Perfect Jon & Kate Episode
January 15, 2008 by Tracee Sioux
Filed under Parenting
Last night as the kids and I were snuggle up with popcorn to watch Jon & Kate, plus Ei8ht I saw the teaser for the Nanny episode and I thought up the perfect episode.
TLC, if you’re listening, here’s the episode I want to see:
I want to see the viewers who are critical of Kate’s mothering of twins and sextuplets be the nanny for a few days!
Wouldn’t that be good, wholesome, karmic fun?
You think it’s so easy? We’ll see how YOU do with every eye in America watching you babysit 8 kids under 7.
I want to see Kate behind that little monitor she was using to watch the nanny interview criticizing every breath, move, utterance and step.
Yeah, that would be really fun for me. That would get great ratings too, I’m sure.
Marie V, chill, that part wasn’t for you. Some people do brag about giving to charity. It might inspire others by telling, but when I hear someone telling, “oh, I gave this much money to charity or I did this or that” it screams attention. Now, I take part in the Operation Christmas Child, which is kind of charity, but is kind of not. But a lot of people are invovled so there is no really telling anyone about it. Marie, I was just pointing out that you said you didn’t know any mothers who wouldn’t do the best for their children, yet you correct it with saying you live in the projects and understand…well, which is it…you either do or don’t! If Kate’s way of helping others is donating her childrens clothing to charity…that’s great. I know people who wouldn’t do anything to help anyone. Any little bit helps,…no matter who is doing the giving. It’s one thing to give whole-heartedly (forgive the spelling) and to give and tell. I agree, some forms of charity need to be told in order for people to know how to give, but there are some forms that are better kept to yourself. I know several people that recently gave to charity, they are older women and the first thing they did was call everyone in church telling them about it, like they should receive some type of reward. I shop at Consignment Shops and Thrift Stores often and I enjoy coming across a nice, name-brand pair of jeans or what-ever. At least Kate is giving. Now, if they didn’t, it would be different. I also didn’t like your comment about the whole “what will be Kate’s legacy?” Everyone leaves a legacy, whether good or bad is up to the individual. The thing with charity is that when people start telling what they’ve done, others start wanting to out do them….then it’s not the best intention…it’s about “keeping up with jones’s” as they say. Places like the Ronald McDonald House and others like them are the organizations that should be made knowledgable, not donating this or that to different places. I didn’t say you think you should receive an award for “motherhood”. That was more for Carrin.
Carrin,
You seem to have this idea that people worship Kate Gosselin, because she has eight children. Well, I don’t think they worship her, I think it’s more that they respect her. Hero is a strong word to be throwing around. She has help as do a lot of other mothers. Kate does somewhat inspire me,..in a way, not worship carrin. She did overcome many obstacles that most “mothers” do not face,…she was pregnant with sextuplets….day to day she faced new struggles, wondering if the children would even make it to birth and after birth then what. Would they live, would everything develop like they should. Still, she kept going,…without the cameras and “help”…just her and Jon, Mady and Cara. Honestly, I have heard tons of mothers say they don’t know how Kate does it…even with help. There are so many people that would have sacraficed half of those beautiful children, if not all but one. Jon and Kate Gosselin didn’t know what was in store for them having eight children. They didn’t know how they would put food on the table, but they chose to have the children…all of them. They had faith, something a lot of couples wouldn’t have. I also find inspiration in Jon, because he stayed and he raises his children like a real man should. I have heard so many people say on blogs that Jon should leave Kate because she is so “abusive” and he shouldn’t have to put up with it. But he does stay. Yes, Carrin, they do bicker, and nitpick…..that’s what makes them different…so many marriages are failing in this day and time because neither wife nor husband will open there mouth and say what they feel,…they storm off and sulk,..meanwhile no one talks and nothing gets fixed. Jon and Kate just come right on out and say it and they are better for it. They are young and they still have soooo much to learn about life and marriage….but, while they may bicker and nitpick…there marriage is still holding firm, while others are crashing to it knees. For this, I do commend them and they have overcome so much. Whether you claim they brought it on theirselves or not. Everyone overcomes obstacles daily, whether they realize it or not…me, you, and even Marie…since we seems to be the only one’s blogging.
