Jon and Kate Plus 8 - Color Me Gosselin
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March 25, 2008 at
7:03 pm by
Allison J
I used to be a HUGE fan of Jon and Kate + 8 – I don’t have children, so I get a tickle out of watching others who do. I knew Kate was a bit wacky, but I took it in stride. I didn’t have anyone to vent to, so my pent-up frustration went unchecked. I must say, I enjoyed watching the show in ignorant bliss – until I found Jessica’s post on this blog! Now I watch each episode with a critical, and sometimes unfair, eye.
So yesterday’s episode — Color Me Gosselin. Why are you taking your kids to the Crayola Factory if you don’t want them to get dirty, or clean up after them, or use markers??? Kate, the reason your kids are having meltdowns is because you don’t let them do anything. And it’s not just me who feels this way – just ask your husband. He seems to think markers are fine.
While I am on the subject of markers – they are called washable for a reason. Last week I came home to find my precocious pooch with a chewed up purple Crayola marker. There was purple everywhere – on my cream rug, on his white paws, and all over my very expensive, very large tan micro-suede sectional sofa. But here is the real kicker – it washed right out! HA! Who would of thunk washable markers would just wash out!
Kate, you do not need to spend hours treating stains, as you claimed. You just stick the marker-decorated clothing in with the rest of the wash – you know, the stuff other people fold, iron and put away for you.
Your kids are what, three and a half and six (almost seven), right? Let them use a marker! They are freaking out and “melting down” because they are pissed. And the damn blue glue won’t kill them either. Do you really think that Crayola would supply toxic, hazardous and stain-inducing materials for their young patrons to use?
I know I don’t have any children of my own to clean up after, but during the day I am responsible for 20 – 25 youngsters. And it’s just me! No one else there to wipe noses, clean messes, correct papers, or march to lunch, music, gym, or the library.
Here’s my next complaint — stop complaining about taking your kids to public places. As a teacher I can tell you that field trips are much worse! 25 kids and only three adults to corral them. They have to be fed, taken to the bathroom, and shown an educational and enjoyable time – all of which is easier when the adults chill out and let the kids be kids.
So here is my final note on this episode – Jon, step up and put your foot down when it comes to Kate’s obsessive compulsive mandates. And Kate, quit your damn bitching! If you didn’t want to clean up after eight kids, you shouldn’t have had eight kids.
Tags: Discovery Health, Jon and Kate plus 8, Jon Gosselin, Kate Gosselin, large families, multiples, Parenting, sextuplets, The Gosselins, TLC, twins
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1. Teresa said:
March 26, 2008 @ 9:22 am | Quote
I have to totally agree with you on this. It brought me to almost tears seeing these kids being deprived of fun things that the rest of the kids there were doing. I thought about my own children. One day maybe they could wear there not so best clothes and let them get a little messy. I mean really, it is the crayon factory!! I felt bad for both Mady and Cara that they were being treated so unfairly. The girl was pleading to use markers. Was that really a worthwhile argument for the parents? Your kids are only little once so let them have fun.
2. Allison said:
March 26, 2008 @ 9:59 am | Quote
Let me just say, this thread better not get to 1900+ posts……………………
3. A said:
March 26, 2008 @ 1:17 pm | Quote
I agree with you on nearly every point you made.
However, it is important to note that they did not actually choose to have eight children, as the last six were born at the same time.
4. Kristi said:
March 26, 2008 @ 1:37 pm | Quote
This show drives me crazy….but Im addicted. I have 6 kids 12, 10, 7, 5, 3, and 6 months….life is all about touching, experimenting, learning how things smell, taste etc….This woman has a stick shuved so far up her butt…Its no wonder her kids are whiney little brats. Maddy and Cara, are so hungry for attention. And they get punished for acting out.
I agree Jon–step up. Put Kate in her place.
And Kate…instead of getting your hair done on a regular basis, while a cleaning comes to the house for you—try a parenting class! Try really letting go….let your kids have fun—
If you dont release the tight grip….your kids may just team up one you one day…..tying you up with duct tape and coloring on you with *GASP* washable marker!! YIKES watch out!
