J & K + 8 = Emmy winners?
January 8, 2008 by Tracee Sioux
Filed under Parenting
Last night the kids and I settled down for a little snuggle with Jon and Kate plus Ei8ht.
Truly, it’s one of the few shows on television without any inappropriate language or sexual connotation. And my kids like to watch it as much as I do.
They fight and love each other like you and Daddy, my 6-year-old daughter Ainsley remarked.
That’s right, we fight and love each other. Most married people do, marriage is hard, honey, I told her.
They got special treatment all the way through the Pittsburg Zoo with close up petting and feeding of animals and the zookeeper bonding with animal enthusiast Aiden. Little Alexis got to pet a real live algidator, just like her toy algidator.
Kate, most criticized mother in America, got neurotic about the safety of the children and took issue with where the Jon was sitting on the zoo tram.
Jon flipped out on Kate at the zoo for not disciplining her own children while she went to look in the penguin house (with at least half of them).
Kate slapped him on the leg – twice. He joked about reporting her for abuse.
The toddlers fought, slapped, hit and pushed and cried loudly, dramatically and hysterically. Even sweet Hannah, while comforting a sick Joel, attacked her sister for getting into her nurturing territory.
Jon insisted “his public” knows he’s the one who gets up with the twins at 6:30 in the morning – yes, Jon we’ve established you’re a great father.
Kate threw a dirty diaper at a producer!
Kate explained the time-outs and admitted they spend quite a bit of time in it. Can you imagine the public outrage if they were spankers?
Kate established, we don’t sleep with the boys anymore, and we won’t until your married.
They agreed two of the children, Collin and Alexis, don’t really get along because one is a control freak while the other is a wild-woman. You can’t control the wild woman.
Maddy, like a typical 6 year old, tried getting more attention than the toddlers by demanding she hand out the cards they made for Daddy. Kate admitted she was quite controlling with the younger kids, unlike anyone else she knowsshe said faciciously.
Kate explained the modern-day stay-at-home mom’s reality times 8, Everyday is painfully the same, yet vastly different.
Yep, arm-chair psychologist diagnosis: Perfectly flawed, perfectly normal and perfectly great way to spend the evening snuggled up with my kids on the couch.
I hope they win an Emmy!
You’ve summed up the show perfectly! I am so hooked on it and can’t imagine being in Kate’s shoes. I can just about handle my one child, and he is only three months old! Love your blog!
My 12 year old daughter and I watched together last night. The smile never left our faces for an hour, starting at the new intro.
I too hope they win an Emmy and Kate gets Mother of the Year.
Yes, J&K+8 is also an antidote for whinning about parenting two well-spaced children. Whenever I see the show I vow to complain less, count my blessings more and enjoy each delicate moment.
I agree with the person that said it’s one of the few shows we can watch as a family. My 4 year old always says mommy OUR show is on. And we cuddle up and watch. I love the fact we have something of our own. Even if it is TV.
I’ve only seen about five episodes, and it’s a great show. I admire Kate. I would be pulling my hair out if I had to care for eight children 24 hours a day.
My husband and i actually watched this. I’d not seen it before. Had heard of it, wanted to watch, but never did for whatever reason.
Thank goodness for the writers strike I suppose.
I can empathize with J&K on the twins – got a set of those m’self – but to take my two, add a little water and produce SIX? God I can’t imagine.
I’m most impressed with how well the children do mind too. Timeout is all the need be said. it’s GREAT!
My hat off to J&K – they deserve and Emmy, Mommy of the Year, Daddy of the Year and any other award anyone could muster up.
Heck, since there won’t be any Golden Globes, let’s just have them all boxed up and sent to J&K too!
Here, here Golden Globe nomination at Blog Fabulous! I’m for that!
I’ve only seen the show once, but thought it was funny. It was refreshing to see the real side of parenting and frustrating (and rewarding) it can be sometimes. Maybe teens should watch it for good birth control measures. lol
It’s truly great birth control! Teens should watch!
I am so sick of people trash talking Kate and her family. ( Not on here but generally)She is doing a better job with her 8 than some lazy mama’s do with 1 or 2. She should stand as an example to women that we are very strong beings and that the possibilities of what we can achieve are endless. Oh my goodness and she bickers with her husband just like every other married woman in America. Now that’s unheard of Huh?! And you will se the moments when she is hugging one of them and you know that she is for real.
To Jon and Kate…A Definite Emmy winner in my book!!!
I agree! i think we should all just make some homemade awards and send it to her anyways haha… she is a great mom and rolemodel!!! I love this show and their family and it is truly great birth control haha… right out of a teenagers mouth!! my friends would sometimes laugh at me cause i watch this show and then i got them into it and now every monday night me and a bunch of my friends sit down and watch the Gosselins!!!!!! I hope this amazing show never ends…. CHEERS FOR THE GOSSELINS!!!!
Dear Kate my Mother who ust turned 71 just loves your show we never miss it.I wish there was a way you could say hello to her she is a very sick lady but she wont let you know itMy mom had 15.Im next to the eldest at 52We love you Kate and Family
I love this show but don’t have the channel anymore? Does anyone know where I can watch it online?
You got quite a few of them mixed up XD It wasnt Hannah and Joel….It was Alexis and Aaden. Alexis was comforting Aaden when Hannah came up and Alexis slapped her saying ‘him will throw up on your hands!’
