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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 6:45 pm
The two oldest girls do appear to be a bit over-dramatic.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 6:57 pm
Most girls I know that age are very dramatic! LOL
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Erniesgirl
Member
06-26-2006
| Friday, October 17, 2008 - 10:13 am
My older brother went through much the same behaviour when my twin and I were born, only to be followed by a second set of twins the next year. He had been king of the castle for three years and garnered all the attention. All of a sudden there were four more!!!! He became a brute. He put both brothers in the hospital at one time or another. He hit my mother when he was a teen. He also beat his girlfriends. I'm sure he was a very nice fellow til the rest of us showed up.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, October 17, 2008 - 10:31 am
Um. I think I dated your brother in high school, lol. JK.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Friday, October 17, 2008 - 11:36 am
I didn't see GMA. I haven't seen the show in a few weeks but have probably seen all the other shows over the years. I've seen Cara behave in that manner a couple of times and often seen Maddie behave that way too. Maddie reminds me a lot of my youngest child who is very governed by her emotions. On the flip side, when she is happy, she is extremely happy! My daughter is older than the twins and she still at times acts that way. I don't think Cara and Maddie cry so much for being 8.
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Neko
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, October 17, 2008 - 7:20 pm
I always found Maddie to be quite the brat, but I find in the more recent episodes, Cara's been getting very bratty herself, when before I found her to be one of the better behaved children. My sister's actually 8 right now, and while she's not very sullen, she can get very dramatic and cry on cue when things aren't going her way, so I don't find Cara and Maddie's behaviour is anything different (I find it extremely frustrating as I do my sister's, but that's a completely different story.:D ) I guess 8 is a very bratty, dramatic age. LOL
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, October 17, 2008 - 8:37 pm
Maybe it's a girl thing. My son turned 9 a few months ago and he was never dramatic.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, October 17, 2008 - 9:25 pm
Ah,Julie -- the mood swings for boys begin around age 10...and it is just as bad as girls, just less crying (although there is still some!)
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, October 17, 2008 - 9:33 pm
I actually think the boys are worse.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Saturday, October 18, 2008 - 4:09 am
Oh great Teach!! Looking forward to that!!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, October 18, 2008 - 7:26 am
Julie, I remember being stunned when my ds got all dramatic when he started to hit puberty. I truly believe all kids go through a bratty stage, the age just varies.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Saturday, October 18, 2008 - 10:17 am
Surely the girls have seen themselves on the show. They are plenty old enough now to be completely embarrassed by their displays of brattyness. Perhaps soon we'll see them monitoring their actions into a more desirable mode.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Saturday, October 18, 2008 - 11:03 am
They are 8 years old. I don't think they are embarrassed by their actions. [Do we know if they are allowed to watch the show at all? I can't remember if they've talked about it on the show.] I think they are tired of all the hoopla, all the being told how to stand, how to act, what they can and can't do/say/eat while the crew is filming. While I think it is tired to involve the twins as much as the tups, I think the twins know the draw is to the tups and it bothers them aka jealousy.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Saturday, October 18, 2008 - 11:29 am
You are probably right, Serate, they are old enough to know that it's really not about them.
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Neko
Member
08-03-2001
| Saturday, October 18, 2008 - 12:00 pm
The tups watch the show to go to bed/naps to, so I'm assuming the twins see the episodes too.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Saturday, October 18, 2008 - 2:02 pm
Thank's Neko I wasn't sure if they got to watch the show or not.
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Erniesgirl
Member
06-26-2006
| Saturday, October 18, 2008 - 4:38 pm
There was one episode where Maddy smacked one of the tups, looked at the camera and then patted the little head gently and cooed. She has seen what she looks like on camera being a bully, this was just damage control for our benefit only.
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Sherbabe
Member
07-28-2002
| Sunday, October 19, 2008 - 2:11 pm
I have twins that live next door to me. They are in 2nd grade. They do not, even remotely, act like Maddy and Cara.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, October 19, 2008 - 2:31 pm
some children go through bratty stages. it's not a function of being twins, triplets, only or what. if you had a group of 8 kids in a room totally unrelated, i wouldn't be surprised if a few of them acted up. if those kids all acted perfectly, they would be accused of being afraid to act like kids.
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Bunkynut
Member
07-07-2004
| Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - 9:06 pm
I think I remember Kate saying that the kids can watch their show and Little People, Big World.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 10:27 am
Kate was The Bonnie Hunt Show today. It wasn't very interesting, but she looked pretty and she pimped K-Mart. Then they gave the whole audience $50 K-Mart gift cards.
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Sia
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 10:49 am
The "little kids," as the Gosselins refer to the sextuplets, used to watch their own show quite frequently. I don't recall seeing the twins watching as much, but I think the little ones got a kick out of seeing themselves on tv and were watching episodes when the twins were off at school--before they were old enough to attend preschool themselves. I used to let my own kids (son now 12 and daughter 10) watch VHS and DVD movies that they liked--repeatedly, if necessary for my mental health sometimes, although I remember repeated viewings of Barney pushing me dangerously close to the edge of sanity!
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, November 10, 2008 - 4:54 pm
Jon & Kate + 8 are in Hawaii tonight. I think I read that they learn to hula. Should be a fun episode.
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Sherbabe
Member
07-28-2002
| Monday, November 10, 2008 - 10:01 pm
I've tried being nice regarding Kate, but, yikes...what a negative women. They should pull out from this show and get those kids situated and attitudes adjusted. I know they just moved into this mega house (prob courtesy of TLC), but, the kids are really in for a very difficult future. I'm sure the Dilley sextuplets are grateful to their parents that they did not display them for the world to see. If you see this week's People magazine, check out family pic. Twins look miserable and unhappy.
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