Derick Dillard

From the moment that Jim Bob and company entered the spotlight, critics of the Duggars have been rooting for the family's downfall.

Even before the first Josh Duggar sex scandal made headlines in 2015, millions were of the belief that Jim Bob had forced a dangerously cult-like belief system on his children, and in doing so, had created the sort of environment in which secrecy is paramount and abuse runs rampant.

It's been one full week since Josh Duggar was convicted of possessing and receiving child pornography.

And as expected, the verdict is causing his family to absolutely unravel at the seams.

Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard cut ties with Jim Bob Duggar long before the family's recent spate of scandals.

And their reasons for doing so were plentiful:

Despite the long-overdue conviction of Josh Duggar, that hasn't stopped Jim Bob's political campaign.

The Duggar patriarch wants to take his family's twisted "values" to the Arkansas state legislature.

At last, disgraced former reality star Josh Duggar has been found guilty in court and awaits sentencing.

This welcome news was hard fought, and took years of work -- plus 24 hours of jury deliberations.

A family crisis can make or break a bond between those caught up in the whirlwind.

If there were every a family crisis, it is the Josh Duggar trial and how inexplicably linked the charges are to Josh's history, relatives, and upbringing.

These days, the entire Duggar family is being scrutinized and criticize like never before.

The reason for this, of course, is the upsoming Josh Duggar child pornography trial.

There are many, many strange aspects of life within the Duggar clan, but few of them are as confusing or difficult to understand as the family's infamous courtship rules.

The Duggars, as you know, are obsessed with marriage and breeding, but men and women are forbidden to even spend time alone together until after they've tied the knot.

You almost have to admire Jim Bob Duggar, don't you?

For his gumption.

Jill Duggar has revealed a heartbreaking piece of news.

On Monday afternoon, the former reality star and her husband, Derick Dillard, shared a blog entry on their official website titled "Happiness Turns to Heartbreak."

Lately, when you read a headline about the Duggar family, it usually has to do with Josh Duggar's arrest on child pornography charges.

That makes sense, of course, as this scandal is the most nauseating in the history of reality television, and the Duggars have once again been catapulted into mainstream news headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Over the course of the past two years, Jill Duggar has earned a lot of new fans.

And she's probably the only member of the Duggar clan who can make that claim.

When it comes to being shocked and dismayed, the Duggars have a very different standard than the rest of the world.

Take Josh Duggar's arrest on child pornography charges, for example.

Recently, Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard celebrated their son's birthday. Samuel Dillard turned 4.

Jim-Bob and Michelle were conspicuously absent from their grandson's birthday party.

Late last month, TLC finally canceled Counting On after 11 disgraceful seasons.

Several years ago, Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard stepped away from the series.

Long before Josh Duggar's arrest on child pornography charges, Jill Duggar made the wise decision to distance herself from her increasingly problematic family.

Jill cut ties with Jim Bob and the rest of the Counting On clan back in 2019, and it seems she hasn't looked back once.

Her extended family may be falling apart.

But Jill Duggar would like everyone to know something right about now:

You may wanna close your ears right about now, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar.

Go ahead and turn off your computer.

Jill Duggar isn't letting the biggest scandal in the history of her family get her down right now.

Not when she has something important to celebrate.

As you've no doubt heard by now, Josh Duggar was arrested by federal agents last week in Washington County, Arkansas.

He was charged with possession of child pornography, allegedly involving minors age 12 or under.

Just a few days ago, Josh Duggar was arrested in Arkansas for receiving and possessing child pornography.

It was horrific news, but unfortunately it wasn't exactly shocking.

It will continue to take a long time for Jill Duggar to fully deprogram from her family's cult.

She has made a lot of progress, but there is more to come.

When the world first learned about the Josh Duggar sex scandals, many critics of the Duggar clain hoped that the news would bring an end to Jim Bob's ultra-lucrative media empire.

But against all odds, the Duggar money train kept chugging along, and Jim Bob successfully swept the his son's sex crimes under the carpet.

Sometimes, when people start having children of their own, they gain a new appreciation for all the challenges their parents faced.

And sometimes, when they become parents, people realize that their own mom and dad were terrible at rasing kids.