Good or bad is subjective, and it also applies to television shows. While we cannot influence anyone to like a show because we love it, there are some basic things that we all might agree to disagree. For instance, if you have been following Outdaughtered, it has millions of viewers and the fifth season has aired two episodes so far. However, before renewing another season, here are a few things that might make it bad for television.
The title is misleading
When you hear the word “outnumbered,” the thought that immediately springs to mind is that of being on a battlefield and your opponents are more than what you or your team can handle. Consequently, the title “Outdaughtered” has a similar connotation in that it makes us picture parents who have too many daughters than they can handle. In the real sense, it is almost like telling us that they would have preferred to have more help or fewer children to ease the parenting burden.
However, we know that Danielle and Adam chose to keep the pregnancy of the quintuplets, and being that they already had one daughter, they knew what to expect with five on the way. So making it sound like they on a battlefield with six daughters, and they only have four hands to come out on top of the parenting fiasco, it is misleading. They are just parents like any other with the only difference being that they are raising their children in front of cameras; otherwise, the challenges they face are the same as what we expect from any other parents.
Situations are blown out of proportion
We agree that raising a child can be challenging, so when they are six of them, and five came together, it becomes even more of a parenting situation that not many can handle. We also applaud the fact that Danielle and Adam became the first parents to be blessed with all-girl quintuplets in the United States. However, some of the things we see are blown out proportion, and it leaves you wondering if they are the only family in America, or the entire world to experience that. Not that we do not recognize the hurdles they go through but seriously, some of the issues they face are made to seem like they are the first family ever to experience them.
For instance, the mold problem that has begun this season’s episodes. We are sorry that the girls may have health problems owing to the mold in their bedroom considering that Ava was rushed to hospital with breathing difficulty. However, how many homes in the United States have underlying mold problems and no fuss is made about it; the solution is cleaning the house thoroughly, but Danielle makes it seem like the world is ending despite her husband trying to calm her down. To her, cleaning the house is not good enough, and she would prefer to move out. What if the next house they move into has another problem; will she fix it or move out? Let’s get real; after all, in season four they helped renovate a house damaged by Hurricane Harvey so why not keep the same spirit and clean their house.
Adam has been portrayed to be holding down the family despite having confessed to the entire world about his postpartum depression, and we applaud him for it since most men would have suffered in silence. However, it is like as the seasons progress, the more they are putting on a show instead of keeping it real with us; we are not here to judge, but to enjoy watching them raise their adorable daughters. So in season one, Adam has to leave Danielle to care for the children on her own, as he wants to keep the check coming. Besides, they realized they needed a larger home, but when the cost was factored in, they had to move back to their hometown.
Therefore when you hear that the man is considering quitting his job to spend more time with his children; as noble as it sounds, bills need to be paid. The girls are grown and about to go to school, and they need tuition money and even save up for college. We all love our children but staying with them at home does not put food on the table regardless of how much we would want to be at their every recital or even witness every milestone. So Adam telling us that he is worried about how much he is missing out on the lives of his daughters and is thinking of quitting his job, let’s try and keep the reality show realistic.
The mother believes it is a sign
Being on television has always been made to sound like it is a big deal; it is like one minute you are a nobody, and immediately your face appears on the screen, even if it is for a five-minute interview, you achieve world fame. However, exposing our children to the world at such an early age has its share of benefits and risks as well; benefits being that they become stars in their own show despite not knowing what is happening and the risks that the fame may get into their heads.
Danielle knew the risk she was putting her daughters in when she decided to get on reality TV. Her motivation is that it was the right course of action as revealed to her by God, who also had shown her to keep all the five babies. There is nothing wrong with being religious, and believing in supernatural powers has enabled believers to weather many storms by faith. However, whether it was the right thing for a parent to do knowing full well the risks involved and believing it is in fulfillment of God’s plan, we cannot judge. Danielle believes the two extraordinary scenarios were presented to her after praying to God for direction and are therefore a fulfillment of the path they should take. If that is reason enough to expose children to fame, we can only say she will give a full account on Judgment Day.
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