Agree!
And the Kardasians and every other lowest common denominator type ‘reality’ show will roll on.
And people will watch the smut......and thank themselves lucky they got rid of the Duggars.
And when the reality show isn’t smutty enough, they can always go to Game of Thrones or Outlander for their jollies.
No one is excusing this young man, but what he did was done when he was 14!
Before you throw those stones, try to remember what you were doing....thinking....at 14.
I’m not aware that 14yr old boys becoming aroused by their 4yr old sisters is a ‘normal thing’.
This wasn’t ‘inappropriate behavior with a teen girl not related to him’. He fondled the four year old while she was in his lap being read to.
It sounds like you are trying.
Before you throw those stones, try to remember what you were doing....thinking....at 14.
I was no saint at 14. I also was not a sex offender/predator. 14-years-old - a freshman in high school - is well old enough to know this behavior is wrong & illegal.
I was not molesting children.
Granted, he was 14, but how many 14 year olds have a mind that wanders to "yeah, I'd like to grope my sisters while they're sleeping?" This wasn't like some kid copping a feel at summer camp. These were his sisters -- one of whom was friggin' FOUR YEARS OLD. He may have been reconciled to God, but his total sum of counseling and therapy was apparently three months of refurbishing a property. Spiritual healing is wonderful, and often miraculous, but I'm just going to say it would be a lot more believable if they were upfront. No one told them to put their lives on TV. Now it just seems like they were cynical exploiting their damaged daughters for filthy cash.
Its not so much the crime, but the coverup. The parents clearly were aware of it for some time before taking action. And in all of their public statements since, I’ve seen nothing about the welfare of the girls, just about the welfare of their son and how he’s attempted to make amends.
No one is excusing this young man, but what he did was done when he was 14!
Before you throw those stones, try to remember what you were doing....thinking....at 14.
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I can tell you for certain that at age 14 my moral compass included the certain knowledge that molesting my younger siblings was VERY wrong and inexcusable.
Perhaps that knowledge came later to you?
I wasn't a saint, but I wasn't thinking about fondling little girls at 14, especially those within the family.
I think people need to stop thinking about the image that the Duggars portrayed themselves as on TV and remember that it's a TV show.