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The first two seasons were great, but I think the “reality” part of it started getting in the way. Cameras were constantly around, Kate is a control freak, Jon is too laid back, the couple would soon have their entire lives on camera. Many believed this couple would make it after their renewel wedding vows in Hawaii but it only seem to pull them apart more. Rumors are swirling that the couple are both seeing other people, or one is and the other isn’t, etc, the rumors continue. But here’s a thought that some are thinking but others are not.

What about the children in this reality show? Sure we see their cute little faces every week, but that doesn’t really tell us how they are doing. The press is constantly there, asking them questions and now they can possibly see the rumors going around about their parents, I mean they do go shopping. Have the kids seen it? Can they see the stress between their parents? Do children at school ask them questions about it? What do they know? How does reality tv hurt the children and how much will a divorce hurt them?

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Does Reality TV Families Split up Families?

I’ve read about Jon and Kate  Gosselin. Especially about Kate, people really love-to-hate her, which I find oddly fascinating. She’s just a mom, trying to do her best, like any other mom. I don’t get the venom, the hate, the Kate-as-the-devil-ness of it all. People go on about how she speaks to Jon, talking down to him, or whatever, but that’s behavior that I’ve seen in many relationships. It’s unfortunate, but sometimes it’s the way married people relate.

Lately, there have been headlines about Jon’s possible affair (denied) or Kate’s possible affair (denied).  I’m not there with Jon and Kate, I can’t see how they live their lives away from the camera, but I don’t think that these people have had affairs. I can’t imagine anyone with that many kids having the energy to have an affair – I know I’m exhausted daily by my four.

There’s also the issue of no privacy. I can see a flirtation that troubles a marriage springing up – these are regular people with cameras pointed at them all the time, their egos can’t help but be inflated by that attention. Marriage and raising kids – these are challenging endeavors. Even famous people are only human.

Kate has taken to PEOPLE magazine to voice her concerns.

“I don’t know that we’re in the same place anymore, that we want the same thing,” she says quietly. “I’ve been struggling with the question of ‘Who is this person?’ for a while. I remember where I was the first time I heard her name. It’s one of those things where you can try to make it go away, but there’s blaring, red flashing lights.”

The name to which Kate refers belongs to 23-year-old Deanna Hummel, whose brother later claimed she’d been having a months-long affair with Jon.

I’m no marriage counselor, but airing private maritial matters out in such a public arena, how can that help? 

 
Reality TV appears to be hell on marriages – only the Osbourne’s marriage appears to have emerged unscathed. Okay, maybe that’s not the only one, but when I think back to the couples and families I’ve watched – families that a show focused on – they are it. And they’ve made it through addiction and cancer, so I’d say the Osbournes are a forever match. I sure hope that Jon and Kate can figure it out, because otherwise, one of them is going to go broke paying child support.

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Jon and Kate’s Marriage

As the mom of twins, I take off my hat an bow down to this mighty woman! Now and always!

Dr. Mandhir Gupta, a neonatologist at Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center,  confirmed the eight babies were in stable condition. Two of the newborns were initially put on ventilators, but their breathing tubes have been removed.

The mother, who was not identified, gave birth Monday to the six boys and two girls weighing between 1 pound, 8 ounces, and 3 pounds, 4 ounces.

These miracle babies are only the second set of octuplets to be born in U.S. history.

It seems eight was a big surprise to the parents considering they went in the hospital thinking they were only going to have seven.

Hmph – imagine!

Congrats to the family – we wish the mother and all the babies very well and look forward to the new Plus 8 that were born in a single birth.

So there!

Source: Associated Press

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Move over Jon and Kate – Octuplets have been born