Multi-kid Reality Shows!? Enough, please!

Okay, so at first it was intriguing. Went from twins and then BOOM! -- sextuplets. You had a mild-mannered husband, and a somewhat control-freak wife, trying to work together to raise 8 kids. It's a good reality-show concept, and it seemed the cast was not over-the-edge...yet.

All of the viewers were watching how TLC exposed the weird behaviors and 'preferences' Kate had with everyday life -- cameras allowed almost everywhere except the kitchen, extreme critiquing of house cleaners they've tried to hire, no feet on pillows? On top of this, her directive behavior towards her husband, who was pretty much just doing what he was told. From the looks he gave the camera on their husband+wife interviews, almost anyone could tell that he had little or no control or content into their family.

Things start escalating from there -- for both good and, obviously, bad. They move out of their house and into a bigger and better one. They start taking more vacations to other places (mostly thanks to venues giving them complementary accommodations), and it seemed like Jon no longer was working from home. Jon and Kate both got surgical procedures done to improve their appearance (Kate got a tummy tuck, Jon got hair treatments). Life seemed to be going in the right direction, from a material perspective.

Presently, we all now know that it went from this apex of good things happening for the couple and their family, to inflamed tensions leading to divorce and Jon seeking other women. All of the viewers were seeing just a portion of what this family has been going through, yet the media is still making a big deal about the show's cancellation. Why?

It doesn't stop there. The Duggars? 18 kids (+1 more coming)? All of these kids because of some interpretation in the bible? Nothing but skirts because of some line in the bible interpreted to the effect of not showing your thighs? Dress that way because you do not want to put naughty thoughts into other people's minds because of the way you dress?

Don't get me wrong -- I have nothing but respect for the Duggars. They have an extremely solid foundation on family life, and they have mostly good ideals and practices for their families. But there are some things that just make me want to find a way to prove them wrong. For instance --

Why do you leave it up to God to say when you will stop having kids? Is this same mentality done when you choose your breakfast? Do you ever think that God gave you a right to choose things for a reason? If you start giving me that 'we made this decision -- it's our own personal affirmation', then say you made that decision instead of moving the accountability to God. I'm sure there are stories in the bible to the effect of having several kids, but these events occured in a time where procreation was done to support a family for living and for protection -- those days were full of war and malice, and law enforcement was nowhere near where it is now. Times do change -- chisel that in your stone tablet if you still want to live out ancient interpretations.

More on this later.