Jon & Kate Plus 8 (TLC)

Jon is an idiot, Kate is a little fame wanting, and the kids are victoms. Like others said, this isnt right for the kids, the parents pretty much chose their lives for them, to be famous, always to be famous. I dont want to give this show credit, I'm sorry, but I care more about the kids than me being intertaned. Fame breaks up families and ends up making the parents think they're above it all. People incourage the bad behavior too. What kind of life is being horded by camera crews? The kids are going to go crazy, the mom's already there. Even if I gave birth to 8 kids and survived, I wouldnt put it on TV. No matter how much it pays, money isnt worth throwing away the kids happiness. Attention loving snobs...

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I'm sick of it. everytime this is on I'll change my channel right away. I don't know why TLC is keeping this program.. So sick of it..Please take it off..

One thing I must say first. This site rates consumerism as a non-issue. Excuse me, but have you ever watched this program, I mean EVER? It is absolutely impossible to miss the MANY (at least 20) episodes that were essentially commercials – 'The Tale of Despereaux' (it really was a wonderful movie with a rich plot and positive messages for kids), crooked houses and some cottage playhouse to name a few. They have received umpteen free tickets to places like baseball games, shows and an aquarium including special "backstage" activities (and gifts) only they get to experience. We also can’t forget the numerous vacations (the sextuples will probably not even remember) to places like Disney world, ski resorts, beach houses and of course the free $$$$ Hawaii wedding are featured. In addition, they also get tons of free stuff from the plates that they eat off to the matching designer clothes that kids always wear. This is especially glaring, because the show was tagged for drinking. It’s ridiculous to think drinking wine with dinner is an issue, THIS IS NORMAL, demonizing it wrong. There are WAY to many other things to point out as being inappropriate to worry about that. I have watched it from the beginning and LOVE it. I will continue watch, even if I know shouldn’t. However, at the same time, I feel it is completely inappropriate for kids to be watching. I cringe when I hear that parent watch this with say their 8 year old kids. What are you thinking? There is nothing for a child to gain by watching this. What is portrayed as reality is often fiction. Adults SHOULD know this, but kids don’t. Try explaining to your kids why the Jon and Kate had a huge wedding and told their kids over and over (dozens of times) “mommy and daddy will always be together,” then got a divorce less than two years later. Message sent – parents are liars. As much as I love this show, and don’t like to judge, I find it inconceivable that they knew (they defiantly did know) that their marriage was in trouble, but chose to re-do the wedding for the free vacation. In fact, I hate when others judge, especially when they criticize poor 8 year old Maddy – just think about this child reading your comments someday folks, would you want someone do that to your kid? Yes, I know they are not TV, but that is NOT THEIR CHOICE, it’s their parents. Even if you don’t care what your kids watch, if not for to protect them, then to protect the children that appear on it. If it were your children on the show, would you really the parents of kid next door watching last night’s episode where their friend had a tantrum. Or, perhaps letting them watch a rerun where their friend (choose one of the sextuples) was potty training. Who in the hell thinks it’s appropriate to let your kids watch the neighbors child being potty trained? I know there are only a few kids that have contact (attend school) with the twins, but I just think it is morally wrong for the parents of the few who do, to discuss the details of TV kids lives and set them up to be teased. It doesn’t matter that your own kid doesn’t know any of the eight kids on TV, it’s the premise. Again, this is fine for an adult, but not a kid – 16 and up, at least!

I'm 17, and I watch this show every time it's on, even search it on YouTube and watch re-runs.. Yes, their life is hectic, who's wouldn't be when you have that many kids? Do I support what the publicity is doing? NO! I think that now that they can't pick on Britney Spears anymore, they're going for these people.. and sorry to say, but Jon & Kate were perfectly happy with eachother, even admitted numerous times that through everything, They STILL love eachother.. there's families out there with just ONE kid who can't admit that.. I recommend anyone watch this show, it shows you alot of stuff, and even though I'm only 17 and have no children, or a husband yet, I'm still learning quite alot of stuff from it.

It's a great show, but has a lot of BAD MEASSAGES. Kate is stressed at all times, the kids have terrible behavior MOST OF THE TIME, and Kate also gets the kids all excited because "they" are getting two dogs, when really she is the one who is picking them and naming them, because she doesn't want her dogs to be called dumb names like "Googoo" or something like that. Papparazzi is everywhere on the show and out and everything's about the divorce now. It used to be a great show. But it is enteraining at some parts, i guess.

It show use to be a decent, I personally started to tune somewhere in the 4th season since it seemed to become more of commercial of the thinking that the family got given to them. That was already there before, but by season 4 that show was almost an infomercial. The Gosselins seemed to get lost in that somewhere I didn't enjoy watch the show. What little I have seen since this commotion happen looks like they are know using it to get people interested in them, then claiming they asked for none of this. They placed themselves on TV so they didn't say no. I didn't think from what I've seen that it show is appropriate for younger children anymore. Not because of the divorce (that happens in real life), not because Jon seemed to cheat on Kate (that happens in real life), but because the hold situation they are in seemed confusing and played up for TV. I don't think the show is or has been for sometime a a true representation of what they what to claim it is, an average family but with twins & sextuplets. It was most like always going to end up like it is in one way or the other, a celebrity reality show, and they're never a realistic view on life and never appropriate for children.

The whole story around the divorce and various stories on the internet where people comment on the story lines. I think that Kate needs alot of counseling to get over the whole affair and to remove the bitterness she has in her. She is overly critical of the kids and of jon. She does not show any true affection but wants to show perfection in front of the cameras. All she wants it seems is to collect a paycheck while the kids do the work. Mean while jon needs to grow a backbone and stand his ground on certain issues and not allow kate to be so judgemental of all those around her when she is by far perfect. This show in general does not appropriately show what a real family is like