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Jessa, Ben and Their Brood: Making a (Diaper) Mountain out of a Mold House

Chris Knight

By Chris Knight
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Zella

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21 minutes ago, emmawoodhouse said:

Hey, I found the AR game on the $EC Channel!

eta: It got pretty wild at the end, but Arkansas held on to win!

I've been afraid to watch their games for years and just opt for checking news updates every Saturday. LOL Maybe they finally are on the upswing. 

Cropped for privacy but this FB post from that was making the rounds in Arkansas last year sort of sums up how I've felt about the Hogs for awhile.

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Joking about the Hogs aside, I wonder if Ben spends time thinking about how different his life had been if rather than getting married to a Duggar daughter at 19, he had gone to the U of A and gotten a degree. 

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Joan of Argh

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49 minutes ago, ozziemom said:

Why don’t they just get a TV? 

I know that some kids watch way too much TV but no TV at All is so extreme.

It's not that difficult to monitor the TV watching especially when kids are young and there's a lot of good programs for children, nature shows, learning shows like Sesame Street, Disney's has a lot of good programs for children.... I can't imagine how desperate poor little Spurgeon is for something interesting that he'll sit up watching sports on a little laptop.

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If Henry was put down, they might not have been sitting right there very long.  Most likely they started out with it on the dining room table and moved to the couch to get the kids more relaxed for bed.

 

Also, I put my laptop on my lap, on a pillow all the time.  At least for a short period of time anyway.  I sometimes wish I could still do that, but this computer is a bit more unwieldy.  

Churchhoney

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10 minutes ago, madpsych78 said:

I'm not a parent, so I don't know...but it is strange that Henry was put down before Ivy? You would think the youngest would be put down first and the oldest would be put down last.

I get the impression they put Henry to bed because he fell asleep. Personally, I would have done my utmost to put Ivy to bed also after that happened (because she clearly seems to be up past her time now) and left Spurge to enjoy being the big kid on his own.

But maybe they tried that....and... I don't know...Ivy had such a fit that Bin and Spurge couldn't even watch the game or something....Who knows.....

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18 minutes ago, madpsych78 said:

I'm not a parent, so I don't know...but it is strange that Henry was put down before Ivy? You would think the youngest would be put down first and the oldest would be put down last.

i have 4 grands and the 18mo old is the last to go to bed because she is the only one who still takes naps during the day and the only one who doesn't need to get up at 7am for virtual school.

I too, thought Henry was tired and just fell asleep. maybe football bores him or he gets up super early, so gets tired earlier. we have 1 grand who is awake every morning at 6 am.

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13 hours ago, ozziemom said:

Why don’t they just get a TV? 

It's all about the brand..."Look! We don't have a TV!"

 

56 minutes ago, Churchhoney said:

I get the impression they put Henry to bed because he fell asleep.

Maybe Henry didn't want to spend time in his place of birth. Ick. That couch.

 

Has Jessa been spotted in her Old Navy Medium Tall swing dresses yet?

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Chicklet

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2 hours ago, ouinason said:

Also, I put my laptop on my lap, on a pillow all the time.  At least for a short period of time anyway.  I sometimes wish I could still do that, but this computer is a bit more unwieldy.  

Part of my job is IT, you shouldn't put your laptop on a pillow, it blocks the fan airflow and it can cause your laptop to overheat. Overheated laptop is a dead laptop. Handy hint.

And Ben doesn't care because he can just buy a new one with all the money they have, right?

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BigBingerBro

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In defense of the laptop on a pillow thing, I also have a Macbook Air and they are so lightweight and rarely get super hot, especially if you're just streaming a video.

Also, I have a feeling they don't "put down" their kids.  I suspect they drop off whenever and then are carried to the bedroom.  

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8 minutes ago, BigBingerBro said:

In defense of the laptop on a pillow thing, I also have a Macbook Air and they are so lightweight and rarely get super hot, especially if you're just streaming a video.

Also, I have a feeling they don't "put down" their kids.  I suspect they drop off whenever and then are carried to the bedroom.  

No, Jessa showed us what they do before bedtime. Ben wrestles with them to get their energy out so that they'll be all tired by the time they go to sleep!

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1 hour ago, Nysha said:

The kids don't have school and Jessa wasn't raised with a schedule, plus they spend a lot of time at the big house, so bedtime & nap time is probably whenever & wherever the kids fall asleep. 

That is two areas where their cousins, Israel and Sam, are way ahead of them. I really wonder what effect living in the real world will have on their relationships.

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1 hour ago, Temperance said:

She was doing that before, but then it turned out she wasn't pregnant. She probably is pregnant, because Ivy is 16 months. 

