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Could a Jon Gosselin Book Make You a Better Father?
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Would you take parenting advice from this guy? Credit: X17online
Jon Gosselin may write a book sharing his -- wait for it, wait for it -- parenting skills.
Take a few minutes. Done laughing? OK, here's the deal: MSNBC reports Gosselin wants to join his ex-wife in the book business.
Kate Gosselin came out with "I Just Want You to Know: Letters to My Kids on Love, Faith, and Family" in April, and it's sold about 10,000 copies.To put that in perspective, that's not enough books to supply the population of Keokuk, Iowa.
"Multiple Blessings," a book by Jon and Kate Gosselin that was published in 2008, fared better. Selling 500,000 copies, it could have provided reading material for most of Portland, Ore.
MSNBC reports Jon Gosselin is now considering a book offering his own parenting wisdom. Who, some may ask -- other than maybe Darth Vader, could learn to be a better father by following his example?
That doesn't appear to be a concern, according to a source MSNBC identified only as a "Gosselin pal."
"Jon is still deciding what exactly the book will be about, but knows he wants to focus on his parenting skills," this pal tells MSNBC. "There is no deal yet or timeline, but the (interest) in Jon from publishers is huge right now, so he's going to strike while the iron is hot."
He's getting some help in the process from leadership coach Sylvia Lafair. This is the same person, MSNBC reports, who taught Jon Gosselin how to "hone his skills to be a better leader in his family and with his kids," the pal tells the network.
Another shadowy purveyor of gossip -- this one identified only as "an insider" -- tell MSNBC what won't be in the book.
"What the book won't be focusing on is how quickly he moved on, after Kate, with two much younger girlfriends, his partying nights in Las Vegas or his new huge tattoo that covers his entire back," the insider tells the network.
Related: Opinion: Sorry, Jon - Kate Gosselin Is Not an Absentee Mom
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
8-25-2010 @ 3:58PM
h said...Is "Porky the Pig of a Prince Charming" going to include how to steal 300 grand from the household checking account that covered his childrens bills...Or better yet, how to go to a bakery to pickup an ordered birthday cake for one of your kids, don't bother to read it when it's shpwn to you before they box it and bring home that birthday cake for your child with their first name spelled wrong...Way to go dad!.
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8-31-2010 @ 4:39PM
amy said...i totally agree. i dont see how hes getting away from all of this! and telling kate that shes being an unfit parent, well he is unfit and unstable. i think he needs some psychoevaluation done.
and for all who is hating on kate, she is just trying to do what can to take care of her kids. why hate her cause that so called man an't doing a darn thing.
8-25-2010 @ 4:19PM
reader said...Yea - what not to do!
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8-25-2010 @ 8:27PM
sandie said...Maybe if he wrote a book on how not to be a father like him. That might sell but probably not. OhOh maybe this is a comedy book.
Sorry Jon get a real JOB
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8-25-2010 @ 11:36PM
kristina-blake said...I think Jon could write an excellent book about parenting. HE could write about all the things you should not do to be a crap ass parent like him. Like dont cheat on your wife. Dont make her carry the whole burden of the home on her backside and then whine like a little girl when she treats you like the burden you are. Dont sleep with the babysiter. Dont set this example of man whore for your sons. Dont show your daughters that this is what a man treats a woman like that he has made vows to spend his life with. Dont tell the press you hate the mother of your children. dont introduce your kids to every piece of pussy like she will ever be their step anything. See Jon can write a whole book, Just take the above Jon make them into chapter titltles include photos of you and your latest pussy of the day and maybe you can even add some of your kids so you can exploit them and use the money to Oh I dont know maybe pay back the money you stole from Kate or oh heres a kicker pay child support. Or better yet GET PYSCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING you are the scum of dead beat dads Jon. You are clueless. What a joke.
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9-03-2010 @ 5:42PM
Greg said...Let’s give him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe, just maybe, he’s learned some valuable lessons worth sharing. I have more to say about it at: www.parentbooksummaries.com/you-go-gosselin/
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