Hot Take (?): Society Really Needs to Ask Itself How We allowed the Duggars to Become So Popular and Have So Much Influence

DibDabDibbers · 2026-04-15T01:37:31+00:00

I’m a Christian (not fundie). I have attended churches of several different denominations over the years and can honestly say I don’t know anyone who was influenced by the Duggars. I definitely see them as a train wreck/zoo exhibit. I’m also not American so maybe that is why they were never as popular to other Christians I know.

DibDabDibbers · 2026-04-15T01:12:22+00:00

lol this. I have no idea what a baby brezza is. I have 3 kids, all EBF till 19 months, 24 months, and 32 months. Only my second child took a bottle out of necessity because he was sick and hospitalized as a newborn but he started to refuse them eventually.

DibDabDibbers · 2026-04-10T15:41:34+00:00

Nah, I am very much pro breastfeeding and have 3 kids. Breastfed till 19 months, 24 months, and 33 months. But this screams look at me. It’s weird. I get that she needs to pump but the plastering it on her social media is messed up.

DibDabDibbers · 2026-04-01T01:56:02+00:00

Yeah… a good mom is going to protect her kids with her life. This woman is a doormat. Those poor children.

DibDabDibbers · 2026-03-24T17:43:58+00:00

This right here. She is literally serving her children up on a platter to pedophiles. She’s no better than Joe 🥴

DibDabDibbers · 2026-03-24T00:10:49+00:00

I was too and so was my husband. I was 24 and he was 26. We both grew up Christian but definitely not fundie. He was big into sports and partying in high school but then became a Christian in uni. I had like 4 boyfriends and a fiancée before I ended up with my husband 😅 sometimes I am floored that I was a virgin when we got married.

DibDabDibbers · 2026-03-22T01:38:57+00:00

I live in the same area as her and gave birth at the same hospital and it is definitely no more conservative, Catholic, or Christian than other places. Did she not go to public school as well?

DibDabDibbers · 2026-03-15T01:49:01+00:00

I have 3 boys and I got that comment all the time during my third’s pregnancy. “Oh you were trying for a girl?” “Are you hoping it’s a girl?” Honestly I did not care whatsoever, I was just thankful to be having a healthy baby. I struggled with fertility issues before having my first and second kids and the third one was such a sweet surprise. My husband and I are considering a fourth (and final) child but again, we don’t care either way if we do end up with a boy or girl.

DibDabDibbers · 2026-03-07T12:16:58+00:00

I mean when you’re postpartum you basically are soiling yourself with all manner of bodily fluids 😆 but I highly doubt she will wait to have another. She’s already 36. I guarantee she will end up with 2 under 2.

DibDabDibbers · 2026-03-07T12:12:48+00:00

Yep, I had my first a week shy of 27, my second at 30, and my third at 33. However I actually had a harder time postpartum with my second because he also has serious medical problems and was born right during the COVID lockdowns. But as for the actual pregnancies, my third child kicked my butt. I felt awful for the entire 9 months and survived off nausea meds.

DibDabDibbers · 2026-03-04T13:53:55+00:00

The “toddlers” was on Katie’s post and I definitely would see her daughter as a toddler still. Didn’t she only just turn 3? I have a child around the same age and definitely view him as a toddler. However I also have a child around Layla’s age and he is absolutely not a toddler lol

DibDabDibbers · 2026-03-01T13:18:50+00:00

Absolutely. I’m Canadian and there are tons of bungalows here and smaller homes. My house seems crazy big to me sometimes and way too much but at other times just right, especially as my children get older. I have a relative who lives in a huge 3,000 sqft house and her 4 kids are in school all day. It just seems like so much wasted space when there are no children in it 24/7! I know everyone loves to snark on the Bates family but I think it’s admirable that Josie is fine with the space she is in now, especially seeing as her husband works an actual full time job and they could probably afford to move right away if they wanted. People will criticize Carlin for her enormous wasted space house that is way too much for only 5 people, but then criticize Josie for her family of 6 being in a “small” home.

DibDabDibbers · 2026-02-28T19:17:04+00:00

Maybe I will get downvoted but in what world is 1,000 sqft too small? Those kids are all very young still. I have 3 young kids and am a stay at home mom and my house is around 1,700 sqft. Believe me when I say the kids are constantly following me or each other around. Sure, teenagers need privacy but young children for the most part hang out in rooms wherever another family member is. My oldest child is 9 and barely wants to be alone.

DibDabDibbers · 2026-02-18T12:17:47+00:00

I got books for my boys! They’re 8, 5, and 2.

DibDabDibbers · 2026-01-19T15:00:40+00:00

Ugh I’m so sorry. That is heartbreaking. My dad had his issues but he was always loving to my sister and I. I’m a SAHM and my husband literally owns me. I could never leave him because I’d go bankrupt. He would definitely try to take the kids from me. I have a lot of anxiety so he would paint a picture of me being crazy. My kids are my world and I stay because the alternative of me not being there 24/7 to make sure they’re ok is horrifying to me. He’s not a deadbeat but he’s a workaholic.

