Jon and Kate plus 8
Posted
October 29, 2007 at
1:13 pm by
Jessica
If you haven’t caught an episode of TLC/Discovery Health’s “Jon and Kate plus 8“, it just may give you a little solace in the hardships of ones own parenting challenges. Jon (an IT Analysist) and Kate (a former nurse) Gosselin used in-vitro fertilization to help spawn 8 kids. One set are twins and the other six are from a subsequent litter.
Last season, I really liked the spunk coupled with the unconventional and imperfect parenting techniques used by Kate. Although she tended to run a tight ship, she was also human and threw political correctness to the wind when it came to the realities of having 6 toddlers and young twins only 4 years older than the sextuplets.
This season, I have to say, the reality parenting TV show has lost some of its charm with me. Although I enjoy, in a voyeuristic sort of way, watching parenting pained by temper tantrums and legal slavery by way of 6 more demanding children than I am left to deal with, I also have found Kate to be as bratty on occasion as her preschool broad.
In some ways Jon and Kate are very lucky. They have a cozy network of incredibly supportive family and friends who take and/or watch their children frequently. In the first couple of weeks of this season, I watched as Kate went to spa treatments, out to dinner with just her and her husband and plan a vacation by themselves in the Florida Keys. Personally, I know of very few 1.3 children families that are afforded so much free time as they are.
Another less than flattering observation I’ve made — Kate is not very nice to her husband Jon. While Jon is easy going and incredibly accommodating to his wifes idiosyncrasies, she is always snapping at him and making condescending remarks. Is it not enough that he spends all of his time at home helping with the children and goes to work on a daily basis to provide for his classroom of children and thus allowing Kate to be an “at-home mom”. Of course, I can’t imagine that 8 kids in childcare would be worth the effort of working outside of the home, but she always acts as if he is clueless and her life is so incredibly hard. Often times, she resorts to treating him like one of their toddlers.
One episode, Kate decided to hire a cleaning person. Through her exhaustive search, she finally settled on the one person who actually agreed to take the job on — so her prospects were limited. After the brave cleaning lady left, Kate then went around her house with imaginary white gloves, pointing out the hidden dust left behind. “Thanks for trying,” Kate said out loud, along with other rumbles of disappointment. The implication was that the cleaning woman was fired, not up to Kate’s high standards. Of course, you should get what you pay for, but cleaning after 6 toddlers and their bigger sisters, something is bound to get forgotten. Perhaps she should have cut the cleaning lady as much slack as she expects in return?
While Kate seems like a lot of fun and incredibly organized, it’s the little things — weird things — that seem to get her in a tizzy, like what shoes the older girls are going to wear to a carnival or if any of her family or friends puts her out by being one minute late. Sometimes you get the feeling that Kate is nothing more than a control freak, loving every challenge that comes her way, but at the same time, expecting others to reward her and recognize her for having it so tough, when in actuality, she really doesn’t. Sure, having 8 small children would drive the sanest person batty, it has also given them a much desired family and tv show. All in all, they have a pretty fortunate lifestyle.
As much as I like this show, I wish Kate would be less focused on herself and the indulgences of her children and complain less. Most families, even with less children, have their own unique challenges and have many other issues to deal with on top of it. Count your blessings Kate. You are not the first “over-worked” mother and you won’t be the last.
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14401. momof3_MOD said:
August 21, 2008 @ 11:09 pm
Sorry it took me so long to get back to you Suz100! Ive been off in cyber world! lol
Sorry that your daughter is already gone! This will be good for her though! It will give her a chance to experience life w/o the help of her loving parents! It will also give her some perspective on life. She will realize how much you do for her and have been doing for her her whole life! And I dont mean just her laundry! lol
Sounds like her roomy might be more of a party girl then a study girl! Hopefully your daughter has her head screwed on straight enough and knows that shes there to study and learn to better herself for her future and not to party all the time (now Im gonna have that song in my head all night!)…although it probably will happen and will also be kinda good for her sometimes!
Anyway, good luck and blessings to you and your family! I know it must be hard to let go…shes your baby! I dont want my kids to ever leave…well maybe sometime just not too early and NOT far away!!!
Things are good here! Thanks for asking! Im so tired now so Im getting into bed! I’ll talk to you tomorrow! Goodnight! Sweet dreams!
14402. doodlebug said:
August 22, 2008 @ 8:55 am
Hellloooooo Ladies!
I was taking a break from blogging for a while and then had an unexpected cross country move to deal with this summer!!!
Chaos galore, but am settled in now…kid is in school, hubby’s and my work cranking up to a steady pace. Happy for the new location…can you say NO MORE WINTER CLOTHES!?!?!
Anyway, I’ve checked in every now and then to see how things are going…never a dull moment, as usual.
