Entry FeedI've never watched an episode of this show, so I find it easy to judge. I am sure that the kids are all wonderful and adorable, as kids are. I am sure it is crazy and zoo-like trying to manage all of those young kids. I know that normal parents yell, and we don't all have the stresses of all of those children to care for. But the chaos of the show never appealed to me, and I never related to either of the parents, or found them particularly likable. The kids all seemed like a swarm, not individuals, and while I am sure a certain "factory" parenting style is necessary for order, it really turns me off. And now they are "angry" at the media... Really? 'Cause you sort of invited them into your lives, didn't you?
In the past I have written about excessive fertility treatments, and while I support every woman's right to determine her own reproduction, I feel like the medical profession needs to abide by a code of ethics - six children at a time is not OK.
Jon and Kate married young, by today's standards, and started their family young. It seems like as soon as they found out about the sextuplets they looked for an opportunity. This "family" doesn't seem like a family to me at all, but a business. Kate has had surgeries paid for by producers, Jon has had hair transplants. They have been given more free stuff than any parent would need, including round the clock nannies. Kate runs around the country promoting her book, while Jon goes out with young women to bars.
Bad decisions? Yes. But did you expect anything more from a couple that turned their family into a business, capitalizing on their children as a money making endeavor?
I hope that initially the decision was made not for fame, money, or self-promotion, but in fact to be able to give their kids a certain life. But it has obviously failed - to be expected with a house full of strangers running your lives for profit. Now that their marriage is in shambles, why don't they walk away from it all and try to fix their family?
I feel really badly for those children. They have been exploited, a form of abuse. And as we all watch to see what Jon and Kate have really been up to, who is watching out for their best interests?