As Cheat Sheet reports, when the Duggars first appeared on TLC, they featured in specials aimed at helping viewers understand how their massive family functioned on a day to day basis. Most pertinently, we learned the Duggar household operated under what was known as a jurisdiction system, which tasked each kid with keeping a corner of their home clean and tidy rather than giving them specific chores to do, such as washing the dishes. In other words, one kid had to keep the bathrooms clean, another had to do the laundry, and so on.
Per their family book, “The Duggars: 20 and Counting!,” Jim Bob Duggar paid the children a measly three cents each for their various chores, regardless of how big or small the job was. According to Michelle, the older kids quickly figured out how to earn $21 per month by getting all their chores done as quickly as possible. However, this included schoolwork too, rather than the Duggar children having to somehow fit in hundreds of jobs a month.
They could also earn money for less obvious things, such as when Josie was gifted a dollar for pulling out one of her baby teeth (via YouTube). Sadly, Jim Bob made it clear the kids weren’t offered money for every lost tooth, and it was simply on a case-by-case basis.