Hi to all, old and new! Hi Jessica, Prescott, Moms, Amanda-Sass, Jenna, Ephesians, Stacey, Lillyann, Iowa, Grams, Suz! Sorry if I forgot anybody.
Glad to read what the “newbies” have to say (sorry, I’ve been around since page 40, so that makes me an oldie but a goodie!) Belated welcome to Ambull, Kelly_Belle, Andrea, etc.!!
Talk to you all soon!
14403. CarolAnn said:
August 22, 2008 @ 9:12 am
The first time my baby left home (she moved into her own place) I cried all the way home and cried into the pork chops I was cooking…my hubby said he almost started crying too..But he said it was more because he thought I was going to ruin his dinner
Now 7 years later she was like a boomerang…SHE’S BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!! lol
14404. Mary Beth said:
August 22, 2008 @ 10:15 am
Suz100,
Sounds like Pinky’s parents couldn’t wait to get rid of her. I just took my son to college this past weekend. My daughter just grad from college in May. On both of their campuses there is a strict no alcohol policy. Also the drinking age is 21. I hope these rules apply to your daughter’s college as well and Pinky will comply! One of our schools is a large state university and the other was a private school, but in two different states. I thought it was like this for most states but maybe not.
Hang in there! Is your daughter a Freshman? It is hard to come back home with them!
14405. Mary Beth said:
August 22, 2008 @ 10:22 am
Oooooops….I meant hard to come back home withoutthem!!
14406. GrandmafrmKs. said:
August 22, 2008 @ 11:38 am
Oh my gosh, doodlebug is back, girl you have been absent for so long, god sign tho, you and sassy is dropping in, maybe it’s a sign that winter is on the rise!!yuck, I hate winter ,
Any way doodlebug, good to hear from you, you girls have been missed, now you all got a lot of catching up to do. LOL, LOL
14407. GrandmafrmKs. said:
August 22, 2008 @ 11:40 am
that should read “good sign tho” oops sorry girls.
14408. momof3_MOD said:
August 22, 2008 @ 1:06 pm
Hey doodles! Nice to see you back!
14409. iowafan said:
August 22, 2008 @ 2:07 pm
Welcome back, Doodle bug! Send your old winter clothes this way
Suz, I feel sorry for you. My guess will be Pinky will drive your daughter nuts, not to worry
When my son turned 5 (late summer b-day), we actually chose not to send him to kindergarten because we didn’t want to send him to college at barely 18! The schools can challenge him (and every year they ask if we want to skip a grade) but I can’t suddenly make him more “mature” and being a youngest boy, we’d rather have an extra year of OUR influence!
I can’t wait to see last weeks episode as well as this weeks! Hope everyone has had a great week!
14410. momof3_MOD said:
August 22, 2008 @ 8:33 pm
Hello! Anyone on tonight?
14411. Stacey S_MOD said:
August 23, 2008 @ 10:44 am
Ladies, all the ladies, louder now, help me out c’mon all the ladies…..sorry, got carried away!
I’m just popping in to let you know I’m still here…sorry I haven’t checked in sooner. Me & my kiddo have been spending some time together before school starts
(happy, happy, joy, joy)as sad as we are all about that.Patty, thanks for the article, Doodlebug, welcome back (LOL Mr. Cotter), Suz100, sorry about your daughters colorful roommate…we’re going through some of that here as well (not so great people your kid is hanging around with. If anyone figures out how to allow your child to grow up & be independent while always doing exactly what you want them to do (or better yet NOT doing what you DON’T want them to do) let me know will ya!
14412. GrandmafrmKs. said:
August 23, 2008 @ 12:22 pm
If A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z are represeted as
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 then,
Hardwork = 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 =98%
Knowledge= 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5+ =96%
Attitude= 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5= 100%
Then look at how far the Love of God will Take you,
Love of God = 12+15+22+5+15+6+7+15+4 = 101%
Therefore, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that: while Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, It’s the Love of God that will put you over the Top!!!
14413. CarolAnn said:
August 23, 2008 @ 4:53 pm
Pretty neat there GrandmafrmKs! That’s a sermon in itself
14414. luvs2sun said:
August 23, 2008 @ 5:22 pm
Suz 100 -
Oh oh, I just went college shopping with my daughter and she picked out a pink bed spread, a pink lamp and pink bath accessories. I told her about what I read on this blog regarding your daughter’s roommate and she laughed. Fortunately, her laptop is not pink!
She leaves next weekend, wow…..time flies….I don’t know if I can take her being 3000 miles away from me. Although, this morning I wish she were!!!
14415. iowafan said:
August 23, 2008 @ 7:54 pm
Aww, Suz. I’ll be thinking of you and your daughter this week. Hang in there.
Neat equation, Grams!
14416. momof3_MOD said:
August 23, 2008 @ 8:41 pm
Grams I think thats the BEST post youve ever posted!!! Kudos to you on your wonderful thoughts and advice!
