Parsnips and Parsimony

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These people are moochers on the system ... pure and simple.

I used to think they were a nice family who just had a few idiosyncracies, but they really really annoy me now. They hold themselves up as lovely parents who homeschool their kids because they believe it is best for them and they are SO far ahead of their peers, when in reality it suits them to homeschool because it saves money, it means that Janelle has help with the younger children and they never have to keep to a schedule. They are so snotty whenever anyone criticises their choice in this and are very quick to state how advance their kids are. Nope! Not buying it! They don't get the fact that they can't just isolate their kids from society and also expect them to be productive members of that same society when they are adults. They give them NO experiences with their own peers or how to deal with the real world and act as if they are superior because of it.

They won't even give their kids the freedom to pursue their own interests, but have the older two mirroring their parents in their choices of activity. For Charity it is home and hearth ... crocheting and cooking and being a good housewife. For John it is doing what his father did ... CAPS. The younger ones will also be expected to fall into line when their turns come.

Their kids are not allowed to be individuals in any way. Charity can't even escape from her much-younger sisters at night by being given her own room. Most of the time when they are out she is expected to either have a child on her back or by the hand. Their only outings are grocery shopping or going to the library. Even their holidays are to the place where Janelle went every summer as a child with her family. Everything revolves around Janelle in that household. Even John's interest in birds seems to have initially begun because Janelle was interested in birds as a child.

They will sponge off the system when it suits them (as in health care and schooling) and then turn it into a "aren't we wonderful" moment whenever possible. The very first post on this thread mentioned how they were "humble-braggy" and it is spot on! They have such a HIGH option of themselves and make themselves out to be superior to the rest of society because they are the only ones who know enough to live their lives in a simplistic way without spending too much money.

Well guess what? They aren't! They do NOT have all the answers that they think they do and are causing their children to grow up to be miserable adults. They are causing irreparable damage to those kids and I hope that one of them in years to come has the guts to stand up and tell them so!

I am so totally over them. Even Art's little quirky ways are beginning to wear thin with me. He needs to grow a backbone, stand up to his shrew of a wife and say enough is enough. Put the kids first for once!

Sorry for the rant, but they are so hard to take lately. This new baby will only be cause for Janelle to grab the spotlight yet again and soak up lots of attention. We will be treated to months of midwife visits (with the whole family in tow) as well as watch Janelle scoff whole chocolate cakes (as she did last time) while her kids look on. This will be explained by "mummy's pregnancy cravings" when in fact we all know she is a selfish git who will always put herself first.

I sincerely hope they read here and see what is being written about them. They need to know that not everyone thinks they are as wonderful as they think they are themselves. I think they are horrible parents.

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The front of the house / porch and the new gardens look really lovely although I do wish that Janelle would stop referring to it all as MY garden and MY plants instead of OURS. Everything with her is about herself.

Isn't this Art's busy time at work? there doesn't seem to be any mention of him having a lot of do at the moment, but in past years it was made out to be a really big thing. He mustn't have as much work to do as in previous years as he is always at the house and never at work. I really find it difficult to work out how they get any income at all considering how little paid work he actually does.

[DoodleBop2]

Whenever they say it's Art's busy time we'll see him at the store for a few hours with most if not all of the kids and he spends as much time keeping the kids out of things as doing any work. You'd think he'd be trying to get school instrument orders right now but it doesn't look like he seeks work and just does what people bring him. Very odd way to run a business.

[gibberish]

Art has talked about going back to work after dinner...in several vids in the past. Something about being a night owl...he works late into the night and comes home to everyone asleep.

[DoodleBop2]

Maybe he can only get work done when the kids are asleep.

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Poor guy never gets a break from those kids and it will only get worse in the next few months while Janelle is pregnant and then when the new baby is born.

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Why does Janelle always refer to this as hers instead of theirs? In the latest vlog she constantly using the word MY when referring to everything in the garden. Doesn't Art count for anything? It is always MY tomatoes, MY cucumbers, MY plants etc.

Also she constantly interrupts him. she asks him several questions during the blog and then doesn't let him even finish answering before interrupting him. She really annoys me.

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They are getting quite a lot of criticism about the negativity of their comments in the shopping mall. Art and Peter are being accused of being quite rude about the shops and all the useless things they sell. I don't think it is out of character for Art to talk like that as he is often very critical of shopping in general which is why I don't understand why Janelle insists on taking him, and the kids who aren't interested, along with her.

