Quiverfill Movement 18 Kids and Counting

The Quiverfill Movement is a conservative Christian Movement whose adherents eschew all forms of birth control. They believe that God opens and closes a woman's womb and that couples should always be open to having more children. Families are typically arranged with the mother as a homemaker under the authority of her husband with the children under the authority of both. Parents seek to largely shelter their children from aspects of culture they as parents deem adversarial to their type of conservative Christianity.

Additionally, Quiverfull families are strongly inclined toward homeschooling and homesteading in a rural area. However, exceptions exist in substantial enough portion to where these latter two items are general and often idealized correlates to Quiverfull practices and not integral parts of them.

The Duggar family -- headed by Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, the family consists of, as of June 2008, seventeen children (#18 is due around January 2009). The Duggars are perhaps the most widely known example of the Quiverfull movement in the United States, as they have been featured on several programs on the American cable network TLC, including a new series (17 Children and Counting) which began in September 2008.