Duggar Family News: Joy-Anna Being Pressured To Marry Young Like Jill And Jessa?

The pressure of teenage can force many into relationships, specifically if you are from the Duggar clan. Word has it 18-year-old Joy-Anna is being told find a man to settle down.

Joy-Anna's dating and courtship has been the subject of discussions in one of Jill & Jessa: Counting On episodes where the teen Duggar was asked about guys. She smartly evaded the question but that has not stopped rumors mills from suggesting she is being pressured. There could be some truth to the rumors though, given that the Duggars believe in marrying young.

Courtship precedes married life for the conservative Duggar family that does not allow a couple to seek physical intimacy, including kissing, until after marriage. Courtship therefore is under watchful parental guidance only. Joy-Anna's sisters Jill and Jessa who married young, are examples. The two young Duggar sisters are now part of the 19 Kids & Counting spinoff.

Showing maturity beyond her years, Joy-Anna has blossomed into a fine young woman and has been a source of support for Josh Duggar's wife Anna Duggar. Anna admitted on camera that Joy-Anna was somebody she could count on during the crisis times following Josh Duggar sex scandal.

Interestingly, Jana Duggar, the oldest Duggar girl has managed to ward off all pressure of tying the knot despite being 26. Duggar girls Jill and Jessa married young, per Duggar family traditions.

In other Duggar related news, Jessa and husband Ben are expected to travel to Central America where they will meet Jill and Derick. The latter have been working in Central America on an extended stay where Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar visited them earlier.