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Marameko
Member
07-15-2002
| Friday, November 12, 2010 - 7:27 pm
Losing the 'cute factor' was inevitable imho. How much longer could the tv show last once the hook was gone ? Problem was on my part was that I thought the 6 little kids would be cute and Mady would be the kid the kid from hell. Since Kate loves being in the limelight and the $$$ ;perhaps she will do public speaking engagements or more books since the tv gig is almost up. Excellent point on the counseling; even if they had done that for a short time span some is better then none.So glad I do not have to see or hear of Jon.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Friday, November 12, 2010 - 10:13 pm
Wow, expelled from Private school?! In this economy I think most private schools will bend over backwards to keep that tuition coming in. I remember after the divorce Kate saying the kids would get counseling if and when they needed. I'd say it's about time!
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 5:32 am
If the private schools around here are any example, they vary from "military school discipline" type models to those whose avowed purpose is to provide education for kids with problematic behaviors. Home schooling is also hugely popular around here -
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 12:54 pm
It's all very sad. I remember so clearly Jon having fun with the kids and the kids adoring playing with dad. I always felt the love from him toward his kids. Like most divorces it's often the kids that pay the ultimate price. No daddy around on a regular basis. Future parents be warned!! 11 nannies let go or quit.....yikes! That says something, I don't know what but it's evident that that household is in a lot of upheaval. I haven't watched anything Gosselin in ages, probably since the divorce show, last year? Most private schools that I know of take tedious care to keep their students. It's shocking that so many children from one family aren't welcomed their anymore. It's not too late to make their children a priority, I hope that's what Jon and Kate are doing as I type this. Jon and Kate along with gigantic help from TLC basically made these kids lives less happy than it could have been. I hope to never see Kate again on my TV screen again. I'm sure there is enough $$$ in the bank that Kate can take time out and rebuild this family and includes Jon. Not that they get back together but that they are on the same page trying to fix what is making some of the kids act out. Until Jon and Kate make amends I don't hold out much hope that the kids can have a happy childhood.
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Countrydaze
Member
11-07-2003
| Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 2:51 pm
Very well said Lilfair. I agree 100%
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 5:00 pm
I hope to never see Kate again on my TV screen again. that's pretty easy to accomplish even if she continues to have a show...don't watch.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 5:16 pm
Jon and Kate along with gigantic help from TLC basically made these kids lives less happy than it could have been. Sad but true.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 7:08 pm
I watched the show (finally!) and maybe I have a different opinion since I came late to the show, but I saw nothing wrong with Kate or her kids. I thought the kids were adorable, normal kids. The one little girl got frustrated about not being able to see the whales, but my son has those same issues with frustration and he's not on TV. I saw no brattiness at all. I feel like some people are being awfully hard on them. This show allows Kate to support her family and gives them the opportunity to have experiences they might not otherwise have. They seemed to me to be having a lot of fun. I also heard her say it was a two week trip and we only saw "three days," so there was a lot to the vacation that we didn't see.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 8:13 pm
I don't think anyone commented on them being bratty in that particular episode. Mainly (in a nutshell) that fame and fortune cost the kids and Kate and Jon a lot. Probably more than they gained.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 8:21 pm
I said they were bratty.
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Countrydaze
Member
11-07-2003
| Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 8:55 pm
I did too.
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Reenie
Member
06-24-2006
| Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 9:11 pm
LOL...you guys!!
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 9:35 pm
I think their mother behaves bratty, so they have a good model to imitate.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Sunday, November 14, 2010 - 7:23 am
...or maybe they act that way because JON deserted them
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Sunday, November 14, 2010 - 9:50 am
I'm sure Jon's absence has a huge negative impact on them. He's the one we often saw playing with them. He seemed to take more of a hands on caretaker role. I'm sure the revolving door of nannies has had to take on that role.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Sunday, November 14, 2010 - 11:10 am
I think their mother behaves bratty, so they have a good model to imitate. HAHAHA!!!
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Sunday, November 14, 2010 - 11:58 am
LOL There's the Huk I know and love.. haha... I'm sure Jon's leaving has affected them, but animosity between the parents does not go unnoticed by kids, no matter how young. None of us have lived with them during this whole time and we've only been given edited snippets of their lives as chosen by TLC. 
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Sunday, November 14, 2010 - 2:07 pm
Maybe I DID live there, ya ever think of that one Miss Fancypants Watching2? 
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Sunday, November 14, 2010 - 9:43 pm
Well, if YOU DID live there, I think I'm not liking you so much since you should have told me and at least invited me over for dinner once in a while. 
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Monday, November 15, 2010 - 7:13 pm
Jon did not desert them. Their mother chose her own fame over Jon and them. They are now paying the price...it's very, very, sad. Jon was the disciplinarian, albeit, he didn't always do it absolutely correctly, they listened to him more than Kate. A large family like that needs a father and mother full time. These children have been raised by nannies for the last two years and it's showing. They are the losers in all of this.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, November 15, 2010 - 7:15 pm
Yes, he did desert them. He began wanting to hang out in the bars of Pennsylvania with nothing more than junior college girls. That's what started the whole public show of their deteriorating marriage.
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Countrydaze
Member
11-07-2003
| Monday, November 15, 2010 - 7:35 pm
The way I see it, Kate kicked him to the curb. I do agree that he did not handle it good at all, but I feel that she is the one who started the ball rolling. Once she got her big house "The House That Was For The CHILDREN" and all the nannies and house keepers, she no longer needed him. He was always with the kids before she kicked him out to the garage apartment.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, November 15, 2010 - 7:51 pm
I agree with Countrydaze and Cricket. Jon was kicked to the curb (got treated poorly, to say the least) by Kate. Bottom line was that he did not just one day decide that he wanted another woman and decide to leave. There was a whole lot of "stuff" that transpired before he started showing up at bars.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Monday, November 15, 2010 - 8:11 pm
Hukd, I believe Kate's brother and sister-in-law that 6 months before Jon showed up anywhere, Kate told him it was over. He was extremely distraught. They weren't sleeping in the same bedroom. He was sleeping in the attic. No way did he just start messing around...uh, uh..absolutely no way. I agree with Countrydaze and Julieboo...Kate got what she wanted and no longer needed Jon. Jon was the worker bee in that family who bathed the kids at night and took them outside and for walks and played with them...not Kate. Now she has nannies do his job (and hers) and she pays a man to be her so-called bodyguard a reported $5,000/week. It's ridiculous. Karma is coming to Kate and it's starting with badly behaved children that are acting out.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Monday, November 15, 2010 - 8:14 pm
It often amazes me how women will defend a guy even when *several* women have come forward to say he's a schmuck. He's a schmuck. He did desert his children. No matter what Kate did, it does not excuse him moving away, having ridiculous relationship after ridiculous relationship, being crappy to those women, being irresponsible with money, and filing frivolous lawsuits. He's a grown up, for pete's sake. Act like one.
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