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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 10:44 am
I'd hate it if he did it to scare the boys into assuming more responsibility. I didn't get a sense of urgency from Amy in that preview, either, so I have to wonder if Matt wasn't really ill.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 11:19 am
I kind of thought it looked scripted, too. If my husband fell, I'd run and try to help him. I wouldn't stand and look at him.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 11:52 am
I wonder too about the boys - why arent they more invested in their futures? I think their parents work very hard, both in over coming their disability as well working to achieve success (Amy as a coach, as a preschool teacher... etc) and yet the kids just seem to be in a haze. I enjoyed Molly's 16th birthday party very much... and you had to chuckle at the gift of tools Matt gave Molly - then the voice over of her crying "dad" because the car didnt start (or so we are led to believe) However, I think since Matt worked very hard at teaching the boys about cars, he should give the same education to Molly esp since the car isnt new! (I speak from experience - I loved that my dad gave me pointers on my car and taught me a few tricks to keep it running - I dont know what year it was, but it would stall in rainy weather, I'd have to pop the hood and stick a pencil in the butterfly valve - the looks I got from the guys "how'd you know that? priceless!)
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 11:57 am
It greatly alarmed me how everyone just stood there looking at Matt, but I figured if something had been really wrong we would have heard about it by now. My 20 year old son seems to have a very laid back attitude about his future too. Drives me crazy!
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Frogichik
Member
06-11-2002
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 12:04 pm
Those kids never had responsibilities! They never had to clean there room, do laundry, help around the house, etc. They also have no consequences to their actions. I've never seen them punished on the show. The parents complain about them, but never follow through. How are they expected to know how to survive in the real world when mommy and daddy have done everything for them? Matt and Amy are to blame here.
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Mush
Member
09-09-2002
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 12:54 pm
My bet is that Matt may have fallen ill when the cameras weren't around and what we saw in the previews was the family re-creating it.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 1:09 pm
~~I wonder too about the boys - why arent they more invested in their futures? I think their parents work very hard, both in over coming their disability as well working to achieve success (Amy as a coach, as a preschool teacher... etc)~~ I've seen this phenomenon in other families too. Hard working parents who had to overcome hardships to make it in the world and their kids turn out to be the biggest slackers. It's usually because the parents never expected or taught responsibility to the kids. The Roloff's daughter Molly seems to be the only one of the kids that isn't a total slacker. She does well in school and manages to do the work required in her classes. I have a feeling she'll be the only one of the kids to leave home. I see the boys living with mom and dad for a long time especially Zach, he's been pampered and has had zero responsibility his entire life. Amy and Matt didn't do their kids any justice, in fact they sorta droppped the parenting ball and raised boys (Zach) to be helpless and useless, it is a shame. }
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 1:12 pm
well, speaking as the mother of a 20 year old slacker who did have chores, jobs, rules ect, it's not always the parent's fault.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 1:39 pm
I have a friend who absolutly set no boundaries for her 17 year old son. He is now addicted to drugs and booze and is flunking out if his Junior year of high school. I think he will be a high school drop out. He has absolutly no desire to get a job because he knows his mother will support him for the rest of his life. I told her last week that he needs some form of intervention
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 4:58 pm
I don't blame Amy and Matt for the boys attitude. They sent them to the best schools and expected them to do well. They provided support when their grades slacked. yes, they didn't require as much housework, but that doesn't make them slackers. Those kids have done tons of chores outside the house for years. They've worked the pumpkin festival, too. I think the boys reflect the attitude of a lot of kids in their generation. I see a lot of kids on a daily basis with that self entitlement attitude. I have seen kids tell teachers they don't enjoy the subject being taught so they won't participate. It's crazy!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 5:12 pm
JUST starting to watch.. but if Matt is a FARMER, maybe he should have been checking on the crop, weeding, whatever, instead of digging the grand canyon and sneaking new buildings in when Amy was away? And it must be hard for the county to see people using certain buildings but then have Matt claim they aren't "the public".. I would guess he is saying that people become "the public" only when he is charging for entry? Anyway, the show has been renewed for season six: http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/06/15/tlc-renews-little-people-big-world-for-season-6/?icid=main|htmlws-main-n|dl2|link4|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tvsquad.com%2F2010%2F06%2F15%2Ftlc-renews-little-people-big-world-for-season-6%2F Haven't read the article, yet.. waiting to finish watching the shows.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 6:09 pm