Let me correct my statement, If I personally know someone they are in my inner circle, just because I live here doesn’t mean I know the whole neighborhood. I know what goes on here, unfortunately I am stuck in this blackhole of a neighborhood because we own the house and can’t get rid of it. I’m just going to say it and be done with it, I just simply can not watch the show anymore. I used to love it but I have been picking up feelings from it that I can’t quite explain. People evolve and things change but I don’t like what the show has become. I was watching the first special the Gosselins did and I saw a different Kate. A more mild speaking and humble person. After that I was never able to stomach her again. Whatever it is to them I just hope the whole thing is worth it. I hope the kids don’t have negative feelings toward it and I hope their future will benefit from it and I hope that it hasn’t caused them to lose family and friends, because at the end of the day that is what really matters. If all of the rumors are true about Jodi and Beth and others then that is heartbreaking, because you could tell they really loved those kids. I know that Jon and Kate love their children but I would be thinking long and hard about living publicly as they do. Family is so sacred and should be respected. It has gone so far that they have sites dedicated to slander them. Sites dedicated to what a bitch Kate is. Sites dedicated to boycott tlc. Just weird stuff. Is all that drama swirling around your family really worth it? I am a very private person but I imagine others wouldn’t want to be on television either. And the way things are these days with all of the perverts god only knows what could happen, those children are on demand for them to watch any time of the day. I’m done. Yuk, I just don’t even want to think about it anymore.
Marie V – Darlin’ don’t waste another minute negotiating here. Some people have all the answers and it’s not worth getting your shorts in a wad over it. To quote my daughter: “Mom, you invest way too much time on such an irrational matter.” I still read the blogs from time to time, but I am over going toe-to-toe with these gladiators who MUST internalize every remark and try to throw everyone who has an opinion under the bus. I have bigger fish to fry.
“Mom”, I’m not throwing anyone “under the bus”. Marie V, the Gosselins are on television and that is great, because obvioulsy it is there life and there’s to do with as they choose. What gets me, is that so many people want to criticize the Gosselins, when there are much worse things in the world. As “mom” said, there are”bigger fish to fry”. The fact is, many people do watch the show and enjoy it…and the funny thing is, all these so called “Gosselin Bashers” watch the show as well. If they hate it so much, why watch it at all? You can turn the channel. They complain all day long and then sit down in the afternoon or when-ever and watch it….that makes no sense. I don’t think the children have any negative feelings about the television show..now, some “bashers” would say, oh, but Mady put that sign on her door for the crew to stay out. But obviously, they were not watching the show, because they would’ve known she was mad that everything wasn’t circling around her. It had nothing to do with not liking the cameras. The children know the crew by name and enjoy having them around….or so it seems. I do have an opportunity to meet them shortly…again. Maybe I’ll ask them. They are in for the Womens Show. The fact of the matter is this,…everyone who is in show biz,…is in the spotlight and most of them have children as well. One would have to ask themself if all these actors/actress children are affected in any way. No, the Gosselins don’t star in big movies, but it is still basically the same. I will always watch the show,…”mom” I don’t internalize every remark…it’s just on here people have a tendancy to say things….and then change there story completely….that goes for most all the people who don’t like the Gosselins. So, don’t go jumping to conclusions, because you think your “daughter” is “wise”. I’m not on here everyday like some I have seen. It’s just strange that people have so much to say about Jon and Kate,…but yet, they claim not to watch the show.
My daughter IS wise and I am wise to you. Don’t expect another reply from me on this – I am not going to spend my time wrangling with you. You wring every molecule out of every word that is posted on this site and then start out on your vicious tirade against anyone who dares to disagree with you on ANY subject no matter how oblique or frivolous. Your viciousness takes away from your credibility.
Hey I see that the whole family will be on Regis and Kelly tomorrow. Looking forward to watching. I never did see them on Oprah, unfortunately.