Yes, it seems this is one of the games Jessa plays. She stops posting pictures of herself to encourage speculation of a pregnancy and gain hits on her SM. 

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Temperance

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On 10/3/2020 at 3:04 PM, Temperance said:

I love Starbucks cake pops in their various flavors including the one Henry got. 

Apparently lots of fundie love Starbucks cake pops. Carlin is biting into one in a photo on Bates girls boutique. Carlin and the cake pop

 

There are two photos. Be sure to see the second one. 

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Nysha

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3 hours ago, ouinason said:

Henry doesn't GAF, Ivy is petrified she's going to fall off, Spurgie is waiting for his close up.  Little poser.

Spurgeon doesn't have the cognitive abilities to be a poser. He's four and the only positive attention he gets is when he shines for the camera, so of course he is going to put on his best happy face when he sees it. It's a damn shame that these are the skills Jessa and Ben are actively promoting, but it's not his fault his parents suck.

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25 minutes ago, Temperance said:

Apparently lots of fundie love Starbucks cake pops. Carlin is biting into one in a photo on Bates girls boutique. Carlin and the cake pop

 

There are two photos. Be sure to the second one. 

I didn’t think Bateseses  would be allowed to do soft core porno

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Churchhoney

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6 hours ago, Nysha said:

Spurgeon doesn't have the cognitive abilities to be a poser. He's four and the only positive attention he gets is when he shines for the camera, so of course he is going to put on his best happy face when he sees it. It's a damn shame that these are the skills Jessa and Ben are actively promoting, but it's not his fault his parents suck.

Exactly. It's depressing as heck to see them constantly molding him in this way. And the fact that he's probably not going to get any other significant influences for a long long time, if ever, makes it even worse. But Jessa sees her livelihood depending on the kids performing for the camera. Another example of how being handed fame for fame's sake can really make things worse for people.

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8 hours ago, Temperance said:

Apparently lots of fundie love Starbucks

Fundies are very quick to go on the warpath against any business or institution that doesn't align with their values. And yet Starbucks, which is one of the most liberal businesses out there, seems to get a free pass. Starbucks publicly endorses liberal candidates (including Hillary Clinton), is a huge supporter of gay rights, has instituted a program to hire and train refugees and its CEO has publicly told conservatives that if they don't like it, they can take their business elsewhere. And worst of all, each year they wage war on Christmas by refusing to put the baby Jesus on their coffee cups. But their cake pops are so delicious! And Michelle Duggar, who lost her shit when the local convenience store sold beer, wouldn't dream of giving up her daily latte.

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ouinason

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14 hours ago, Nysha said:

Spurgeon doesn't have the cognitive abilities to be a poser.

I do not know what this means.  I didn't think there was a cognitive factor in posing for pictures. 

Spurgeon poses constantly, and his siblings have so far shown that sometimes they are just not into it.  My niece got to about 4 before the constant picture taking and "smile, come on look at me, smile" became too much and she started to vocally oppose having her picture taken.  Her cousin has never minded.  They are both 10 now and one still hates it and the other still doesn't care.  Kids are different.  I really hope that Jessa's kids are allowed to be themselves and that they aren't forced to follow Spurgeon's lead.

 

ETA:  My niece was in a very uncommon situation with picture taking.  Her aunt has mental and physical handicaps and copied all the gushing picture taking that happened when the child was an infant and toddler and was extremely pushy and demanding that she get millions of pictures on a daily basis.  They lived together and it became a source of stress for the little girl who wasn't old enough to understand why her aunt was constantly in her face with an ipad and demanding smiles and poses.  I mention this not because it's comparable with Spurge and his mom, but only to explain that the poor kid wasn't being exploited or something.

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CouchTater

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3 minutes ago, ouinason said:

I do not know what this means.  I didn't think there was a cognitive factor in posing for pictures. 

Spurgeon poses constantly, and his siblings have so far shown that sometimes they are just not into it.  My niece got to about 4 before the constant picture taking and "smile, come on look at me, smile" became too much and she started to vocally oppose having her picture taken.  Her cousin has never minded.  They are both 10 now and one still hates it and the other still doesn't care.  Kids are different.  I really hope that Jessa's kids are allowed to be themselves and that they aren't forced to follow Spurgeon's lead.

I think @Nysha was referring to a poser/poseur in this sense:

a person who acts in an affected manner in order to impress others..

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Nysha

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1 hour ago, CouchTater said:

I think @Nysha was referring to a poser/poseur in this sense:

a person who acts in an affected manner in order to impress others..

Yes, I've never heard/read poser being used in the literal sense of someone who poses. It's always been used to negatively describe someone who isn't authentic yet deliberately tries to pose so he/she looks authentic. Kind of like the majority of the pictures Jeremy & Jinger post of their perfect big-city christian life. 

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