5. Kristi said:
March 26, 2008 @ 1:40 pm | Quote
That’s ___”"”Cleaning CREW”"”___ sorry—my kids were busy coloring on my walls with crayola washable markers….and I was admiring their work. (sorta distracting me)
6. Allison J said:
March 26, 2008 @ 1:53 pm | Quote
Without getting into a debate regarding selective reduction or IUI — they chose to have 8 kids…
7. Lilly said:
March 26, 2008 @ 2:44 pm | Quote
Yes, they chose to have 8 kids by choosing to not murder any of the sextuplets before they were born. Personally, I applaud them for that. However, the original point, as I read it, was that they didn’t plan on having 6 the second time.
8. Whatevah said:
March 26, 2008 @ 7:14 pm | Quote
If you have IUI, you realize the very high risk of having multiples.
It’s like jumping on a cliff and saying that you weren’t expecting to die.
9. jodi said:
March 26, 2008 @ 8:06 pm | Quote
This totally changed my view of the show. I just watched the one where she yells at Jon in the middle of a toy store and I was mortified for him. I wonder if she got to be this way b/c of the 8 kids or if she was always this anal and controlling.
10. laurie eller said:
March 26, 2008 @ 10:20 pm | Quote
I was saddened by this episode too. We have four children (4,6,8,10) and I realize mine are a nice almost 2-year space (20mos from each other) but whoever said that “they’re only small once” is right.
We long for the days when they wake up happy and just thrilled to see a bug on the sidewalk. We wish they didn’t grow up as quickly as they have and I shouldn’t have been so upset when someone decided to make smiley faces on my newly painted walls… over the years I’ve relaxed and now most things are taken in stride, simply because I want time to slow down and I don’t think I need to sweat the small stuff…
Personally I don’t think realizes how she is speaking… I doubt she thinks before she speaks, it just comes out… there’s no ‘filter’ so-to-speak. No one speaks to her that way and it’s sad she can’t realize what it is she’s saying to Jon… no matter how “easy going” he is. Words often need to be chosen with care whether you’re on television or not (which has NOTHING to do with it).
In the end I think the example you set for your children is the model they will show to their family when they are grown. Is it really THAT difficult to be kind? I really don’t think so.
As much as I enjoy the show and like Kate and realize that her job is mighty, I also think she needs to have a hobby of her own. Something she can “call her own”. Do you know what I mean? Someone should send her scrapbooking supplies. LOL Or maybe not. It might involve blue glue and markers.
LOL I kid!! I kid!! LOL
It’s a great show…it makes me want to be more kind to those around me.
11. chrisd said:
March 26, 2008 @ 10:33 pm | Quote
Have never seen the show. But based on what you have said, let her use the markers. Let them write all over their face, if they want. Who cares? They’re kids.
8 kids, though? (shuddering) I don’t know–it’s a lot.
12. Bella said:
March 27, 2008 @ 12:22 am | Quote
Remember that no parent is perfect.
13. Lil said:
March 27, 2008 @ 2:26 am | Quote
I find it very funny that all you do is seem to put her down for everything she does wrong. You say she is picky, well so are you. Yes obviously their are somethings that could be better, however that is a part of being human. You are so busy criticizing her that you over look all the good she does as well. Not only did she choose to keep all the children and take on that challenge
with all her fears. She has done a good job raising them. Yes she may be a tough parent, but its nice to see. So many parents let their kids get away with everything and baby them to death, it makes me sick. why do you think their are so many teenagers with attitude and no respect for others. As well look at the age she had them at. That is still pretty young considering most people are having children after 30. Most people at that age are still going out and drinking most nights. The responsibility she took on is amazing. I would seriously like to see your life put under a microscope and rip apart everything you do wrong. You say that if she didn’t want her kids to get dirty then she shouldn’t have had 8 kids. Well if you don’t like her, and only watch to put her down. Then us your head and stop watching. So you quit your damn Bitching!
14. Monica said:
March 27, 2008 @ 3:22 am | Quote
Give the woman a break. You have no right to judge someone else. She has 8 kids, stays home with them all day, and she has OCD. OCD is a medical condition, she can’t necessarily help it. If it really bugs you that much, don’t watch the show.
I’m sure if we were on TV, we wouldn’t probably be happy wiht the things we do and say. It’s life. Everyone loses their temper and of course the TV show doesn’t show everything….only what they want you to see.
15. laurie eller said:
March 27, 2008 @ 7:32 am | Quote
I don’t know who you talking to me or not but I didn’t want anyone to think I was trying to be unkind toward the situation. Honestly the show is very enlightening on how one would manage such a huge task, raising so many small children. It shows the good times and the bad times, sadly the bad times (or the “less flattering times”, I should say) stick out more than the good times (when they went on vacation and everyone ran around in their jammies all day… etc).
