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Huge Families..The Duggars and The Bates...how do they do it?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 547368" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>They are far more than conservative southern baptist. They are members of the Quiverfull movement who believe that they are raising an army for God and reject any form of birth control to allow the largest possible families they can have.. They follow a man name Gothard who has very strict rules on gender roles, clothes, and reproductive rights. He forbids any form of birth control and would like to see that become the law of the land. You can google him to find out more.</p><p></p><p>The girls are basically slaves who raise their younger siblings and do all of the housework. They are raised with no options in life other than to wait for the man that Daddy picks for them so they can become wives and mothers of a large brood of children just like their mothers. They are not allowed to aspire to anything other the role of wife and mother. Oprah offered to fund the college educations for the four oldest Duggar girls and the Duggars turned them down. The parents thought that there was no need for higher education for girls since their roles are to be a "helpmeet' to their husbands who are the "headship" of the family.</p><p></p><p>Erin Bates has been allowed to take a few college music classes but she has to have a chaperone with her at all times even though it is at a very conservative fundamentalist college. The families that follow Gothard really don't believe in higher education for any of their children. The boys are encouraged to start businesses like car lots or towing businesses. I think they are afraid they will be exposed to the outside world and realize how much they are missing.</p><p></p><p>It's all very scary (although fascinating) when you look into it. I think it is a cult. </p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 547368, member: 1967"] They are far more than conservative southern baptist. They are members of the Quiverfull movement who believe that they are raising an army for God and reject any form of birth control to allow the largest possible families they can have.. They follow a man name Gothard who has very strict rules on gender roles, clothes, and reproductive rights. He forbids any form of birth control and would like to see that become the law of the land. You can google him to find out more. The girls are basically slaves who raise their younger siblings and do all of the housework. They are raised with no options in life other than to wait for the man that Daddy picks for them so they can become wives and mothers of a large brood of children just like their mothers. They are not allowed to aspire to anything other the role of wife and mother. Oprah offered to fund the college educations for the four oldest Duggar girls and the Duggars turned them down. The parents thought that there was no need for higher education for girls since their roles are to be a "helpmeet' to their husbands who are the "headship" of the family. Erin Bates has been allowed to take a few college music classes but she has to have a chaperone with her at all times even though it is at a very conservative fundamentalist college. The families that follow Gothard really don't believe in higher education for any of their children. The boys are encouraged to start businesses like car lots or towing businesses. I think they are afraid they will be exposed to the outside world and realize how much they are missing. It's all very scary (although fascinating) when you look into it. I think it is a cult. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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