Think what you want, but I have met them, actually today was the second time. They were at the annual Womens Show not far from where I live. I couldn’t in anyway “attack” all those who post on here that disagree with me, because I’ve only been on here like four times. In fact, yesterday was the first time I have been on here in about two months. You don’t know me and I’m not vicious,…contrary to your belief. I just like facts, not half baked stories that people tell about others they don’t even know. Everyone wants to gravel over the Gosselins, there bad or good…and it’s back and forth and apparently endless. It’s sad because there are bigger things out there than a family who chose to do reality television, but no one writes about that. Instead, people waste time, battling back and forth when they have no facts. I have met them, yes, and I know it doesn’t make what they say true…but it is better than comments from those who have no clue as to how they act with no lights and cameras. So many people are blinded to the world around them. They simply choose not to see the bad things…and so nothing gets fixed. If you feel that I’m the devil…which actually makes me realize something,…you know what forget it….your right….I’m the devil, have it your way. Thank you for clearing it up….I apoligize for expressing what I heard straight from there mouths……all hail “mom”,…she seems to know everyone and everything.
Yes Emily, I can’t wait to watch them on Regis and I still want to say Kathy Lee (lol), but anyway it’s Kelly now….I have it set to record on my dvr. It should prove interesting. I wonder if they will make an episode about it?!?…probably not.
hi gosslin famliymy name is nikki reazin i am your bigest fan i love your kids and was wondering if i could send each of you a gift 4 christmas u might want to know a little more adout me well i dont know where 2 start i am an 11 year old girl that lives in iowa park texas i have been a cheerleader all of my life and i abbsoluttly love babies and kids when i get older i want to be just like u love your bigest fan nikki reazin xoxoxo well i will wach your great show 2morrow and i would really like 2 meet u my # is 940-636-2897 like i said i love you guys with al my heart and love 2 see theses kids 2 grow up please never stop your show it means a lot 2 people like me thank you so very much love your bigest fan nikki reazin love ya xoxoxoxoxo ps. please call i whould love 2 meet u xoxoxoxoxo
Ginger,
Since you seem to know so much about Jon & Kate I’m curious why you didnt answer my question I sent 9/24/08. About what Kate’s reasoning was why she choose not to pay Aunt Jodi. I could see Aunt Jodi not wanting to take money from family!! Their show has gotten out of hand & with what happend to Aunt Jodi was enough for me to quit watching!! So like I said why on earth would Kate not want TLC to pay Aunt Jodi!! Perhaps Kate wants all the limelight, what is your thought. I think you know what mine is, just so you know………..
Those “in the know” heard Kate say that NO ONE other than J/K & 8 should be making money off their family. It was Kate’s insistence that haulted Jodi or Beth being paid for their time on camera. That is why we see very little of the nanny, Jenny. They want to keep her pay to a minimum. Just so you know…
why can`t you and john have babies on your own??? where are kates parents
Jon and Kate had trouble conceiving because she had Endometriosis. She had slight symptoms at a younger age and had always suspected she might have trouble getting pregnant because “something” was wrong. She was right. I think I have this right – Endometriosis involves scar tissue within your body that can prevent conception or cause an ectopic pregnancy where the fetus starts to develop outside of the womb and ultimately cannot survive.
Jon and Kate have never gone into detail about why her parents are not involved. So all that fans can do is to speculate. This has led to a lot of assumptions based on “information” or gossipp found on random blogs as well as unfounded conclusions based on snippets of comments from Jon or Kate. But until they actually send out the information, we will not know the situation. It appears that they wish to keep it somewhat private, as is their right. I’d really like to know the truth about the situation too! But I don’t think we’ll be hearing much about it from the pair any time soon.
Kate didn’t have Endometriosis, she has had PCOS (Polycycstic Ovarain Disorder) which is basically not ovulating on a consistent basis. It can often lead to ovarian cysts and other problems. I had it and was never able to have kids. I ended up with a huge cycst on one ovary, and a total hysterectomy due to other complications in 1990. I can understand why she might want to adopt a baby in the future due to the fact that she’s had 2 multiple pregnacies using the infertility clinic. I’m glad she has been successful, many with this disease aren’t. I went through about 11 years of trying before we gave up. Of course this was in the late 70’s to early 80’s. A lot of medical advances have happened since then. We never adopted because my husband wanted a child of his own. Personally, I would love to have adopted.