If we could pull back and try to fill her shoes I doubt it would be possible. The whole paper plate thing is daunting to me, having to make food, so much food, constantly. ::sigh:: I can barely handle dinner for six. I’m sure some would ask me how I do it but it’s just a matter of taking one day at a time. That may be exactly what Kate is doing… making each day as best she can and making each day as “easy” as she can by avoiding larger problems (stains on clothing). I’m sure the kids get to play with markers at home and use glue too, in proper clothing… you know?
One thing… I HATE pancakes. I think they’re messy and I hate making them… but we do it anyway. It was nice to see their “Saturday pancake breakfast” with so many small, sticky, gooey fingers. I love this show and love watching their family interaction, it’s very truthful and in today’s world it’s nice to see.
I hope you didn’t think I was trying to be ugly with my comments. To the contrary, I think the show is wonderful and will miss them when it ends.
Laurie Eller
16. Cerise said:
March 27, 2008 @ 7:52 am | Quote
I think that the producers are deliberatly showing the worst because we all seem to want to see that. More people will watch to see the weird parts that all the nice fuzzy moments. Yes , I think Kate shouldnt have yelled at Jon across a large room but keeping 8 kids together is a little like herding cats. In Kate’s defence, Jon sometimes seems to be zoned out at times. She has mentioned “security reasons”. Maybe there has been more of a threat issue that they are letting on. I always wonder what their lives will be like when the film crew leaves and it is just them .
I have OCD as well and I have learned that the more you give into it the more stressed it makes you. If it was me , I would let the kids get dirty and then get them clean when they get home. Part of overcoming OCD is to see that if you just let it play out , you realize the world doesnt come to an end .This however, takes alot of practice.My OCD is on a 7 to 10 scale. I think Kate’s is a 9 -10. Just my opinion.
17. Tina said:
March 27, 2008 @ 10:16 am | Quote
My mom had 8 children 5 girls and 3 boys she would of had 9 but she lost one.Our ages now are 48,47,45,44,43,41,38,36 I’m the youngest. My dad past away when I was 10 he and my mom where still together and married when he passed. I don’t no how my mother did it when we where younger. I have 1 she’s 4 and I feel like I have John and Kate’s 8 with just my 1 lol. My mom and dad was very easy going with us we could make the biggest mess in the world and they never stressed out about it.I like the show and the kid are just so cute.
18. Heather said:
March 27, 2008 @ 2:08 pm | Quote
I just love you people that think taking care of someone else’s children gives you all the insight there ever could be to raising children of your own. It is not the same! Try keeping your snide comments to yourself, this whole thing just makes you look pathetic because you have nothing better to do than criticize a subject you do not know first hand. And anyone who refers to ANY children as spawns should not be allowed to have any of their own. FYI crayon does not just magically wash out of fabric genius, it does have to be treated.
19. brava4 said:
March 27, 2008 @ 2:27 pm | Quote
This show has nothing to do with the twins. They never would have gotten the show if it weren’t for the tups. Hence, all the attention goes to the tups and then you have two older children suffering and developing very bad habits to get attention.
20. Allison J said:
March 27, 2008 @ 2:35 pm | Quote
Correct. But as I stated, washable marker does.
21. Philly said:
March 27, 2008 @ 3:47 pm | Quote
I hate this show, but I go back time and time again because it is like watching a car wreck, plus the fact that no new shows have come back on since the writers strike.
Poor , poor effing Kate,,,does she actually do the wash? I know she has someone fold it one day, and another woman put it away for her,,,,,,only in my dreams !!
Those brats will be 4 in May and still taking tantrums like they do.
I wish discovery would cancel them then she would lose all of her “free” trips and “free clothes”
Halllloooo,,,,,who in their right mind would take 6 3 year olds skiing? Not me unless there was plenty of booze.
22. Jean said:
March 27, 2008 @ 4:14 pm | Quote
This show should be called “Kate Plus Nine”. I have never seen such a controlling wife and mother, nor have I seen such a henpecked husband/father. Like many of you, I have a love/hate relationship with the program. I am a relative newcomer to it, so I’m not sure what Kate’s childhood was like, but my guess is that it was very unhappy with her getting little or no attention and having little or no control. She is more than making up for that now! A good psychiatrist would have a heyday with her (and undoubtedly with her milquetoast husband, too). However, as Phil McGraw says, on some level, it’s working for him, though I can’t imagine what level that is. The old adage “you are a doormat to the extent that you allow yourself to be one” comes to mind!