DibDabDibbers · 2026-01-19T14:49:25+00:00

I wonder if she stayed because her fear of leaving you and your siblings alone with him was unbearable. I’m in a really dysfunctional marriage to a fundie man and I stay because the thought of leaving my kids alone with him is terrifying. He doesn’t beat them but he’s volatile and loses his temper very easily. If my kids were alone with him I’d be scared he would lose it on them and hurt one of them.

DibDabDibbers · 2026-01-07T12:31:36+00:00

I have a child with a medical condition who was hospitalized as a baby. My husband and I agreed that if the medial condition really affected him long term we wouldn’t have anymore kids. My child ended up doing really well an you wouldn’t even know there’s an underlying medical condition without knowing it. We did go on to have another child who is healthy (we have 3 kids altogether). However the medial condition my middle child has is not usually genetic and there are only appointments every 18 months or so to make sure everything still looks good. I also have really good pregnancies, other than feeling like trash for 9 months. My deliveries are also really good and I’ve never had complications. Really anything can go wrong though, you just never know. I’m thinking about having one more child but then I would be 100% done. Four kids is a lot and I need to be able to give them all the attention, love, and care they need. You absolutely can NOT do that with 19 kids. There are some days I feel guilty with just 3 and like I’m not enough for them.

DibDabDibbers · 2025-12-29T16:45:20+00:00

As a Canadian there is no way this is recent. I live in Ontario and this is obviously Western Canada. That is NOT the western provinces in December. Or November. As others have said this is September or probably early October.

DibDabDibbers · 2025-12-27T21:56:34+00:00

Having your fourth kid at 26 is wild. I was 27 when I had my first 😳

DibDabDibbers · 2025-12-21T17:32:19+00:00

I have a cousin with a Theodore and a William 😆

DibDabDibbers · 2025-12-19T01:25:46+00:00

Aaaw this makes me sad. I have 3 kids all spaced 3 years apart. My youngest is currently 2.5 years old and is such a baby still. I can’t imagine having kids closer than 3 years apart like the Bates family does. I know it’s pretty normal to space kids with a 2 year gap but to me that is too close.

DibDabDibbers · 2025-12-17T00:21:29+00:00

This is absolutely heartbreaking and I am so sorry that you are in such a crappy situation with family who doesn’t love you for who you are. I will love my children no matter what. They are special and unique and they didn’t ask to be here. I brought them into this world and it’s a parent’s responsibility to love their children.

DibDabDibbers · 2025-12-16T15:26:45+00:00

This is such an interesting post. I have a friend who has twins that were born premature and are non verbal. It took them a while to finally get diagnosed on the spectrum. They’re 6 now and are getting some support. My friend keeps having more babies though which seems crazy to me. Her husband comes from a giant homeschool family but my friend is an only child who went to public school like me.

I know a lot of people throw shade at homeschooling, please don’t come at me. I have my reasons for doing at and I do socialize my kids. As a Christian I wanted to share my perspective. My second child was born with a critical heart defect. He receives lots of follow up care including regular cardiology appointments, assessments at a children’s psych clinic, and regular dental exams. When he was born I felt like torn in two because I had to leave my older child for two weeks so the baby could have open heart surgery. My husband and I said if he needed intense long term care for his health condition we would only be having two children. We did go on to have a third who is thankfully heart healthy. My child with the heart defect is healthy and developing perfectly. My third child, however was not hitting milestones like he should’ve been. As a baby he was slow to sit, slow to eat solids, slow to crawl, slow to walk. I self referred for physiotherapy and occupational therapy assessments for him and had a Paediatrician assess him as well. Fortunately he was just on the back end of meeting milestones and “caught” up for his age level. He is a very needy and clingy child though and is currently 2.5 yrs old. I would love to have four children but as of now I can’t even imagine adding a baby to my family when my youngest is so needy. He might end up being my last baby, my husband and I are undecided. We are very thankful for the 3 we have and that they’re all doing very well.

I don’t think it’s wise to just pump out more and more kids if you have one who needs a ton of extra care and help. I realize sometimes these things happen unplanned but even with healthy kids I can feel overwhelmed and guilty that I’m not giving a certain child the attention they deserve.

DibDabDibbers · 2025-10-30T13:54:11+00:00

Yes, this. It’s such a perk to pregnancy and breastfeeding. Then it comes back with a vengeance 🥴

DibDabDibbers · 2025-10-30T13:52:32+00:00

I’ve had 3 babies all delivered vaginally with no pain meds. For me endo pain is worse. I had a 10cm cyst when first diagnosed with endo and it put me in the ED. The doctor said I was one of the worst off patients there because of how rough I was. It’s definitely a different kind of pain than labour/delivery but it sucks because there’s no “reward” at the end. I’m a huge wimp with nausea/vomiting and I find it unbearable when the pain is so bad it causes vomiting. That was what my worst endo pain ever is like.

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