[post_page_title]Courting[/post_page_title]
All parents worry about the day that their children begin dating, and since the Duggars hold strict Christian values regarding sensual behavior, they were more concerned than most.
Jim Bob and Michelle didn’t want their sons and daughters to behave in an ungodly manner, so they placed strict rules around their interactions with people of the opposite gender. When the children want to start thinking of marriage, they are allowed to start courting, but they are not allowed to even touch each other until they are married.