Just got digital tv and found a show I hate

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Now that is a show i hate. Why would you allow another women to come into your home for a week and treat your dc like she has earned the right to be their mom. I would never ever do it. No amount of money would make me subject my dc to that. I watched it a few times, and there were small children involved, and it just gave me the chills, so that would never happen here.

 

We watch the show and hubby does not like Kate at all. I can understand being grumpy but the one episode that got me was when they took the kids to the crayola factory.

When it came to the kids doing the craft activities the mom did not like the idea that the kids would be get messy with them.

Hey, when my boys paint or do crafts, I expect they will get stuff on their clothes... How can you expect a kid not to get messy? I took Drawing and Painting in college and wore an old smock/shirt when we did ink paintings because I knew I'd get messy and I am an adult... to this day when I paint I wear an old shirt just in case...

 

I like Jon & Kate a lot. If I had 8 kids under the age of 7 I would probably be the same way! Well... maybe not that way to my husband, but I'm sure my stress level would be high.

I did have the same issues with the Crayola episode. But, there are many differences between Kate and I - mainly that I don't have twins and sextuplets! I do feel like the show has changed a lot since they started. It's not so much the day-to-day happenings anymore, but all these extravagent trips and outings.

 

I agree!! Now, EVERY episode is a trip here, a trip there and for the last 2 episodes, they were on vacation~one in California (extravigant lodgings on the ocean) and then they were off to Hawaii, where I believe the next episode will be Jon & Kate renewing their vows on a beach...........now if I WANTED to see someone live lavishly, I would put it on "The Fabulous Life of....", which I wont because I hate lavish lifestyle shows. Not that I am jealous, but shows like that tend to make you become ungrateful for what you have and make you feel like poor trash if you dont have a 10,000 sq ft mansion.....JMHO though! If they dont change the format of J&K, I will probably stop watching them. I really was interested watching the day to day life of a busy mom! Not this spa going, tummy tucking, hair transplanting, lavish vacation taking hot mess!

 

I think the producers were trying to make the show a little more exciting but it may have backfired. The same thing happened on Little People Big World too. Now some of the trips that they have showed them on have been when Jon and Kate have been guest speakers. I think they are trying to take advantage of things they could not necessarily do on their own. I am sure there is a little bit of parental guilt because of how they have to split their time. At least with a family like the Duggars the age ranges are at least 9mo/a year or so between the kids. It is not having six three year olds running around demanding attention, which has to be exhausting.

I recently read an exerpt from their book in Good Housekeeping. I really want to get it and read the whole thing. I know they have come to rely on God through out this whole experience. I do not think anyone can really judge unless they have walked a mile in their shoes though.

 

I wasnt judging them, I just really prefer the old format where it shows more day to day life!

 

I like the old format too. I loved the camping in the backyard episode.

 

there is another show similar to john and kate. I saw a preview while flipping thru. this have has 2 sets of 2 and one set of 6.
what's up with doing large family shows now? I just seem to see quite a few since the Duggers did their thing. They are like the pioneers of large families being on T.V.

 

I can't watch John and Kate because it is like watching my own life on TV. Way to stressful for me to sit through :lol:

 

I did not mean to imply you were judging them. I was just thinking that alot of us and people watching make assumptions or say I would never do that but you never really know until you are in that situtation. I am sure they have prayed and feel this is the right direction for their family.

 

A lot of reality shows are just stressful. I don't like to watch stressful shows.

I watched J&K+8 once and didn't like it. Whether they feel they're right in what they're doing or not, the way she (especially) acted on that one episode I saw bothered me as well.

I'm not picking on her getting frustrated over things. What got me, and is something that I feel strongly parents should NEVER do, is this (I can't remember the complete setting): They had a disagreement over something, and she told him he should just leave. Then as he was leaving, she said to her little ones, "Yeah, daddy is mean, isn't he? I know, he shouldn't be like that should he? Mean daddy!" Actually I shouldn't put quote marks around it for exact quoting, more to set off that this is basically what she said. She was putting him down to their children. Anyway, that bothered us immensely, so we chose not to watch it anymore. There's enough stress in day to day living to watch some other family's stress! I don't watch soap operas or other shows like that either, so I'm not picking on them. JMHO.

