I have no idea why this crap is hanging on in my head like a bad pair of drapes in a guest bedroom, but hey it is. Jon and Kate plus 8 keeps spinning in my head. This is a summer of my daughters 16th year and I am busy around the house, and from time to time the cable TV is on in the background of my life making noise.
Occasionally, I have watched the show "Jon and Kate Plus 8", and I have, over the last few months, turned it off because, quite frankly, a bunch of kids whining and learning to pee is not entertainment for me. However, earlier in the development of the show, I thought it an interesting peek into the lives of these two people who, with the help of fertility docs and their christian faith were blessed with twins and then sextuplets and thus became saddled with the huge (and daunting task) of raising a small army. I remember thinking controlling Kate won't be so chipper and able to controll when they all hit puberty -but by the looks of reality, there is much more to the misery than originally thought.
Now with all the buzz in the media, about Jon and Kate being anything but what they portray on television, it makes me sick to see TLC (The Learning Channel) camping out in the Gosselin's life and marketing the demise of the family for all the world - for the purpose of ultimately profiting the parents and the sponsors all at the children's expense.
Anyone who tunes into any of the crumbling drama, or spin-off shows in the works - ('Kate Plus 8'), will be contributing to the ugliness of these two people, as well as to TLC's contribution in the exploitation of minors. The privacy of these small children's lives is at stake.
