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A 20th baby for the Duggars: Too risky?

Though her last pregnancy was fraught with dangerous complications, Michelle Duggar of 19 Kids and Counting is excited to have No. 20 on the way

TLC's 19 Kids and Counting brood, including eldest son Josh and his wife Anna's new baby (center): Matriarch Michelle is pregnant with her 20th child.

On Tuesday, an excited Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar of the TLC reality show 19 Kids and Counting announced that they are expecting their twentieth child. Commentators were less buoyant: After all, Michelle's last pregnancy was a complicated one, leading to the premature... More

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To Train Up A Child: The book that's leading parents to kill?

Pastor Michael Pearl defends his corporal punishment guide after it is found in the homes of three children who died from alleged abuse

This self-published, pro-corporal punishment book has sold more than 670,000 copies, and has been found in the homes of three children who died from alleged abuse.

A Tennessee preacher and corporal punishment advocate is coming under intense criticism after copies of his self-published book, To Train Up a Child, were found in three homes where children died from alleged abuse. In his book, pastor Michael Pearl advises parents... More

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