Stacey, sorry to hear youre going through a rough spot with C! Love ya!
14417. suz100 said:
August 23, 2008 @ 11:26 pm
Hi Girls,
Thank you for all the warm wishes for that daughter of mine! Good luck all of you sending your kids back to school. (oh how I wish I was still buying lunch boxes and bookbags)
This is her 2nd year, but last year she had her own room with a shared bath, kitchen, and living area. She could lock the door to her room and she felt soooo much better. Pinky seems very nice she said! But the poor girl is not eating… The hell with gas prices, we are driving the 3 hours over to see her.
Thanks for letting me vent! I loved your post grandma! Also, I sure hope everyone is safe from the storms in Florida.
14418. GrandmafrmKs. said:
August 24, 2008 @ 12:53 am
Thanks Ladies, that was sebt to me by my BIL, one day I was just not feeling too cheerful, complaing a little (okay a lot) and felt like a bummer coming on, and he e-mailed that to me, It’s one of those things that kinda goes “wow” I really don’t have nothing to gripe about, and I saved it, just have had momof3 on my heart a lot and this just came to me, I know she is really trusting her faith in God, and she knows he’ll take her over the top,
Suz 100, I never dreamt when I was calling you kid, that you actually had a DD old enough to be in college, I do know what you mean about buying lunch boxes and book bags, I always tell the mommies on here to cherish these tender years, b/c before they know it, they will be gone.
And to Stacey, I’m sure by now, you know no one is gonna tell ya how to keep them doing what you want them to, or not doing what you certainly don’t want hem to do, Thats only wishful thinking on moms part. I will tell you no matter how old they get, you will always be mom, there fore you will always worry, I have great kids, even my spoiled rotten one, they all have good lives and work hard, espically the spoiled one, being a single parent of 4, but I still worry about them, I do have good news, my sons orders for Iraq has been pushed back, That could change any day, but for today he’s still home.
14419. GrandmafrmKs. said:
August 24, 2008 @ 12:56 am
BTW, has any one heard from miss Lillyann? haven’t seen a post from her for a few days,
And where did Denna ever go to? like LouLou, she was here commenting away and poof, she was gone. just curious.
14420. Jan Laliberte said:
August 24, 2008 @ 8:01 am
Although there aen’t any perfect parents, I think Jodi Kreider has shown herself to be an outstanding parent and a loving person.
14421. Lillyann said:
August 24, 2008 @ 11:11 am
I am here, Grandma
and thanks for asking about me! We were out of town for a couple of days.
Hi Doodles!!!!! It really is nice to see you
Jan, I feel for *all* the kids…they truly are the losers in this
14422. mully said:
August 24, 2008 @ 2:46 pm
Another loser has to be Aunt Jodi..after watching her video on her sister’s site, I have to say that you can tell how much she is hurting. I am sure she misses the tups and twins alot.
She was a constant in their lives and they in hers.
Family is everything. Kids need to know they belong to a family and not just their immediate parents and siblings, but to know cousins and grandparents and aunts and uncles. Its what gives each of us a sense of belonging and a feeling of continuity.
I hope that Jon and Kate Gosselin realize this before they burn every family bridge they have, if its not too late already.
14423. debbie said:
August 24, 2008 @ 5:19 pm
does anyone knows what kate does with the clothes that the kids have out grown.
she should now give them to the couple that had 7 ids plus 3 older kids and maybe TLC should o a show about that couple as they need money too.
jon lets the kids go the bathroom anywhere and they are still using the potty chair as they were leaving to go to the beach and neigh had to go and jon said go the bathroom in the garge or maybe they have a 1/2 bathroom out ther which we have not seen.
how come kate can to do body paint at someones else house but not outside at their house.
14424. GrandmafrmKs. said:
August 24, 2008 @ 6:57 pm
Hey there Lil’, glad you are okay, seems like we (one of Us) is always going some where, I suppose tho in your beautiful state you have more to look at, than dry, windy Ks. LOL
I agree with you that the little kids are the losers in all this mess, I do not how ever have any pity for Jodi what so ever, she is the one who turned her back on them, and some day, they will know she did, I don’t care about her dis-agreement with Kate, the kids she was supposed to love should have been more important to her than her five minutes of fame on T.V. But it looks like she and Kevin had a motive other than their love for the kids, it’scalled money,
I think Kate would be stupid to ever let Jodi have contact with her kids again, and you know how ppl are saying that Jon and Kates fame is gonna end shortly? well I hope that Jodi realizes when it does she has lost her relationship with them, and all b/c she had to be a cry baby and talk to big sis, and in return, bash the very ones she claimed to love, How many times did we hear Jodi say, “that is just J&K, thats how they are, but they work things out and they love each other so much,”? and talk about Kate over talking Jon, well my lord thats just how Jodi did Kevin too. Any way Lil’, JMO, LOL I’m glad you are back, sure has been quiet lately.
