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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get that college isn't for everyone.  But with 19 kids, surely one or two would be interested in college.  And the girls waitressing in Canada?  Really? I've waited tables, and yes, it was a great life experience, but hardly a long-term career choice unless you are going to climb the ladder to a high-end establishment.  That serves alcohol.  It also requires a certain amount of sophistication and experience in fine dining and cuisine.  Yes they could learn, but going from tater tot casseroles to a red-wine reductions?

And even a basic trade (besides the stuff that their dad teaches them) requires some sort of training.  Auto repair requires an understanding of computers and engineering, etc.  So unless you are talking about a minimum wage gig like flipping burgers or pumping gas, they aren't educated or experienced to compete in today's job market.  And how would you support yourself on minimum wage?  Good luck with that.  And apprenticeships are a viable option, but as in internships, in requires some sort of income to live on while you are training.  Not to mention that the economy hasn't quite recovered, so the construction industry is probably glutted with willing workers or would-be apprenticeships.  It's pretty tough to make a living wage in this country without some sort of higher education, whether it be college or trade school.  And while they all have their GEDs, it's a competitive world out there, and just getting into college would be tough.  (then there's the whole bible-based education thing - you know - the rejection of science and all -  but that's another topic).

[b]I'm just advocating (and yes, judging!) that every young person deserves the right to make their own choices in life, and the Duggars have robbed their 19 children of that right in the name of the belief system that THEY chose, and chose to impose on their children.[/b]  Yes, if one or more of the kids were very determined, they could leave.  But that is fairly unrealistic, given the cultish nature of the family:

"Cults are designed to keep a clear separation between those inside and outside. The more faithful a follower, the more reliant the person is on the group. It becomes everything--family, friends, church, home, work, dwelling, community. Extracting oneself from that after decades is difficult, and sometimes impossible. It is both terrifying and isolating." 
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2009/04/generation_cult.html

Again, child abuse.[/quote]

And you haven't done the same? You haven't imposed a belief system that your kids will go to college? Do your kids really have freedom and the right to make any choice in life they want and you support that? You are perfectly fine with them wanting to wait tables and fix cars rather than going to college? There are many people who wait tables for a living and who work in car lots for many reasons. You may see all people who aren't college educated as oppressed losers but for many people that is where life took them for many reasons. [/quote]

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