Ok I'm confused. Since they are Stepford kids and only think the way that their parents think, why aren't the older girls married yet? How can that be? The DISers say that all kids have to follow in the same path as Michelle and Jim Bob, but it doesn't appear to be that way, now does it?
Isn't everyone in the household brainwashed to think and do the same things against their will?
And on that note, how the heck do the girls escape the house and go to their nursing/midwifery training? Aren't they exposed to other people with, EGAD, different lifestyles? Oh my, even Josh escaped the cult and actually spoke to and has business with other people when he sold cars!
Lets face it, many, if not most families bring up their kids in a way that resembles their own beliefs. Both parents went to college, they expect that their kid will too. Parents are a certain faith and take kids to their place of worship and expect the kids to follow that same faith, but may be accepting if they choose otherwise.
Yes some of their practices can appear to be quite extreme to us, but these kids seem intelligent and I have no doubt that if the day comes when one of them thinks "You know, this lifestyle is all well and good, but I think there's something else out there for me", they would be able to voice that to their parents (even if Jim Bob and Michelle may not like it).