19 kids too many.

The way I see it, 19 kids is 13 too many.

So, let's talk about this "18, 19 Kids and Counting" TV show.
19 kids??? Are they out of their homeschooling minds???? I don't know, but to me that just doesn't seem right.

Before I delve too deep into my personal opinion of this family, I have to briefly touch on the names....
Joshua James
Jana Marie
John-David
Jill Michelle
Jessa Lauren
Jinger Nicole(no, I'm not letting that one slide....)
Joseph Garret
Josiah Matthew
Joy-Anna
Jedidiah Robert
Jeremiah Robert
Jason Michael
James Andrew
Justin Samuel
Jackson Levi
Johannah Faith(note the similarity to her sister's name, "Joy-Anna")
Jennifer Danielle
Jordyn-Grace Makiya
Josie Brooklyn

Whew. I'm exhausted just typing that. Imagine what it'd be like giving birth to that!

Rule number 1: Don't have 19 kids.
Rule Number 2: If you're going to have 19 kids, branch out of the J's.

Why would you name all your kids with the same first letter? More importantly, why would you name your kid Jinger? Jessica was taken? It just doesn't seem right to name every single one of your kids with a name that starts with the letter J. Imagine how confusing that must get? Especially when Johannah gets in trouble for something Joy-Anna did.

And then comes the issue of homeschooling. Why on earth would you even attempt to homeschool that many children? Ship them off to public school and take a break!

Then there's the issue of making the older children play teacher to the younger children. You can call it a "buddy system" all you want, but I'm going to call it what it is. Babysitting. When do the older children have time to finish their school? Not only that, but they're responsible for occupying them and picking out their outfits. Sound like babysitting to you yet? I thought so.

Another thing I'd like to touch on is this: When you're children are having children, it's time for you to stop having children.

Life is a circle. Not a spiral.

Another thing I don't understand is why are the children only allowed very minimal TV and internet access and yet their allowed to have TV cameras following them around all the time? It doesn't quite make sense to me. Doesn't it seem slightly hypocritical to tell your children they can't watch TV, but they can be on TV? It's just a little weird.

You may be wondering why I have such strong opinions about their lifestyle choices. Well, to me, that just doesn't seem right. What happens when little Josie feels like Mommy is favoring Jackson, but Jackson is jealous that Jeremiah and Jedidiah are getting more attention because their twins? What happens when Jennifer starts following Joy-Anna around, but Joy-Anna just wants to be alone? What happens when the camera men keep calling Johanna by her annoyingly, similarly named sisters name?

If you ask me, and no one did, it just seems like a big set up for chaos.

It's almost as cruel as having only one child.

But that's just my opinion.