I think Mike Detloff worked with Jeremy and Jacob in terms of working with cars.. not sure about Matt, so much. As for school.. it may be their job, hands off, but if Matt and Amy are paying for their tuition, the should have some say in how THAT money is spent.. but it could be that they worked around the farm, earned that money and then it is up to them. Of course they may or may not be paying rent but they certainly do seem to be available for work (with some urging). The end.. well I think I got cut off since TLC is one of those channels that stupidly schedules as if you are just glued to their shows and they finish at the beginning of the next show.. but it certainly did seem manipulated. And in that article I posted they show the link to Matt's facebook which seems to have them on another road trip. Matt posting so presumably alive.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 9:58 pm
I haven't seen any eps this season. Based on the earlier seasons, I truly believe all 4 kids will turn out just fine and become responsible productive adults. They may not get there as early as some (maybe not immed. after 4 yrs. of college), but I have lots of faith they'll get there someday ... and not really late late bloomers either. I think together Matt and Amy have done a good job with them. Especially Amy. and I'm not putting down Matt either.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 6:48 am
well I think many many parents can relate in trying to motivate our children to "Find their dream" and then work for that... Matt and Amy are great examples in having a dream, working for that dream, and as for Matt, he may have achieved his dream of a farm, but he continues to show us that you still work on a dream, every day... and of course Matt shows us his human side, his mistakes, and we get to see him at vulnerable stages, as well as working through so many things... I also think they are great role models in that those kids DO work for what they have, Molly and the boys have cars, but they work for the cars, they do drive themselves, each other - again working for what they have is what I see from the parents to the kids. I think they have always shown us school has been a struggle for the boys - as it is for so many kids, again, I think that is a very brave thing to show on tv. To see Jeremy struggle at the college counseling center was wonderful - because like Amy said, she wouldnt have left until it was worked out - Because I have btdt with one of my kids - ITA with her, its frustrating, I wanted to shake my kid and say "how come' but because of the way the college system works, I dont get to know information, so I dont get to "help" my son - but at the same time, I know, and Amy knows - Jeremy has to figure it out on his own... BUT WTH does the college make it so darn hard? Jeremey went THERE FOR HELP - he was told - go online and figure it out...WTH? That frustrated me!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 7:00 am
I'm pretty sure that Oregon law dictates that a portion of the earnings from the show has to be set aside for the children. Now, that the boys are 19 they probably have some access to that money to help pay for their education and personal needs.
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Frogichik
Member
06-11-2002
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 7:57 am
They are 19, their parents should make them move out and really learn what the real world is like. At minimum the kids should be paying rent at 19! Even if their parents save the money and give it to them when they move out (my friend's parents did that for her. She had to pay rent after she graduated and she was 17. She is also the most responsible friend I have. Any school function she wanted to attend was paid by her, not her parents) A baby bird will never leave the nest if the mother doesn't kick him out first. The only way to learn is to do it.
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Erniesgirl
Member
06-26-2006
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 1:17 pm
Matt posted this on Facebook: Matt Roloff Wow!! I am humbled, by the responses to our last episode. For those wondering..the reality of my collapsing was REAL I continue to fight Vertigo dizzy spells. I'm now on the right meds. Happy to say I'm doing much better...haven't hit the floor in months. Thank for your well wishes. I'm glad to be home!
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 2:28 pm
~~They are 19, their parents should make them move out and really learn what the real world is like. At minimum the kids should be paying rent at 19! Even if their parents save the money and give it to them when they move out (my friend's parents did that for her. She had to pay rent after she graduated and she was 17. She is also the most responsible friend I have. Any school function she wanted to attend was paid by her, not her parents) A baby bird will never leave the nest if the mother doesn't kick him out first. The only way to learn is to do it.~~ Frogchick,I agree with you're generally. If at least get them out of the house and to school and a dorm room. The twins need a taste of independence. Matt and Amy aren't doing them any favors by not treating them as young adults. I like this family very much but I do think both Amy and Matt have taken the easy road and haven't done the hard parenting.
