Is there truth, I suspect so, but as LG has mentioned.
All publicity is good publicity. Not to mention, their financial quality of life has increased drastically over the past couple years. Big change in a M dynamic.

Thanks for the explanation Coach, from the last few comments this reality show sounds like it is closer to an unreality show!

Pretty foggy, Bubbles.

Also, as Schoolbus is fond of pointing out, inserting a "but" into a statement cancels out whatever came before it.

Any A's in this M are 100% the responsibility of the affairees themselves, and not in any way the fault of their substandard BS.

Sure, the kids are cute, but like Delean said, crap trickles down. One of the twins is very rude and mean and it seems that she rarely gets taken to task. I would go crazy if my children acted like those kids do. Plus, how much are they really learning about life when they are carted to and fro and used to getting things free? They are going to learn a very big lesson as they grow up and see that life is hard and nothing is free.

Yeah, they get $75,000 an episode and there were 41 (yes, 41! compared to the normal 25-26) episodes last season. It seems as though those children are being exploited and it's sad.

I think most everyone is being a little harsh here and just a tad on the judgemental side.

Kate and Jon both said on one of the shows....You only get to see what the editors/producers want you to see. Each show, for any reality show, can be creatively edited for the outcome that they want.

The 40 minutes for each show that the world gets to see is only a small part of their lives. I've heard not only Jon and Kate say that but others from other reality show.


Sounds like you've got perfect children. Also, your kids more than likely don't have the same dynamics that these kids do. Can you imagine being a twin, then having 6 brothers and sisters of the same age to compete with. I can't, nor can I imagine how my kids would deal with that. My daughter is a lot like Carra....sugar to [censored] in nothing flat.




This is no different than kids that grow up in rich homes.

I do not begrudge Jon and Kate the money that they make nor have a problem with how they are making it.

If this opportunity (Jon & Kate plus 8) hadn't come along for them, where do you think that they would be financially?

We're middle class and having a hard time making ends meet and we only have 2 kids at home

>Sounds like you've got perfect children.

I know I do.

Hey!

Perfectly rotten is still perfect!

;-P

I wouldn't trade 'em in on a pony ever!

Sounds like mine, so rotten they stink....

My point was, the way Carra acts on the show does not reflect badly on her parents. Carra is just Carra and if she was like Mattie, then she wouldn't be Carra.

IMO, all 8 of them are normal kids. Well behaved kids at that.

Yeah. I have a Scooter. There isn't another person in the world like the Scooter unless it's a Dervish.

>Well behaved kids at that.


But for how long?

They are VERY bright individuals. They SEE how mom and dad interact. I have seen them parrot that behavior.