23. Jessica said:
March 27, 2008 @ 4:28 pm | Quote
LOL. That is really wrong.
24. Philly said:
March 27, 2008 @ 4:58 pm | Quote
as Phil McGraw says, on some level, it’s working for him, though I can’t imagine what level that is. The old adage “you are a doormat to the extent that you allow yourself to be one” comes to mind!
I LOVE DR PHILL !
25. Steve said:
March 27, 2008 @ 7:44 pm | Quote
Philly, r u drinking now? B/C you sound like an idiot.
26. Steve said:
March 27, 2008 @ 7:55 pm | Quote
I enjoy the show-the Gosselin’s family interaction reminds me a lot of my own. I think it is wrong and immature to pass such harsh judgement and criticism, there are many children in the world who do not have parents as caring and responsible as Jon and Kate. Those are the parents who should be criticized. Big deal, Kate didn’t allow markers-there are bigger tragedies in the world. Some people need a reality check.
27. Philly said:
March 27, 2008 @ 8:00 pm | Quote
As a matter of fact I am steve
28. Cindy said:
March 27, 2008 @ 8:21 pm | Quote
I don’t think Kate has been professionally diagnosed with OCD, I believe she has self diagnosed herself. I believe Kate uses the OCD diagnosis as this weeks excuse for her behavior. What kind of mother takes her kids to a crayon factory and then does not allow then to use washable markers. She did the same thing when they went to Disney with the ice cream, took the kids to the ice cream social with the Disne princesses, and then would not allow them to eat it.
True, she has her hands full with 8 kids, but she really only parents the 6 “babies”, if you notice poor Mady and Cara get kicked to the curb.
Normally I would admire any mother who parents 8 children and takes care of them on her own, but Kate Gosselin has such an inflated sense of herself, that it makes you want to shake the crap out of her. Children are only young once, and they should be allowed to be creative and do things that all children love to do, one is color. What these kids will remember about this trip is that their mother would not allow them to color the white modeling clay.
I feel sorry for these kids. Did anyone see the episode where they were organizing the garage? She put the kids down for a nap, went out to the garage without a baby monitor and ordered Jon to put the things away, then she was shocked and MAD when 3 of the children were found in the kitchen. They had gotten out of their beds and wandered down to the kitchen. She didn’t find them, Jon did. Then she proceeded to allow the other children to refer to the 3 that got out of bed as “naughty”. What if one of the kids had choked on a toy while upstairs, or gotten into serious danger alone in the house.
Again, any other mother and I would not attempt to criticize but Kate Gosselin believes she is God’s gift to parenting, and we should all bow down to her. I don’t owe her squat. However, I do wish that she would wake up and realize that she is doing more harm to the children with her constant anal retentive behavior.
BTW, why does she not have a relationship with her parents? What is the story there?
29. Steve said:
March 27, 2008 @ 9:11 pm | Quote
Like I said before…some people need a reality check. Isn’t great the Gosselin children are able to experience these family outings? But, let’s criticize them for not allowing markers! lol. Besides, wasn’t the Crayola Factory meant to be somewhat educational-to show the kids how crayons/markers are made-I don’t think the emphasis was on the projects they could make, which I am SURE they do at home! What about the kids who never get privileges like the Gosselins? I feel sorry for those children, not the twins or ‘tups. What about the parents who don’t bathe their children, or wash their clothing, or continually send them to school hungry w/o breakfast or lunch…the list goes on and on. Those are the parents I criticize. Jon and Kate are responsible parents…just b/c they don’t do everything like you would do, doesn’t mean they aren’t doing the best they can for their own family.
30. lindsey said:
March 27, 2008 @ 10:42 pm | Quote
Stop judging. All you see is what the editors put together. Not the whole story. These kids are loved and how the heck do you know how Kate feels about herself? Are you in her mind? NO! You are going based off what you see on T.V. If you watch the episodes she does parent mady and cara. Jon and Kate try to do little special things for them. Like when they took them to pick out dolls and see the show. Yes she asks them to help her with the little kids but so does every other parent that has a child old enough to help with the little kids. So please stop judging.