I think that if they want to adopt later, it’s a wonderful idea. I think she missed out on the one-on-one of a single pregnancy and would like to have it. I don’t think that’s wrong, and wish her the best if she decides to do it.
A-ha! You are right. That’s right, PCOS. Case in point, don’t believe everything you read on blogs! Thank you for correcting me. I remember now that I had read about Kate having endometriosis on some website and then later learned straight from Kate on an interview that it was, like Kathy said, PCOS in reality. Sorry ’bout that.
Dumb idea. Why would a nanny or someone critical of the mighty magical uterus having Katie be able to instantly tame the wild children that they haven’t been able to train since birth. A parent needs to start from the beginning teaching children to behave and if someone like Nanny Jo comes in she’s not going to in a blink of an eye retrain wild howler monkeys into well behaved children. It generally takes weeks to recondition children not five minutes.
Dr. Phil paid for nanny services just for the purpose of helping Kate get the wild children under control. But instead of hiring a trained nanny she used that funding to help pay for a friends daughter to be a babysitter. One of her more glaring examples of giving a sob story and then doing the exact opposite of what she claim she wanted and needed.
Now, Hannah is learning to be disrespectful to Jon. And who does Jon have to thank for the way his children treat him. Kate with her remarks about him being mean, doesn’t care for their safety and other ways of undermining him as a parent. It’s really sad to watch.
I admit I have not read every comment (waiting for criticism there), but I can’t keep my mouth shut on everything.
I have watched several kids the same age before. It’s easy! The kids are 8 and 4, they can clean up after themselves and have several siblings to play with. So what they get a little physical with each other? It’s good for them! Yes, sibling rivalry is good!!! I’d be a pansy if my older brothers didn’t beat up on me. At least they are the same age, so it’s an equal fight.
I am a Stay at Home Mom of 2 very young children and feel I have more stress than this woman. I am a game developer that runs two online games as well as run my small 1400sq ft apartment every single day. I never get a break. I have no family or friends in the area for help. My son turned 2 this month and my daughter will be 6 months in a couple days. My husband works the afternoons and evenings so I am the one to do EVERYTHING. From the time they wake up (since my hubby is sleeping) until the time they go to bed. I am basically a single mother with the benefit of being able to work from my home computer.
I deal with the stress my two kids dish out (my son has been in his terrible twos since he was 9 months old) as well as dozens of teenagers every day. (My games only have roughly 5,000 players.) I must be the perfect house wife, mother, and developer at all times, with only breaks for my World of Warcraft and Warhammer Online addictions (my me time after the kids are in bed). Yet, I still find hours a day to sit with my kids and play with them. They can’t play with each other because they are too young to understand the different stages of play.
I give Kate props for being able to cope with 8 children, but I will not give her a mother of the year award. I will not say she does it all. I am a big fan of the show (I let my 2 yr old watch it because he likes the kids), but I know the reality that they have it easier than even parents of two.
I read more entries then I probably should of. WOW! This blog started out very nicely with great compliments and questions. Then everyone wanted to argue amongst eachother. Some made me start feeling upset and then I was thinking to myself, how silly are all arguments. We can all agree that everyone is different period And that we wouldn’t be on this website if we didn’t enjoy this show.
Come on everyone….be positive! You can’t change people. Just be happy for what we get from them.
My husband, daughter and I LOVE this show!
What more is there to write?
Take care everyone…..just remember who are we o judge anyone, just worry about our own trials and tribulations and count each and every blessing.
would love to see J&K plus the nanny. Or J&K plus 17 and growing.
Hi Kate n Jon , How r u today. Well 1st. of all I luv ur show so much . I hope u dont get off the tv progroms. I luv kids 2. I hope I can help u all 2 with anything . I have 3 kids , 2 girls n 1 boy n 3 boys from my hubbys 1st marriage. 18 grandkids n 1 on the way in Jan.9,2009. Keep up r good work. luv u lots, Liz ur neighbor texaswonderwoman!!
