The big picture
- Jessa Seewald praises her mom on Mother's Day, but she disagrees with Michelle Duggar's parenting style.
- Seewald defends her parenting decisions, stating that she doesn't follow her mother's buddy system for older siblings raising younger ones.
- Responses to Seewald's post included criticism of Michelle Duggar's parenting and the Duggar family dynamic, highlighting a divide in fan opinion.
Jessa Seewald he has not always had the best relationship with his family. Becoming famous as one of the Duggar children 19 Children and countingSeewald is doing her own thing when it comes to her kids, but she still used Mother's Day to talk about her own mom and share love for Michelle Duggar in a Facebook publish online Responses to the post weren't entirely positive, but many fans criticized Duggar's parenting style and called out her son, Josh Duggarwho is currently in prison for one count of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.
Comments on Seewald's post included things like “Didn't your mother take in a child abuser? Not exactly a shining example” and when someone wrote “Your mother was a terrible example [of motherhood],” Seewald jumped to Duggar's defense and pushed back at the commenter. “I beg to differ,” Seewald wrote in response. “She is the most godly woman I know. I have never met a more patient, kind or genuinely loving human being.”
Bright Happy People: Secrets of the Duggar Family
- Publication date
- June 2, 2023
- chastity
- Jill Duggar, Josh Duggar, Jim Bob Duggar, Michelle Duggar
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Jessa is not repeating mom's parenting style
Seewald went further and wrote about how much she loved her mother and how she hopes her own children look up to her as she raises five children with her husband. Ben Seewald. “I love her more than any other woman I know, and I only hope I can be half the mother to my own children that she was to me,” Seewald wrote. This does not mean that he agrees with his mother's parenting style.
In the show, fans criticized the Duggar family for how they had their older children helping raise the younger ones. Calling it a friend, older siblings often took care of the younger kids and made sure they did their homework, ate, brushed their teeth, and really those were things that parents usually check on their kids. When Seewald posted a photo of her children together, many wondered if she was doing the same friend system with her five children, but she dismissed the idea.
“Did you have younger siblings and if so, did you ever want them? George's siblings are not his mother and I am not giving them any maternal responsibilities that are mine.” Seewald responded to the concern. So while she praised Duggar for what she was like as a mother, it doesn't seem like Seewald is doing the same. Bright Happy People: Secrets of the Duggar Family is available for streaming on Prime Video. Watch on Prime Video
