning the system.