In case you haven't heard the news, Jessa Seewald is pregnant with her sixth child! The baby is due in summer 2025. Jessa and Ben typically choose to find out the gender of their babies but keep it a secret until the birth. They haven't yet shared their gender reveal plans for this pregnancy, but Jessa just posted a YouTube video updating her fans on the latest Seewald family news. Jessa unpacks the family's weekly schedule and mentions some of the activities that her kids are involved in.
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Monday, March 17, 2025
Life Update from Jessa Seewald
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When will you be updated the banner with the new children and Janna’s spouse?
ReplyDeleteSo many of the siblings have chosen to keep themselves and their children off the internet, they won't be able to do a complete update.
DeleteYeah, I know. That’s all I’ve heard about lately!
ReplyDeleteThat's nice, but I don't want to know their weekly schedule so I'll skip the video. I hope all is going well with her pregnancy.
ReplyDeleteHow come you don’t add Jana husband and another who got married in last 12 months
ReplyDeleteMondays are school days for the rest of the world. I didn't hear much talk about spending all day doing schoolwork on that day or any other days, like other kids do. Another generation of Duggars who don't prioritize academics. Don't say, "Oh it's home school, you can learn more in an hour or two than a whole day. You can learn while at the park." Nonsense. Kids that age should have 6 hours of structured school per day, with both academics and social skills (learning to get along with others outside your family). You know Ben and Jessa aren't doing that. Their state isn't overseeing anything either. Good luck to the kids and their future on the family used car lot or behind a bulldozer, because that's where they're headed, along with housework and diaper changing. It's a cycle that nobody is breaking.
ReplyDeleteI can agree that many states have lack oversight of homeschooling. But, as a retired public school teacher with 35 years of experience, I disagree that children need 6 hours of "structured" school per day, especially if that structure requires them to be sitting at a desk most of the time. Some of the best learning experiences I recall having with my students were those that got us out of the building, whether it was to a museum or a nature trail. Our school was fortunate to be close to a state nature preserve and the opportunities for learning were endless. Oftentimes, the best lessons came from the unexpected. We took those experiences back to school and wrote about them. It wasn't just reading from a textbook and completing worksheets.
Delete5:25. Not everyone is cut out to homeschool their children, however, people like Jessa and Ben seem to be so organized in training their children. Right now there is so much discussion on how behind our children are in public school..and how low the scores are on reading and math. I’m sure if her children were tested with the public school kids they would score a year ahead. Because of Jessa’s organization skills, she can use their extra time for confidence building activities like the three oldest children taking piano lessons and swimming lessons, broadening their social outreach. The club the boys are in with their dad is a great way to memorize scripture and meet new friends on a social level.
DeleteHome schooled students get a lot more one on one attention and guidance, which can mean less class time to learn the material. Ben attended college and I believe Ben and Jessa will allow their kids to seek their own future while still encouraging a conservative/Christ directed life.
DeletePublic school kids attend for six hours a day, this includes breakfast (in some schools), lunch, two recess periods and gym class. Less than 3 hours is spent in the classroom. Don't get me wrong, I believe in public schools for learning to get along with all types of people...yep even those who believe differently. Low income students also gain access to technology and learn to use devices their family may not be able to afford, field trips and excursions that may not be possible if one parent works and they only have one vehicle.
5:25 as Jessa said in The video, Ben works Tuesday through Sunday. Monday is their family day.
DeleteRetired teacher @ 5:01, the 6 hours includes instructional time and social time. Not all instructional time is spent sitting with workbooks. There can be art, music, hands-on activities ("labs"), school library visits, P.E., assemblies or presentations, and group activities or clubs. Lunch and recess times build social and problem-solving skills with different classmates (the Duggar children get no such exposure to others). Overall, the day and week is structured, which most young children need, look forward to, and enjoy. Many schools no longer have field trips, due to safety and budget reasons. Speaking of budget, the current DOE turmoil should concern everyone, especially teachers.
DeleteIf a parent would shadow their child at school they would realize that between walking to class, walking to recess, walking back to class, walking to lunch, walking back to class, walking back to recess and then walking back to class comes to about two hours. The children have free time in class, and actual teaching and learning comes down to about 3 hours. If a family is qualified, homeschooling is a much better alternative.
