Oct 1, 2011

Are you watching Sister Wives?

The real life drama continues with an all-new episode of the hit docu-reality series SISTER WIVES airing this Sunday, October 2 at 9/8c.

Struggling to find work, Kody and his two wives, Christine and Janelle, experiment with working in Real Estate.  Meanwhile, the teens are going out with new friends in Las Vegas -- friends with monogamous families.   How will the Brown teens react when the conversation turns towards dating and talks about their family's polygamist lifestyle?   Finally, fears of miscarriage set in for Robyn and Kody when she is realizes she's spotting while pregnant.

Sneak Peek
I have to say that it surprises me how much a family who lives such a very different lifestyle than myself can seem so similar at the same time.  I hope to be a few years away from any serious thought about dating from my kids but I can honestly appreciate most of the advice these parents share in the clip above.  I think that outside the 'safety' of the community they left behind, getting the kids to wait until they are 18 to one on one date is probably pretty unrealistic.  However, I like Cody's advice on waiting until you are out of high school to have sex, though he, of course, would hope they wait until marriage. I think it's such a fine like to walk with kids and dating in being realistic about what is likely to happen and what we would want to see as parents.  I think if we set hard and fast rules like don't have sex until you're married, they will be less likely to come to us when they need someone to talk to.  But if you leave it more open and express the ideal, what you would like to see, but let them know you are also realistic, hopefully they will know that what you really want for them is simply to be happy. 

8 comments:

  1. I wanted to, I even Tivo'd some of them, but never did.

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  2. I wanted to watch it but missed it. Yesterday I did notice that the first season was added to Netflix instant watch. I plan on catching up on it that way.

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  3. I admit that I love this show. I can't help but want to watch it.

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  4. I used to watch it but I haven't lately. I actually found the show really interesting but right now I'm just really short on time.

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  5. I can't watch it…just too weird for me.

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  6. I really like this show, but I've missed the new episodes. I'm hoping I can catch up on them somewhere.

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  7. It is an interesting thing to be able to see their family life is not too different in some ways from a non-polygamous marriage...

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  8. I've never watched Sister Wives... my mom loves it. I should try to find the time to check it out!

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