 

I first had the same reactions, but then I realized a few things. She has 8 KIDS! Eek! I can't imagine dealing with 8 kids, 6 of them are the same age. The youngest ones are now only 3! That is a lot of stress, and a lot of stress will make you do crazy things, say stupid comments, and make you go nutty. She is very OCD, but I think with having that many kids you HAVE to be. Think of all the laundry, cleaning, meals, etc...esp. with kids all under the same age group. You have to do what you can to create less work for yourself. When I did daycare, oh my goodness was I anal retentive about things. You have to be in order for things to run smoothly! I also can't imagine the lack of privacy they go through. The kind of stress they have can't be seen by us. Sure they get free things and all that, but it doesn't mean their stress is gone or that they still aren't going to be human.

Also, I think when your every move is being taped it is easy to sit back and make assumptions. There is a lot of creative editing, and of course they are going to put things on tv that may get people stirred up...ratings. People return to see her flip out.

With her saying that "bad daddy" stuff to her kids...I know it probably wasn't appropriate, but I'm sure we say a lot of things we shouldn't that others probably don't see. Who knows...perhaps off camera other things happend, maybe she apologized, and I'm sure there was more to it than what we saw. Days get smooshed into a 30 minute episode.

There are a lot of people who don't like her on the show based on what they see (and I can understand), but if you met her in person you may think differently. I try to give her the benefit of the doubt, and remember that she is no more human than we are. I was stressed when I took care of 8 kids in my home, but at least I had the luxury of sending them home at the end of the day...she doesn't. I don't agree with everything she does either, but I'm sure not everyone will agree with the things I do as well.

The Duggars...there are a lot of people who give them flack too. I don't know why. I have a tremendous respect for them. Some people don't know how to raise 1 kid right, and they are raising (now) 18 kids (pg with #18 I believe). They don't get any help from state or federal funds either which I find phenominal. You go Michelle and JimBob!

PS: I wasn't meaning "you" as in anyone in particular...using the term in a broad "you", as in general.

 

Oh yeah...forgot...
Tiff, if you don't mind me asking, and I wanted to originally ask you this before...LOL

Do you like your Uverse??? In general? Troy has been HOUNDING me about getting Uverse forever. We have Direct TV, but he really isn't liking it and I think we can save some $$$ going to Uverse. Not to mention our vcr broke (yes, we STILL owned a vcr up until last week) and the package he wants comes with free dvr. I am just waiting to hear from people about what they think about it before I jump the ship. So...do you like the Uverse...with or without Kate??? LOL

 

I said that I don't blame her, I'm NOT judging her. It's just that it's too stressful of a show. I think it's interesting that people defend her behaviour! I don't care whether she has 1 child or 20, I never considered her any more or less human or whatever. Of COURSE it's ratings (same as all the drama that goes on this season with "Biggest Loser"! I'm not watching that anymore either--the one lady is horrible---but it's all for ratings!) Whether she apologized later or not, that should never have been said!!! And when I say that, I'm not saying I think I'm better than her, it's just that my values are different.

This is all their choice to have cameras there. If it's hard for them, then stop doing it! Get the cameras out of their house and lives and live the life thay want. But they're making the choice to continue doing the show, cameras, people and all! Plus they get a bunch of free things. To me it's not a reality show, because in "reality" you don't go on trips and do all those things, and ask for things on the air and get them all free!

I'm just saying that it's a stressful show with too many of the negative values shown, so I don't feel like watching it to get stressed out about her family problems. Is that coming across rudely? I don't mean it to!

 

Yes so far I really like it. I love that we can record up to four shows at once! I have already recorded several movies for us and shows for the kids. Comes in handy when dh has the tv locked down on football all day Sunday. Great reception and everything. I have found so many shows that I love and only a few I don't.