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I Read ‘Growing Up Duggar’: Chapter 6 — Your Relationship With Culture
Get ready to learn more about the movies, music, and websites the Duggars love!
First, the Internet. “Mom reminds us that it is not a matter of if but when Satan will try to tempt us to read or look at something we shouldn’t” So, mom and “we older girls” have the passwords to all devices in the home. Boys can’t control themselves!
“Godly self-control helps you figure out what’s right,” according to the Duggars. An unfortunate picture of Josh and some other Duggar boys sitting at the computer follows. The girls say that Jim Bob often reminds them that one day they will be held accountable for everything have ever done in their lives. So yeah, Jesus is keeping a log of every nipple you’ve ever looked at online.
They also write about online flirtations, which are bad, as well as gossip. They say that chat rooms “might be better named bitter rooms.” Has anybody used a chat room since 2005?
Anyway, the ladies make fun of people nitpicking the lives of others. They try to pretend that everybody who has criticism is trying to make themselves better.
Jim Bob and Michelle were convicted not to have “broadcast television” in the home. (Again, four teenagers didn’t write this book.) They did get a TV at some point, and they were…