Kate Gosselin - Her Side

Seriously... You had to turn the show off?? Why don't you complain a little bit more. Mady isn't that bad. I'm sure you were probably a whiny kid when you were around her age. And whining to the producers isn't getting you anywhere.. I happen to love the show and think Kate and Jon do an awesome job. Keep up the good work. Peace

I agree that Maddie is awful-I think she acts that way for attention-even negative attention is attention-kate says it's her blood sugar levels ect.which could be a little true-but she is too much most of the time-I stopped watching becaause of her bratty ways-it drives me nuts.Why doesn't someone bring it to the producers attention that they are losing viewers because of that kid.She is going to be quite a handful when she hits the teenage years-Good thing they have money now-they will need it for thearpy.

I agree with Donna. I absolutely cannot believe the venom people have toward Kate. With the exception of Mady...who...WOW...what can I say?....those kids are lovable, happy & beautiful. There is obviously a lot of love in this house. I had 3 kids and I can just be grateful I didn't have cameras watching my every move. She is REAL and guess what...moms have meltdowns. Re: free vacations and stuff....Jon & Kate have REPEATEDLY said how blessed they are. That if not for this show, they would never be able to afford to do the things they do. It's obvious the crew is part of their family and love those kids to pieces. At least they are not living off the system. Why can't people give them a break?

The "cameras watching their every move" is done by their own choice. What I don't understand is how this became a TV series in the first place. So somebody has a large family....I don't care to watch every little thing they do all day long. However they raise their children is their business and it doesn't belong on TV as though it is entertainment.

Oh gosh, you're right, I had only one, but I had meltdowns, and they got less frequent as my son got older, which is exactly what happens with Kate. When they're younger and crying and you have to guess what's wrong it's just frustrating. They get older and can tell you what's wrong and the meltdowns fade into the back. My son's 25 now and works for homeland security, has a home and family, so I think he survived and did well. I like Kate, she seems like she'd be fun to hang out with at the zoo or the beach, and her kids seem like they'd be totally fun to hang out with too, they're at the perfect age where they'll say something funny and not realize it and just be fun and cute. I think they're all adorable, Mady included, and Kate seems to not feed into it, eventually she'll stop with the meltdowns too, she'll outgrow them. These are just kids, and like Kate says, they are going through all the developmental stages at the same time so they're not going to be perfect angels 24/7. You gotta take the good with the bad and treat them kindly and they'll be fine.

oh i completely agree...i love the show and think she's doing a wonderful job. i know i sure as hell couldnt handle that many kids, and shes doing the best she can. their kids are beautiful and pretty well behaved i think. except mady, yes. she was just definetly meant to be an only child. i just hope that she gets over it soon lol.

in reaction to the comment about the Duggers..those kids are so sheltered. they are going to crash and burn in the real world. who doesnt kiss their "fiance" before marriage?! thats just insane. i actually feel sorry for them. and you know that the older kids are totally raising the younger ones. they're just strange and arnt normal.

We have eight kids I had 4 kids 1 month - 5 years old. When we got 4 more due to a death in the family. Yes I dont have 6 the same age but the oldest was 12 years old and the younest was 1 month old. I thank God for the help that was given to me. We lived in a Rural Housing home but that was the only help we recieved. I thank God for the struggles we had My kids learned to work hard, share and give without recieving. I believe that hard times builds character. We now have 17 grandchildren. By the way Kate times your family by 4 that is how much your family multiplies by when they grow up. Good luck but there are people that do raise a large family without any outside help and are sucessfull.

What show are you watching? Those children are very happy and LOVED!!!! It's very evident that they are a typical family. I had five children and I can relate to some of the melt downs, the sibling rivilary and the hitting and shoving that goes on. If anyone tells me their children don't act like that sometimes, then they are not very observant parents. In other words you don't know what's going on in your own home.

DJ - You are nuts. Those are normal kids. Kids fall down and cry, its part of growing up. I see them laughing all the time. What show are you watching?

right no nannies or helper on CAMERA that is!!!

Jon does not have a job!! If he did, what kind of job lets you take 6 vacations a year? The Gosselins make all of their money off of the show, and all the other oppourtunities that have come from the show. They got the show because of their children, so they are making money off of their children.
Do a little research.

Although Jon became unemployed while Kate was expecting the sextuplets, he did become gainfully employed after their birth. We learned that he was an IT Analyst, employed by the State of Pennsylvania. Reportedly, Kate begged a local politician to find her husband a job. A government job is a great thing to latch onto! Granted, these jobs aren't always high paying, but the benefits are great. Most of these jobs provide health care, life insurance, paid vacations, paid holidays, and most importantly a Pension Plan. In these days of uncertainty a planned retirement is like gold. No worrying about if you can retire when you reach the retirement age. A monthly check will be there for the taking.

Apparently Jon quit this job to sit home and ride the Gravy Train that his children created. Yes, we've heard he was working for family friend, Bob Carson. Then we heard he's working for himself. The bottom line is this topic really isn't discussed on the show, so we really aren't privy to know what he's really doing. It appears to be nothing, unless you count staying home to help Kate manage the house and children. We've seen other helpers so it's questionable if Jon is needed at home on a daily basis. We don't really see Kate over-exert herself, but we do hear her complain about how exhausted she is most of the time.