Not that this is any of my business...

I really don't mind that the Duggar Family of Tontitown, Arkansas is expecting their 19th child.  Yes, I just said 19th (and unless you live under a rock I'm pretty sure you should be well aware of the grandiose size of their family).  Let's examine the facts, shall we?

They're really pro-life, which led them to be cool with however many kids they end up with.  None of the Duggar children have special needs.  The family has lived debt-free for quite some time, so they don't need any help from the Government.  Financially, they've been doing just fine even before television cameras decided they wanted to document parts of their lives.  Unlike some other shows about large families, I don't get the feeling that they are the kind of family that are into exploiting their kids.  Rather, it appears that they have chosen to do their television show mainly to share their beliefs and their lives with others out there, which is cool too.  It would seem that they are doing the television thing for all the right reasons, wouldn't it?  Michelle knows how to formulate a tight budget and stick to it, even making her own laundry detergent from a Borax base.

Plus, they really, genuinely like each other.  I mean have you ever seen such a happy family (especially one that big)?  They get along, aside from the occasional small squabble, and help one another.  While some might knock their "buddy system" (where the older siblings help care for the younger), I gave it some thought and really find it refreshing.  Let's compare, shall we?  Perhaps you have two kids, and both of the parents work, so the kids have to go to daycare or a babysitter (not that there is anything at all wrong with that).  Take into account the Duggars, where mom is at home with the kids, homeschooling, and the older siblings help take care of the younger.  While that might rub some people the wrong way, I have to say, at least they are all together and it's family caring for family.  In the end it seems to make them all much more tightly-knit, which is respectable.

Let's even look at their oldest, Josh, who just married Anna.  He started his own business, he's taking care of his wife and together they're looking forward to their first child.  So far, he seems pretty level-headed, and while that isn't a perfect indicator, it usually gives us a good idea what the others may be like when they themselves grow up.  

So many people seem to want to ask, "why?" when it comes to the size of their family and the approach they take to its size.  They aren't hurting anyone, they aren't getting in anyone else's way or prohibiting someone else's freedoms... so even if it's a life you can't quite understand, or not quite your personal cup of tea, why judge them?  When I think about the Duggars, I just have one question: why not?