[DoodleBop2]

They'd know a thing or two about useless things wouldn't they?

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[DoodleBop2]

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How many times can these people do this? I understand them wanting to go to thrift shops for the thrill of it (I love doing it too), but why do they keep buying useless stuff? I can visit one of those stores and come out with nothing quite easily, but they seem to be incapable of doing that. Their house is going to be filled with useless rubbish again within no time (if it isn't already). I had to do a double-take when Charity came into view in that shop. She is the spitting image of her mother and dresses and acts exactly like her too. Janelle looks so much older than her age, so poor Charity is way too old before her time!

[DoodleBop2]

They're on a cycle of collecting, purging, being good, begin collecting again. They'll fill that house to the rafters and the barn and the shop and then *gasp* Oh No! We have to have another multi-day garage sale and Janelle the attention seeker gets to be center stage since everything in the house is hers and only hers that she sometimes shares with the kids or her husband.

[HubertCumberdale]

Omg these people...for the amount they paid for that spray, they could have just went and bought a new glass pan at a thrift store


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I haven’t watched in weeks, but decided to check im today. Well. Charity spent $125 on nursing textbooks, to use in four to five years. Is she aware that information changes, and she’ll be required to have specific editions? No, because no one is guiding her. At 14, she shouldn’t be encouraged to purchase tertiarty texts, especially in a changing field. Poor planning, honestly, but what else is new? Life just plods along for the Parsnips, no regard for reality or outside expectations.
Art had to take seven kids to a garage sale so that precious Janelle could take a walk. Huh? Walk with a kid or two, push a stroller, be a parent, not an overgrown child.

[DoodleBop2]

They will do little or nothing to help Charity become a nurse but if she actually becomes a nurse they'll brag endlessly as if it's their accomplishment.

[dahell]

I haven’t watched in weeks, but decided to check im today. Well. Charity spent $125 on nursing textbooks, to use in four to five years. Is she aware that information changes, and she’ll be required to have specific editions? No, because no one is guiding her. At 14, she shouldn’t be encouraged to purchase tertiarty texts, especially in a changing field. Poor planning, honestly, but what else is new? Life just plods along for the Parsnips, no regard for reality or outside expectations.
Art had to take seven kids to a garage sale so that precious Janelle could take a walk. Huh? Walk with a kid or two, push a stroller, be a parent, not an overgrown child.

Yikes! I can’t bring myself to watch real often so I didn’t see this. That’s crazy. Especially for a family that’s claims frugality is the only way. There has GOT to be a better way to feed her nursing interest at this point I’d think?

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Exactly Eagleroo!! I came her to write exactly what you've said. Those parents should have warned that poor girl that she was wasting her money. Textbooks can be out of date within one year at times, let alone four or five. She will find herself having to re-buy lots of those books if and when she ever gets to do nursing. (I'm still not convinced that she will ever get there as the parents aren't exactly encouraging it). Poor Charity! All that hard-earned money from her knitting and box tops. What a waste.

And Janelle going for a walk by herself while Art entertains ALL the kids at garage sales ... I can't even begin to say what I think about that one! She is one very selfish woman!

[Guest]

They snarked back at someone who gently mentioned the issue of textbook editions. The person she bought them from just graduated in May, and Charity checked that the school she wants to attend uses those books. Why not say that in the vlog? Oh yes, because they are completely unaware of the fact that viewers aren’t in their thoughts.
Janelle also claims that they don’t buy anything from sales, but just browse. “No more piles of clutter!” Au contraire.

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They honestly live in a dream world. I can't work out if they are extremely naive or simply brazenly bold in twisting the truth.

Those text books may be used now by the college, but who is to say that they will be used when Charity eventually gets there? also, as I said before .. texts can change within a YEAr let alone several years. They will be out of date before the poor girl even gets to college.
As to them not buying anything now but just browsing ... do they really ink that viewers are stupid enough to believe that? They have on film what they are buying, but still maintain that they aren't buying anything??

Didn't Janelle say that Art was SO busy with his job as this is his very very busy time? Yet she still lets him be in charge of ALL the kids while she walks by HERself! Selfish selfish selfish woman! I don't know why he puts up with it.