14425. Kelly_Belle said:
August 24, 2008 @ 7:49 pm
I actually got a kick out of that part of the show. I never let my daughter do the messy stuff unless we are on vacation. I totally have mini panic attacks when there is a mess but for some reason if we are at another location, the panic attacks aren’t as bad. Don’t get me wrong, I still get them, but not nearly as bad. I have to keep telling myself that messes can be cleaned (sometimes it actually works too).
I thought it was neat that you pointed it out, because several of the people that I know that watch the show have pointed that point out to me directly (like I had something to do with it…ha ha ha).
Have a good night everyone. I am going to try and recover from a day trip to Walt Disney World by myself with a 2 year old….yawn…
14426. Heather P said:
August 24, 2008 @ 8:11 pm
Hey guys!!
I have a quick question..why do people bash J&K for making money off the children but defend Aunt Jodi when she tries to do the same thing? IMO, she isn’t any better and now she appears in an “everybody feel sorry for me, I am so good and innocent” video.
14427. Lillyann said:
August 24, 2008 @ 8:31 pm
You make a good point, Mully…about how Jodi is probably missing the kids. One would think that she would of thought through her web cam debut and how it just may have sealed the deal that she won’t be having any contact with the kids anymore. IMO, the internet is not the place to air ones concerns or gripes. I find it really difficult to believe that there wasn’t a better way of handling this entire situation…
Good question, Heather and I’ve wondered the same
Get some rest, Kelly_Belle
14428. momof3_MOD said:
August 24, 2008 @ 9:04 pm
On Jodis video…I think that it is understandable that she is upset and missing the kids and her friendship that she once had with Kate, BUT I think going online and airing out your families dirty laundry is tacky, disrespectful, rude and hurtful. What makes her better or worse than Kate? She is upset that she wasnt getting paid for being on the show!? Ok. Thats understandable seeing as how she was opening up her house, time and privacy. But again, going online about it isnt classy at all!
So ppl are upset with Kate and Jon “making money off the kids and pimping them out” and now Jodi wants money for doing the same things and she has been hurt by Kate and goes online with her sister to bash this family that she claims to love and so now she is a saint? I dont get it! I would NEVER, I repeat never, would go online to bash my own family.
Neither one of them should be doing any of this stuff online for the whole world to see. Its a private issue that needs to be taken care of in private, IMO! If Jodi thinks she is ever going to get back in their good graces after everything her sister has posted and now with her little speech, she is wrong! If they had settled this in private w/o all the public witnessing all of it and commenting on it to make Jodi think that it was ok, then maybe, just maybe, at some point in the future they wouldve made up. I dont see that happening now and for good reason. They have BOTH hurt each other. Im sorry to say I think Jodi has hurt Kate, Jon and the kids more than Kate hurt Jodi by not letting her make money from the show.
Sometime, someday someone (the kids friends, parents of the kids they go to school with or the G kids themselves) are going to stumble on these blogs and sites and see, read and pass on all the info that is being shared by family and commented on by strangers. How in the world is that going to “help” these kids AT ALL? I understand that they have put themselves on tv and everyone has the right to their own opinion but none of this is going to “help” these kids.
How would you feel if you loved your parents more than anything in the world and thought and fully believed that they did everything they could to give you an awesome life full of possibilities and fun. And then read online that ppl say and think that they are mean, hateful, narcassistic(sp), unchristian-like, bad parents that dont have any business having kids in the first place b/c they are not Gods children b/c they were all born through fertility help? Would that seem to you like the ppl posting these things were really caring for you or “helping” you at all? Not me!!!
I felt bad for Jodi while watching her get teary eyed! I really did! My heart goes out to her. But doing this in the public is not classy and I woulve hoped she wouldve been the bigger person in all this. Guess not.
Ok sorry this was so long! Ive got to go! See you all tomorrow!
14429. iowafan said:
August 24, 2008 @ 9:31 pm
Good post, momof3.
The whole situation is pretty sad, and now it does seem like fences won’t be mended.
Dirty laundrey….
One thing I can say about Kate and Jon is that I have never heard them say anything bad about Jodi.
And “Who gives a 3 year old gum?” doesn’t count in my book! I also consider being a pushover or softy to be more of a compliment than insult.
14430. suz100 said:
August 24, 2008 @ 9:58 pm
Hello Everyone!
momof3 what a great post! Putting your dirty laundry on the net is just crap in my book. Whatever the situation in life is you must always go to that PERSON and resolve the issue. It`s the mature thing to do!
iowafan, your right…..such a sad situation.
Either way, if you agree with kate or not: Atleast she had the decency to keep quite about family problems. Some might say it was because of the show (the money) but I really do not believe that was the case! If it was, Kevin would have been by his wife`s side.