Re: Bye Bye Discovery Health Originally Posted by Dixiecup 
Really, I think it's just selfish on the part of the parents. How could you even buy them all a new pair of shoes? I don't see how one of them could ever feel special. If I was one of those kids, I'd feel very resentful. But, that's just my opinion!
Totally OT from the thread ...
I know nothing of the Duggars other than the fact that they are a family of 18. Unusual in this country, and so they are a media curiousity.
But having children is not about buying them new things, and there is no reason that any Duggar child should feel any less special than, for example, my child, who is an only child.
We are so materially-focused in this country.
I am close to a teenage girl who was adopted from an overseas orphanage. She was adopted at the age of 10, old enough to understand that she is "lucky" in the sense of now being blessed with a supportive loving family. But her self-esteem is not any higher now that she is the only child of adoptive parents with her own room and her own possessions than it was when she lived in a group setting where the few toys and educational materials were all shared, as was most clothing.
It should be renamed The Multiple Pregnancy Channel.
I understand they are all home schooled. How do they plan to send all those children to college. Are they going to open their own university next?
Seriously though, people used to have very large families before the days of birth control, and I'm not sure kids really felt resentful over it. Nowadays, we tend to assume birth control is something everyone uses rather than acknowledging that it is optional. Some people still choose large families for varying reasons. It's not for me personally, but I don't want to judge those who do. 
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