by Scotlass

Created on: April 04, 2009

I can't honestly state that I have ever spent much time mulling over the lives of "little people". They are humans and go through life basically like the rest of us, right?

This show was I think the first show (airing in 2006) where we are actually invited into the lives of a family of 6, of whom, the parents, Matt and Amy Roloff are little people and it showed me that, I was correct, they do go through life as regular people, only they have some different hurdles to climb.

My Preconceptions...................................... ...............At first I thought this show would be a little condescending and, perhaps, a cliched look into the lives of people of small stature, but I was pleasantly surprised at my findings. Honestly, I didn't watch much of the first season due to my preconceptions, and tuned in out of idle curiosity toward the end, I enjoyed the show so much that I tuned in for subsequent seasons and actually watched the re-runs of season one just to get a little more insight into what made these people farmers you could tell by watching that they were not "born into" that genre of industry.

Matt Roloff - Husband, Father, Businessman..................It came to pass that we discover in season one, that Matt was a successful businessman who was laid off and wished to fulfill his ambition of growing his own business (no pun intended). He was attempting to establish a co-business he founded that provided hospitality aids for little people. Toward the end of season one, we see him take on a position as a salesman in an effort to provide for his family... As we watch the show in following seasons, we see that his determination paid off and he was to become an owner/operator of a rather large farm in Oregon. He works diligently within his community and has become very highly respected from what we can view. I still can't find the connection between being a business man in Silicone Valley and running a farm well, that's why this was HIS dream and not MINE !

Amy Roloff - Wife, Mother, and everything else!............Amy Roloff was a stay at home mother in the days of Matt's employment in the business world and we watch as she now juggles work as a teacher and soccer coach with raising her family. She is a smart and able woman and often, one's heart breaks for her as she deals with the illnesses and complications that her son Zach faces.

The Roloff Children..............I was amazed to be introduced to their children, 8 year old Jacob, 12 year old Molly and twins,

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