Give me a D Give me a U Give me a G Give me a G Give me an A Give me a R Give me a S What's that spell? What's that spell? Duggars!!!!! They have their own cheerleading squad, but, what the heck, I feel like cheering for them. :) I still think that what is displayed is phony, it seems too sugar coated. When one watches the other featured large families, most of them show some degree of frustration levels, poop, and the toils of parenting, unlike what is viewed on the Duggars, which glorifies mass procreation. I think a balance is needed. John and Kate Plus 8, whose family is my favourite, mainly because you can see that having a large family (or even a small one), is not a piece of cake. These parents are involved, and loving, (just as the Duggars), but it also depicts the moments when they want to pull out their hair. I love the fact that Kate, is controlling, and John is easy going. Yet, with their differences, they manage to parent well, and effectively, they balance each other out. They both are actively involved in child rearing. The other show on TLC, showed a large family (twelve children) that went "plain", and again, they were natural, it showed the family working together, the frustrations, but also the genuine enjoyment of living in a large family, and how they band together to make things work. Opening up a store, or how the husband made a boo boo with his carpentry skills, made the documentary much more believable, and again, balanced the drawbacks with the benefits of large family living. The mother was a hoot, and was grounded. Their animals were darling, and the children seemed well adjusted, not merely little robots. So, in retrospect, these families which are depicted on television, for all to see, I think the more natural viewpoint, in my opinion is the best. Maybe the Duggars do have a perfect life, but I highly doubt it. I am sure that behind the scenes there have been issues, but why not make these issues part of the whole? Especially, that they are shows that are available for all to watch, to just get a view through rose coloured glasses perverts what is really there.