I just want to thank you for posting somehting that is not a complete and utter b*tchfest about Kate Gosselin. It never ceases to amaze me that there are so many negative opinions about this woman. I personally think that they are all just projecting their own insecurities and need to stop berating this wonderful woman. Yes she does get out of hand every now and then and she does get cranky but who doesn’t? I sure as heck know that I do. The children are so cute and really are loving toward one another, what more can society ask for? It saddens me the amount of venomous language that people are capable of putting out and take so much time to create such negativity. Kate is not perfect and has admitted it numerous times but America fails to see what is good and her and continues to bash this woman. Its really more of a commentary of america than on her.
Casey, I was pretty shocked at the capacity for judgement of a mother of sextuplets myself.
One of my posts about the show has over 1,000 comments – many negative.
Dakota, I think it rocks that you’re into J&k+8 instead of Rock of Love or something – you seem like a pretty cool girl.
Hi everyone i couldnt find your email so im doing this. I love your show. Im 10 i just wanted to say you 2 are very good perents and i love that you clean alot kate. you guys are such a good family. pleas email back at chloethesinger@yahoo.com
I think I will stop watching the show, because of the favoritism Jon and Kate show to the five girls.
Kate wanted to spend one on one with the girls, however, she did not find it necessary to spend one on one with the three little boys. Jon and Kate both went on field trips with the girls, but just Jon with the boys. Why Kate? Do you love the girls more than the boys?
Also, when they were putting carpet down in the living room, the little boys had to go to the basement, but the little girls were allowed to stay upstairs. Why? Are the girls better than he boys? Come On, Lets treat the children the same and not show so much favortism to the girls.
Myra, I think your reading too much into it. I think when it came down to it they realized how much babysitter time there would be.
It gets expensive if you’re paying them and if you’re using friends for free then it you can’t do it ALL the time or you burn them out.
Plus I know my husband and I try to spend one on one with our same-sex kids too. Boys emulate dads and girls emulate moms.
She said she was worried about how to keep all of it fair, which is why they haven’t done one on one before.
She has 8 kids – they have to give up the idea that this is going to turn out fair in the end. It’s not. I have only 2 kids and realize it’s just not going to be fair – it’s an impossible standard.
But, don’t watch if you don’t want to – no one is making you.
I agree with Tracee, there’s NO WAY to do things ‘fair’ or ‘even’ with more than one. Sometimes I feel some guilt about not doing things the same with my second son as I did with my first – but there’s no way to do that. There’s no way (and really no point) to try and recreate an only child scenario with a second child. And that’s not always a bad thing – my second son has the benefits of the lessons I learned from mistakes with the first – so maybe that evens it out some?
I do cherish the moments I have with each of them individually, but really – they like the other one being around. It’s their security. I’m sure the Gosselin kids are the same. And Jon and Kate aren’t ever going to be able to offer very much one on one time – EVER.
i love the show but i really love leah alexis and cara
I WOULD JUST DIE IF I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET YOUR 8 KIDS!!!!!
My 11 year old daughter and I watch the show and just can’t get over how adorable the children are! I realize there is more to the children than their looks, but they really are cute. I realize Kate has to stay focused on order, or their house would utterly explode. I think she is more organized with her 8 than I am with my 3.
DEar Jon and Kate my name is kelly and i’m 13yrs old and i think you should do an episode where the sextuplets have their birthday party
Dear Jon and kate my name is kelly and i’m 13yrs old and i think you should do an episode where the sextuplets have their birthday like Cara and Mady did and i hope you get this emailyou wiill right back oh and can you tell me how to send an actal mesagge from your new friend kelly
I have watched the J&K+8 for a while now and sometimes get very upset with Kate and the way she treats Mady and Jon, but…if it were me, I would probably be worse than Kate regarding those issues.
I raised three children, two girls and a boy and wondered sometimes if I were crazy during the whole process. Now looking back I wish I had spent more time and energy on my kids like Kate does. Sure she and Jon have their moments and I feel a little embarrassed by this, but think back to how my husband and I dealt with things when money, room and time were scarce and did what the two of them do…so don’t see how theyu are any different.
As Kate has stated, she wants it all to be real and I think that if she and Jon were nicey nice to each other and never yelled or lost it, it would not be real. People who never yell at each other don’t feel true to me. There are times we as imperfet humans lose it and the ones we love are who we lose it with or to.
So I guess my comment is that even tho sometimes I don’t agree with Kate and Jon and their way of dealing with their children, I admire that they do deal with the children and try to give all eight of them a taste of how life can and should be.
WAY TO GO YOU TWO AND HOPE YOU CAN HOLD UP FOREVER.
Jon&Kate
My son & I LOVE your show.I have one set of twins,my sons teas me I only deal with two,my son Brandon mention to me, he has a new HERO. who Is Jon&Kate
Both of you are “”outstanding”" PARENTS.
Enjoy every moment with your babie’s,my boys are senoir In H.S.
God Bless
Maycott-Cash Family
Maybe Maddy was upset the day of her birthday, because when she and Cara got off the school bus Jon told them they had to stay outside for awhile.
I watch this show with husband and there are times when he cringes at what Kate says to Jon and I defend Kate when Jon gets snippy with her. We do this because that’s how we are at times with each other. Nothing is wrong with how they act to each other. There is not stencil of how we should act with our mates. Rules yes, but everyone is different and interact differently that is part of thei charm.
Nothing is wrong with their marriage.
Nothing is wrong with Mady or the way she is being treated.
Mady just has more of a difficult personality. Every child is different. She will grow up and adjust were is necissary. She is beautiful, well spoken and very smart. And Kate loves each of her babies. With so many different personalities, it’s easy to figure that some may get along better with others. Nothing to do with meaness of lack of love.
We love the show! The children are adorable!