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Erniesgirl
Member
06-26-2006
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 5:30 pm
I just saw this on Twitter: http://ca.eonline.com/uberblog/b186204_little_people_big_death_rumor_what.html?cmpid=sn-000000-twitterfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=twitterfeed&utm_campaign=twitterfeed_topstories For a change, it wasn't the Internet that scared you into thinking a star had died. No, this time you got punked by a TV network. Maybe TLC didn't mean to play the role of hoaxster with Monday's fifth-season finale of Little People, Big World, but it did. And reality-TV dad Matt Roloff had to clear things up, i.e., vouch for his own health. Here's what happened: Monday's episode closed with the 48-year-old Roloff being found collapsed at his home. Did Roloff have a heart attack? Did he die? Fans were left to fill in the blanks for themselves. And they did. As Internet chatter can attest. "Just watched tonight's show," a viewer posted on the show's official message board. "I'm deeply concerned about what happened to Matt at the end. It will be difficult to wait until Sept. Does anyone know what happened?" The very-much-alive Roloff does: He was felled by an attack of vertigo, or dizziness. "For those wondering…the reality of my collapsing was REAL," Roloff posted on his Facebook page today. "I continue to fight Vertigo dizzy spells. I'm now on the right meds. Happy to say I'm doing much better…haven't hit the floor in months." While followers of the Roloffs, since 2006, seen on TLC dealing with the ups and downs of farming life, as well as the dwarfism that affects Matt Roloff, wife Amy and their son Zach, were relieved, they weren't entirely forgiving. "[F]an of the show for years but feel the ending was almost disrespectful to fans," another viewer wrote on the Little People, Big World message board. "Why leave us worrying about your health?" Because, um, it worked? Monday's finale scored the show's biggest audience of the season.
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 9:06 pm
Maybe the slow reactions from Amy and Jeremy are from them seeing Matt collapse before. With him suffering from Vertigo, I'm sure this was an ongoing thing. And especially from the stress of the Pumpkin Fest, it did not help matters. Glad he is on the right meds now, and seems to be doing better. But I had a cousin who would have seizures when he would spike a fever when he was a kid, and the WHOLE family would still freak out like it was his first. So it was a little weird to see them just standing around looking at him. I do agree it was kind of jacked up of TLC to have the season END with Matt on the floor, non-responsive. This is a real man not JR, and fans can't and shouldn't wait to see if he makes it or not by waiting for next season. Even though we can all check online afterwards and see if he is OK, but that 'cliffhanger' left a bad taste in my mouth from TLC.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 9:08 pm
I feel the same way about the handling of status on Josie Duggar on that show.. and in that case it was much harder to dig out her actual condition.. has been hard wanting the best for people when some games are played. TLC needs to realize that cliffhangers are bad enough with characters but these are real people we have come to care about! Anyway happy to hear that Matt is being treated and helped. It seemed like syncope where there is a sudden change in something and wham you go down hard. But what was said above is a little off.. Matt wasn't "found".. they were filming and there was a definite thump so he was immediately known to be down onthe floor, at least and I certainly hope help was on the way as they kept filming.
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 9:26 pm
I wonder how hard it is for the camera people to just stand there and not interfere in things. Just like with this episode, along with last night's Deadliest Catch when Phil was having a dizzy spell (but at least the camera guy did ask him if he was OK). Or like all the shows with children in them who have fallen down or hurt themselves. I know I would suck as a camera person for reality TV.
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Erniesgirl
Member
06-26-2006
| Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 5:54 am
Matt kind of hinted that something was coming regarding his health during the episode. He was setting us up. Remember that Matt and Amy are executive producers.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 6:33 am
I hate to speculate - because there was a definate thump - but I really think that was completely edited - but I'm glad Matt did come out and say it was vertigo - since I've suffered from that I know how scary it can be - and debilatating as well -
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 6:57 am
Reader, me too. You are totally at its mercy...and it has none. I always keep Dramamine at my bedside to pop one in my mouth at the slightest sign of vertigo. That is exactly the medication they gave me at the hospital. It does work!
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