10. Every Duggar family member must have a name starting with J

Via: Duggar Family Blog

This family tradition started after Michelle and Jim Bob gave their first three children names starting with the letter J. They fell in love with this pattern and as a result, all their 19 kids have a name starting with J.

Now, before we find ourselves discussing how they might name everyone with a J because of Jesus, you must know that the kids seem to like this pattern. Apart from quizzing visitors to say all their names whenever they visited, word has it that Ben Seewald, Jessa’s husband, had to endure minutes of quizzing every time he popped up at the Duggars. Luckily for him, he managed to remember all the children’s names.

9. They do homeschooling

Via: Huffington Post

Jim Bob and Michelle have been having a hard time getting their kids to go to public or private schools and mingle with the other students, because they fear they might get “contaminated by the world”. As a result, all their children are homeschooled.

Michelle apparently is a trained teacher thus all her children pass through her for GED. When it comes to college, the children only do online schooling. The problem with their scheme however is the horrible amount of discrimination against the girls in the family. Most girls don’t make it through college, because according to the Duggars, girls are only baby making machines.

8. Bikinis are banned at the beach or swimming pool

Via: iflmylife and Duggar Family Blog

It doesn’t matter where you are going or what activity you are doing, modesty in the Duggar family is a rule that must be followed to the letter. This is exactly what explains why any female Duggar family member would be found in the swimming pool wearing a dress.

According to them, current swimsuits are too revealing and a source of unholy temptations. The girls prefer to be covered neck to knees while taking a dive, and above that, the boys are not allowed to frequent the beach. Their parents apparently fear that half naked women strolling in the beach would lead their boys to sin.