DeleteWow 3:56 how big is your school that you spend 2 hours walking the halls every day?! We had 4 minutes between classes in high school, in a large 2-story school of 1600 people. Bell rang, you skedaddled, and you made it to the next class with time to spare. We had 6 class periods per day so it wasn't that much lost instruction time. You named 7 walking activities taking up 2 hours so that makes 17 minutes of walking between each place. That's enough time for the average person to walk a half mile, easily. Your school must have classrooms 1/2 mile away from each other. Why don't your administrators do something about those wasted 2 hours?
DeleteSo impressed to hear Jessa’s update, what an organized, energetic woman! So nice to hear all the confidence building activities the children are involved in. The Trail night with Ben is such a great way to memorize the Bible and be part of a club, I love the outfits! So great to see the kids are taking swimming lessons and piano lessons. What a lovely set of dishes you got for breakfast and dinner, and even candles!..great idea to put the food in serving dishes and training the kids to pass the food around. And to think you still have time in the morning to read and exercise. So nice you can share time with your friend once a week to discuss the book. Jessa and Ben would be perfect for sharing their parenting skills in a group session..but sounds like they are busy enough giving attention to their own kids…and to think Jessa home schools, amazing!
ReplyDeleteI think Jessa and Ben are on track to have the most kids if they continue the pattern of having a new baby once every two years, thus surpassing Josh and Anna’s brood of seven kids.
ReplyDeleteNaw. My money is on Jed and Katey. They already have four in four years of marriage.
DeleteDoes it really matter how many kids Jessa has? Does it impact you? Thats all they are known for babies and marriage
DeleteNothing beats watching the Seewalds eat dinner. LOL
ReplyDelete8:54,your comment made me giggle a little, but I have to say after reading the news since January and how many endless articles have/had the word "Tarriff" in them,watching the Seewalds eating is rather refreshing. At least it's a happy distraction for a few minutes from what's going on in the world. 🙂
DeleteNot sure what video you are watching, no one is eating dinner in Jessa’s video.
DeleteIt’s refreshing to see that Jessa is so energetic, motivated and seeking to follow the Lord, that she puts so much into her on life by reading, socializing , exercising and home schooling her children. Obviously not all of us have that kind of drive and commitment or energy. The children benefit by this training to have more time for enrichment such as piano lessons and swimming lessons. I totally agree that children should have swimming lessons and since swimming is the big social activity of the summer kids should be pool safe by at least three or four. I took my children to private lessons and I never worried about them at a pool parties. In fact I hope to taking my two year old grandchild for private lessons this summer, since mommy and daddy are both working
ReplyDeleteI think it's a pity they place so little value on education. I'm not opposed to homeschooling as many parents do an excellent job, but Jessa and Ben are not among that group. Also I wonder why Jessa think eating like a normal family is such a big deal.
ReplyDeleteNow do that with 19 children. People should admit the grandparents did well. All the parent bashing some did should be reserved for only after following exactly in their footsteps.
ReplyDeleteThe Duggars have certainly benefited from the lack of oversight by the Arkansas educational system. By that I mean that they could lazily teach whatever they wanted (or didn't want) and nobody questioned it. I can't imagine anyone thinking this is a good system for children. You can see how many college graduates it produced in the Duggar family alone. Now they think they're able to teach their own children. I wonder what will happen when it comes time for algebra, geometry, trigonometry, or calculus. I don't understand why they don't want professionals doing the teaching - to be so afraid of "indoctrination" that you slam opportunity doors shut. That says more about the parent than it does about any school system.
ReplyDeleteJinger working on a new book. “Love Your Parents Regardless…..”. Yup, that’s the title, even with the dots.
ReplyDeleteWhat??
DeleteAs a retired pre-k teacher and now a volunteer in my teacher daughter’s third grade classroom..I can tell the children who have been given books, attention and guidance from their parents since infancy. The reason our overall scores are so low in US is because of the basic skills of reading and math are not introduced as babies. I remember completing my early childhood degree years ago and the studies on how a baby walking around with a book or chewing a book is their first introduction to reading, and as the child developed so does their interest in letters and words. The simple baby books with pictures of animals and numbers denoting the amounts are the beginning of curiosity and interest in books. Jessa and Ben will get high dividends in the investments they are making in their children.
ReplyDeleteNice back of the newborns head. What a privilege is ours to look into the room at the back of the little family. Am I stunned? If they don't want the public to see their children, then why am I even looking at this? They should just share a little news update, like limited to when jinger and jeremy shared the news and to recieve congratulations, from all who are happy to know. Congratulations!
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