Growing Up Duggar: It's All About Relationships Author: | Language: English | ISBN:
B00I2VL58K | Format: PDF
Growing Up Duggar: It's All About Relationships Description
In a rare look inside America's favorite mega-sized family, the four eldest girls talk about their faith, their dreams for the future, and what it's like growing up a Duggar.
Airing weekly throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand, 19 Kids and Counting has made the huge Duggar family into a media phenomenon. The Duggar children are frequently asked, "Tell the truth; do you really agree with the lifestyle your parents have created for you?" Now, the four eldest Duggar girls-Jana, Jill, Jessa, and Jinger-open up about the blessings and advantages of living the Duggar lifestyle.
With a backdrop of the key relationships in their lives-relationship with self, parents, siblings, friends, boys, and God-the four Duggar girls open up about their own personal faith and convictions, boys, dating, manners, living in a large family, politics, and much more. You'll learn how the family navigates the difficult years between twelve and sixteen and what the girls look for in a man, all in a frank and fun audiobook that will inspire teens and adults alike. Including lighthearted stories about the younger kids' antics, Growing Up Duggar is a wise and entertaining trip into a family like no other.
- Audible Audio Edition
- Listening Length: 6 hours and 41 minutes
- Program Type: Audiobook
- Version: Unabridged
- Publisher: Brilliance Audio
- Audible.com Release Date: March 4, 2014
- Whispersync for Voice: Ready
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00I2VL58K
I bought this on kindle for my 11 year old as I figured she could surely come away with a few worthwhile words of wisdom from the Duggar girls. I have read both of the family's previous books, we watch the show, and I really appreciate many things I have garnered from Michelle and Bob in doing so. I almost gave the book to her without reading it myself beforehand, but for some reason I cracked into it first and I am glad I did. Although the premise of esteem and relationship building etc is very needed at a tween age, I felt some of the discussions on abortion and mentions of pornography also included were a little more mature of conversations than I wanted my daughter to run across in a book. Unfortunately they were mentioned enough that I felt it overshadowed the parts I would prefer her to focus on. As it's difficult to say, "hey I need you to skip these chapters", without opening the can of worms by explaining why, I am probably going to shelve this book for her until she is closer to 13-14. It is obvious, simply by their family structure that the Duggars are extremely anti-abortion, so I wish they could have left a lot of that out of the book if it was targeted to "girls". I really don't feel like my daughter needs a crash course on partial birth abortion which is also discussed in a few places. I wasn't expecting such a hot button topic to be a central theme of more than one chapter (if at all).
Without delving into which of their stances I personally agree or disagree with,I would like to mention the following: 1) this book goes far deeper into a politically charged realm than the books written by Michelle and Jim, 2) it definitively has a different "tone" than the other books.
I’ve never seen a Duggar TV show, read another Duggar book, nor anything else by the Duggars. So when I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review, I dived into reading with no previous opinions of the family.
The first thing I noticed was that even though the book is supposedly by four girls, it reads as if it was written by a single person. There is no difference in voice, expression, personality, or opinion. They even use the same odd clichés, such as “share our heart” (meaning to speak candidly). When I flipped to the Acknowledgments page, I discovered why. A writer named Charlie Richards is the actual author who penned the book after interviewing the young women.
This is not an insider’s look at a family of 19 and counting. Rather, it is a collection of events that happened while growing up, peppered with a whole lot of advice on how to be a good child and how to be a good parent. (Another indication that the book actually written by an older adult.)
The best audience for this book is teenage girls. They can glean wisdom from the Duggars, such as how to handle an annoying sibling, how to respectfully disagree with your parents, dealing with anger, managing peer pressure, forming opinions on opposite sex relationships, dressing modestly, and more.
A secondary audience is parents who can also pick up some good ideas. For example, on page 36-37 is a list of questions to ask your children in order to get them to open up and discuss life’s important issues. That alone could be worth the price of the book. Additionally, it might be helpful to read excerpts aloud to the family and then discuss your own responses to these situations.
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