Jon & Kate Plus 8: Suck It Up

I am tired of Jon and Kate Gosselin.

The Gosselins need to grow up, put on their game face and quit acting like teenagers. Seriously. I'm sure it's stressful raising eight children. Having the media track your every move would be tough. I agree that Jon & Kate have challenges.

But it's hard to feel much sympathy for some of the challenges Jon and Kate have right now because millions of people would love to trade problems with the Gosselins!

You want real problems, Jon and Kate? How about having no health insurance for your children? Think getting followed around by the paparazzi is stressful? How about getting laid off and not being able to find another job?

If Jon and Kate want to know about stressful situations, they should check out Silicon Valley Moms Group. I write for the group and we participated with Katie Couric's CBS News feature about children and the recession. Some of the stories are just gut-wrenching.

Too many hard working people are having trouble feeding their families right now, so it's hard for me to have too much sympathy for Jon and Kate, when they earn more for one episode of their show than some people make in a year!

I've watched Jon & Kate Plus 8 for years. I haven't been a "Kate Hater" and I don't think Kate Gosselin is the worst mom on earth. It's clear the Gosselins are having problems but I don't have patience right now for people who have success in the palm of their hand -- and they find a way to be unhappy.

I think both of the Gosselins need to suck it up, quit whining and act like responsible parents to their eight kids. The gossip magazines are writing about the family so much because Jon and Kate are giving the paparazzi lots of stuff to cover by acting so immature.

Kate Gosselin travels on a book tour for the better part of a month? I'm an author and there are ways you can promote your book without having to be gone from your family for 20 days.

US Weekly reports that Jon Gosselin was snuggling in Park City, Utah with friend Deanna Hummel on his wife's 34th birthday.

Is the US Weekly story proof Jon cheated?

I don't care! Because I think this couple should start acting like parents instead of children.

I've been divorced and even when it is the right thing to do, it's awful. Before this couple puts eight children through the hell of a divorce, they owe it to their kids to try to work it out like adults. If they can't, they need to unwind their marriage in a way that doesn't cause more damage to their kids.

Those eight kids didn't ask to be born. They didn't ask to go on national TV. Jon and Kate Gosselin need to remember what is best for their children and quit thinking about themselves.

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Comments

[Laserbeam]

Make more in one eipsode than SOME make? Try more than MOST of us make.

I don't even clear 40K annually, and I am much closer to the majority of Americans.

[ReesieKitty]

What I am absolutely amazed at, is that the state of PA has not appointed a Guardian ad Litem to look after the interests of these children, as their parents are obviously NOT placing the children's emotional well-being ahead of their own financial interests. I got divorced a few years ago, when my son was around the age the Gosslin kids are now. Even a polite, amiable breakup is INCREDIBLY hard on a child. It is absolutely abusive to force these children to maintain their 'public' TV show personas during this mess. The network should not be permitted to keep filming, regardless of what the parents say they want. I work in the advertising industry- if Jon and Kate really had wanted to make sure their children had money for college, etc. there are so many other ways they could have done individual advertisements or product endorsements, etc. that would have been healthier and much less invasive for these poor kids. The Jackie Coogan law needs to be updated to protect minors whose parents force them onto reality tv for financial gain.

[tsanders726]

I agree. They need to start acting like the parents they've proclaimed themselves to be.
Their faith used to be a large part of their lives, according to them, but that seems to have fallen by the wayside. What a shame. They keep talking about protecting the kids and how "it's all for them"
Start acting like it ! Keep the personal comments to yourselves so your kids don't have to "google" themselves later and read all the sordid details.

[suemag]

The 8 kids are more mature than these two brats.

[deejayzee1958]

Jon has become accustomed to a lifestyle--he has a new home , freedom to come and go in a sportscar and a new motorcycle--and he gets to act obnoxious and petulant on and off camera. For someone who wants privacy, chillin' and hanging out with women in bars is stupid. Sadly, because Kate is the breadwinner, she will probably have to pay him spousal support. TLC is giving hoiim everything he wants as long as the ratings stay up.

People suggest the Gosselins give it up and end the show--but face it, Pandora's box is opened--every move they make from now on will be followed. If hey divorce, the proceedings will be in the news, if they date or remarry they will be followed. Gosselin kids will appear on tabloid covers forever....through school and sports and college....so they might as well do it on TLC's dime....if they are going to have a public life for the forseable future, they might as well get paid for it. That way they can put their kids through college, grad school and pay for their weddings.

What isn't fair is that we have witnessed the unwinding, but we don't get to see any of the counseling, or healing or whatever is being dealt with privately--so for all accounts it seems like they are doing NOTHING about it.

[MamacitaOfLove]

"Those eight kids didn't ask to be born. They didn't ask to go on national TV. Jon and Kate Gosselin need to remember what is best for their children and quit thinking about themselves."

Well said.