Wow…I haven’t written in here in a long time. I kind of forgot about it for a while and took a break. I think thats what some of you need to do. You are all hooked to this site and addicted to writing terrible comments about Jon and Kate plus 8. I still watch Jon and Kate plus 8 and i haven’t missed an episode since i saw the first. I love all of them. Their kids are adorable. But for all of you who are on here constantly writing almost everyday…i think it would do you some good to take a little break from the site.
Why can’t Kate find the good in her family? She seems to adore Hannah and Maddie, yet she can’t seems to tease and bash John, the boys,
So sad…
Alexis, and Leah…
I’v watched Jon & Kate +8 since day one. I think it is a great show, it is a Show. Sure they aren’t purfect, but who is? Yes, the show, shows problems, but that is part of the Show. We don’t know what goes on behind closed doors. Yes, they make $ being in tv, so good for them. Companys give the free trips, clothes etc. for the advertising. If someone would give me a free trip I’d be glad to take it.
I’m the mother of 8 kids and probably older then most. I have 3 grown children+ grandchildren. then I adopted 5 of my foster children, ages now 8-16 and I’m a single parent, as my husband passed away 10 yrs ago.
All of you that have something bad to say, need to thank the lord for what you have stop bashing JON & Kate, do or say something nice for someone today. Get on with your life. Change the channel.
I am seeing Kate lately and she acts way happier. I wonder if she read any blogs about herself. She has been so much more affectionate with her adorable boys. I hope she came to her senses. I think the trip to Hawaii did her good. Sometimes a good vacation is all you need.
i love the show jon and kate plus 8
kate- you are a grat mother and you are very ferm and i like that.
Jon- you are the same like kate (very ferm) but you can also have fun with the kids and that is also very good
i will keep watching the show until
p.s. dont stop ii want to see them grow up
I love watching the show.. I have a 2yr old and expecting my 2nd child in late Aug 2009..So watching the shows helps give me pointers and ideas that I can try with my 2yr old and coming baby. I am also a strict single mother so I can understand Kate firmness and can honestly say I may not agree always.. but by no mean do I think she is a bad mother nor has ‘issues’ as some of you ppl like to claim and openly speakout. I think kate and Jon do a darn good job dealing with 8 little ones and think some of you ppl shouldn’t be so quick to judge becuase these kids are always well taken cared for and loved. I Wish them well in their new home and in their next step in life. Godbless!!
I see a lot of Kate bashing and judging her ways of parenting… If you really want to see some over the top parents with bad parenting choices just watch wife swap… the show is great to watch and good for criting how parents have chosen to parent their children and run their house hold… you get to see how different ppl live and raise their kids and maybe you guys might finally understand that Kate & Jon are just doing the best they can.
I have two issues with the new house episode…
#1 Hannah is CLEARLY their favorite, but to give her her own room was just plain unfair!
#2 The way Kate yelled at the kids about NOT coming in their room was just annoying and mean.
It wasn’t unfair to give Hannah a room of her own. She has migraines and sleeping problems so being able to be alone would be better for her. I know Alexis used to sleep in the basement, so having to share with Leah is a step forward for her. I think we should trust Kat’s judgment here as she knows the problems of each kid and is trying to do what would be right for them. We don’t see them on a daily basis and don’t know what sort of things they need. Their mom does.
I am glad they got a larger home for the kids and hope they enjoy it!
IF Hannah truly has migraines as Kate has said, having her doing the show with their lighting would be horrible for her and would trigger migraines.
There is NO difference between the Gosselin’s choosing fertility treatment (against doctor’s advice) and Nadya Suleman aka Octomom in that both were in NO financial situation whatsoever to afford additional children. Yet Kate is put on a pedestal by Dr. Phil who vilifies Nadya Suleman.
The Gosselin parents humiliate, belittle and embarrass their children and demean each other.
Terrible parenting.