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== List of children ==
== List of children ==


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Revision as of 20:24, 23 September 2008

"Duggar" redirects here. For Jim Bob Duggar's political career, see Jim Bob Duggar.

The Duggar family are an Arkansas family, headed by Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar, who have been repeatedly featured in the news and entertainment media for having seventeen children. The family has been filmed for Discovery Health Channel and The Learning Channel television.[1][2][3][4][5][6] On May 9, Michelle Duggar announced on the Today Show that she is pregnant with their 18th child and is due on New Years Day 2009.

List of children

The Duggars' ten sons and seven daughters (including two sets of fraternal twins: one boy/girl set and one boy/boy set),[7][8][9][10] all of whom have names which begin with the letter J,[7] are as follows:

Names Date of Birth Notes[11]
1 Joshua James (1988-03-03) March 3, 1988 (age 36) oldest child
2 Jana Marie (1990-01-12) January 12, 1990 (age 34) twin of John-David
3 John-David (1990-01-12) January 12, 1990 (age 34) twin of Jana
4 Jill Michelle (1991-05-17) May 17, 1991 (age 33)
5 Jessa Lauren November 4, 1992
6 Jinger Nicole December 21, 1993 pronounced like "Ginger"
7 Joseph Garrett January 20, 1995
8 Josiah Matthew August 28, 1996
9 Joy-Anna October 28, 1997
10 Jeremiah Robert December 30, 1998 twin of Jedidiah
11 Jedidiah Robert December 30, 1998 twin of Jeremiah
12 Jason Michael April 21, 2000
13 James Andrew July 7, 2001
14 Justin Samuel November 15, 2002
15 Jackson Levi May 23, 2004 birth featured on Discovery Health Channel special
16 Johannah Faith October 11, 2005 birth featured on Discovery Health Channel special
17 Jennifer Danielle August 2, 2007 birth featured on Discovery Health Channel special
18 Junborn due January 1, 2009 announced May 9, 2008

Family life

Jim Bob Duggar[12] and his wife Michelle,[13] who was named Young Mother of the Year in Arkansas in 2004,[14][15] are conservative Baptists[16] who endorse the Quiverfull movement and the teachings of Bill Gothard. Mr. Duggar is a former state legislator who served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1999 to 2002. He is now a real estate agent.[17][18]

Jim Bob Duggar and his wife report that their children are blessings from God, since his wife miscarried while on birth control and was able to conceive many more times once she stopped taking birth control.[19]

The Duggars live debt-free,[20][21] which Mr. Duggar has said is “the fruit of Jim Sammon's Financial Freedom Seminar” he attended years ago.

The Duggars raise their children using the buddy system, in which an older sibling helps with a younger sibling. The older buddy "will get the younger ones' meals."[22] According to Mrs. Duggar, "They help them with their little phonics lessons and games during the day and help them practice their music lessons. They will play with them or help them pick out the color of their outfit that they want to wear that day, and just all of those types of things."[23]

References

  1. ^ The Learning Channel (6 September 2004]). "14 Children and Pregnant Again!". {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ Home & Garden News (12 March 2006). "Dream Home for Family of 18 on Learning Channel".
  3. ^ The Learning Channel (15 March 2006). "Raising 16 Children" (html).
  4. ^ The Learning Channel (11 June 2006). "On the Road With 16 Children".
  5. ^ "The Duggars: Countdown to Baby 18". Discovery Health Channel.
  6. ^ Associated Press (2 August 2007). "Couple welcomes 17th child — and wants more". MSNBC. The Duggars have been featured on several programs on cable television's Discovery Health Network. The next special, the Duggar Family Album, is scheduled to air next month, Jim Bob Duggar said.
  7. ^ a b "And baby makes ... 18?". Associated Press. 14 October 2005.
  8. ^ Duggar Family at the Internet Movie Database.
  9. ^ Jim Bob Duggar (October 2006). "Duggar Family Portrait Gallery" (SWF file). JimBob.info website.
  10. ^ Associated Press (2 August 2007). "Duggars welcome 17th child". WMC-TV.
  11. ^ Discovery Health :: The Duggars
  12. ^ Jim Bob Duggar at IMDb.
  13. ^ Michelle Duggar at IMDb.
  14. ^ Melinda Murphy Interview with the Duggars (5 May 2004). "What a Mother!". The Early Show. Michelle Duggar just won the "Young Mother of the Year Award" in Arkansas, which is sponsored by American Mothers Incorporated. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ Associated Press (25 May 2004). "(The Duggar family with Governor Huckabee)". MSNBC. (Photo Caption) Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, far right, speaks with Michelle Duggar as the Duggar family poses for a photograph after Michelle was named Arkansas Young Mother of the Year on April 7 in Little Rock. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. ^ Carrie Renegers. "13 Children Add Up to Asset for Challenger. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (September 9, 1999) reprinted in Quiverfull website. Retrieved September 22, 2007.
  17. ^ Carrie Rengers (9 September 2001). "13 Children Add Up To Asset For Challenger". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  18. ^ Arnold Hamilton (19 December 2005). "For Arkansas family, 18's not a crowd". The Dallas Morning News. The Duggars are an anomaly, attracting worldwide media attention. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  19. ^ "Dugger Family About Us Page".
  20. ^ Prill Boyle. "Eating an Elephant". National Association of Baby Boomer Women.
  21. ^ Michelle Duggar (September 2003). "Raising 14 Kids". Parents Magazine.
  22. ^ See Ref 9 above http://www.quiverfull.com/articles.php/id20/
  23. ^ American MorningCNN October 15, 2005,http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0510/14/ltm.02.html

External links

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