The Duggar family pregnant with baby number 19....yes, I said 19.

I think that as long as the kids are happy and healthy and provided for it shouldn't be an issue. I haven't seen much of their story but I have heard of them. Does she make the older ones take care of the younger ones, or do they just do it to help out? It's not a bad thing if they help raise the younger ones as long as they are free to live their lives too. Like I said, I haven't seen much about them so I don't know how their family works. Didn't they have a tv show too about their family?

The older ones raise the younger ones basically.... These people are amazing that they can handle a family of that size, but, will it ever stop?.

But IS IT really all that amazing since the older ones ARE raising the younger ones? thats just SO WRONG IMO...If a couple (or single for that matter) is goin to have children then as far as I'm concerned that child or those children are YOUR responsiblity..NOT the responsibility of the older siblings....

and the gods forbid if something tragic were to happen ot the parents and they both die...then what happens to all those kids? You think they'd be fostered or adopted out as a group?? HELL NO..they'd get split up....

I'd love to have a large family (I wanted to adopt 12 kids of varying ages etc before having my own but then lowered it to 10 after my kids were born LOL) but I'd have been finacially able and physically strong, sound enough to manage it and if I needed help i'd hire someone yes but I wouldnt do it and pawn the little ones off my older kids etc..thats just so wrong to me...

and I personally think that if you want a family that size..ADOPT!!!!!! there are SO MANY children out there that have no family...if you can afford to have that many kids then bring the less fortunate ones into your home rather than continuously having your own ya know..

Well, I wouldn't want to have that many children. I'm not even certain I want to have one. But I agree with Ravinskye, if the children are healthy, happy and provided for, then I don't see any problem. The problem, in my opinion, is with people who don't have the means to support their children continuing to procreate.

Hi! I feel that it is up to them when they wantto stop having children. If the children are being taken care of, then i don't feel it is my place to tell them what they can or cannot do with their lives. These children seem healthy and happy so who am i to pass judgement on their choice of how many children they want to have. I say more power to them. And Congratulations!

This is absolutely ridiculous!!! I agree with you one hundred percent, the parents are doing their children a disservice. Besides when these babies are teenagers and need their parents where will they be? I hope still in the house in a rocking chair so they can at least give verbal parenting advice and not six feet under.

Hi there bonbon664

19? Wow that is a lot huh? You know I don't see the problem with having that many kids, it must be so nice to have a big family but it is the older kids I do feel sorry for. I have only 3 kids myself and occassionally I ask my eldest to go and get something for me or do something for me. If he says no because he is doing something then I don't have a problem with that because at the end of the day he is my son not my skivvy. Obviously there are some chores I demand that he does but those are like tidying his room, things that are for him and he should do. I can only see the older kids of this family helping the younger ones, they would have to, the mother couldn't possibly do it by herself. Imagine the amount of gifts at Christmas time and at least twice a month there has to be a birthday!!

I think it is amazing for any woman to produce so many kids and still going on. She is like a factory for babies. If they have the capabilities to feed them and give them proper education there shouldn't be any problem. It is a blessing to have many children as not many women are as fertile as this lady. Giving birth is not an easy task. Ask any women who has experienced labor and they will definitely think twice of having a second child. Giving birth is between life and death. There are many cases of death during delivery and this lady have no problems in producing. She should be awarded the guiness book of record as the most productive woman of the century.

I think it's a lot better than if everyone had 19 kids! Can you imagine the world population and horribly overcrowded situations in all aspects of life if we did???

Personally, I think the way you do. Those kids are not getting the individual attention they should be getting from their parents. Children should be allowed to be children and not raised as built-in babysitters or junior-parents-in-training.

I used to wonder how in the world they could afford so many children but have since learned about Jim Bob's many business dealings. All we can hope for is that they are all ethical businesses. Not much has been mentioned about them.

Also, having all those children is a business in itself. It seems that they are unable to help the general public because they are so busy raising all those children. I'd rather see them spending more money to help others in need but that's just the way I am. Obviously, they have other priorities.

There is also the risk she's taking of having a severely mentally handicapped child, now that she is over 40. The risk of having a Down's Syndrome child after 40 is too great a risk for me.

I have seen this show and although the older children help out with the younger kids they are not raising them, that is over stating at it's finest. As they can afford the kids they have, who are all well fed, clothed, home schooled and obviously not in need of love and attention why should there be a problem with them having more kids? What right do you or anyone else have to tell her she cannot? We are not communist China putting limitations on family size. She's 40 now how many more years can there be before she hits menopause anyway.

I really have no problem with them having another kid. Unlike many families, they are actually able to support their kids. My rule of thumb is, if you can support another kid and you want another child, then by all means go for it. If you can't support another child...DO NOT have another child until you can fully support them.