I think it's sad that they are even considered celebrities!

Southern Gal - the 3 hours twice a week is what the parents for a new show said. They are the ones with 6 kids or something. Not the Jon and Kate show.

I think the mom looks nice but can she find another man after her divorce?
I think it's sad they're separating! Those kids need their father with them!

I think the show is super-boring, so I only watched it a few times. But it seems like I read (in the parents defense)...that the cameramen are only there 3 hours, twice a week. Not sure where I read that, but if true...that does not seem enough to blame the parents for exploiting their children. I will watch it Monday night, if I remember, just to see their important announcement. And by the way, I think Kate's haircut is easy-care and cute. She needs a
no-fuss hairdo with a houseful of kids! I feel bad things have turned bad for all of them. I wish them all the best.

By that logic, I should have my own show...I have had 3 husbands with the same name.....I'm young yet there could be more.

And being on TV.

Victoriabybirth:
You're not missing much if you haven't watched it!
It's about as much excitement as watching sap drip from a tree!

I have never watched the show so I really have nothing to say about them except they are exploiting their children & they may as well join a circus side show, well they already did, just a more profitable side show. I agree, TLC is the TV version of the circus side show......I bet PT Barnum is kicking himself in the grave that cable wasn't around in his time.

Josh....children celebrities...have you heard of too many of them growing up & leading normal lives? Whenever I hear about the kids that were in shows when I was growing up, it always involves drugs & cops....seldom anything good. There are a few successes but they are far between.......lets see these people have 8 kids...so maybe, hopefully, 1 or 2 will do okay.

VBB-- I knew what you meant, and I understand that without an audience, this would not be an issue. I guess I'm just surprised you (and others) aren't hammering Jon and Kate more.

But, you're are right about the networks providing more of what is being watched. I've always considered TLC the weird channel--if it's odd, it's on there. Like the old-time circus side shows.

I just assumed it is understood that OF COURSE the parents are to blame.....BUT if people did not watch, they would not still be on & maybe their kids could have some semblance of a normal life, one not lived in a fish bowl. Of course Jon & Kate did not air their program themselves, the cable company is to blame for that. Now Britain is going to put that crazy octo mom on air too....people are having too many kids, for all the wrong reasons. When cable companies start exploiting people for a few bucks, the less sane will have tons of kids hoping to make a quick buck. The only way to stop it is for the rest of us to not watch it.

I think you prime-timers really need to cool it. I mean hell, all I am seeing in the comments are faulty reasoning, judgments based off of nothing (assuming these kids are unhappy, then throwing words in like screwing up these kids lives), and last but not least you all are talking as if you know the outcome of the situation, like you have lived it!

Quit your judgments! It's not right for anyone to say how these kids should be living or how they "shouldn't" be on TV, for Christ's sake you can only say/do anything if those are your kids. I think Jon and Kate plus 8 is a funny show, very entertaining and the kids are all so cute.

I don't think it's right that their lives are in the MEDIA, aka magazines like The Star, or OK! or that they are on websites like Perezhilton.com or any other celebrity gossip sites.

I don't know how they will end up later on in life but my guess is that they will be very interesting people, ones who will have come to terms with the fact that their childhoods have been taped and viewed by millions of people. They have no choice in the matter, they can only live and learn from the things that are given to them. I just don't condone people saying how messed up their lives are going to be.... because you don't know that that's true any more than I do.

Jon and Kate Plus 8 should be taken off of the air! Children should not be exploited as these children have been. If the Octo-mom gets her own show...that too, should not be televised..Children are so sensitive and should be allowed to have a private life. Why can't we have TV shows as they use to be? But, this is myopiniononly.

VBB--Jon and Kate are responsible for what's happening to these kids.

Unless you have information that proves this family is being taped against their will, or being held captive in all those locations.

Okay, maybe I'm just not so sharp this morning, but I am getting a sense of "It's not Jon and Kate's fault that it's all going to hell."

It is their fault. No one is forcing them to put their life on television. They chose this means to make a living, and only an idiot could not predict that this would turn out this badly!

John and Kate have no one to blame but themselves. Their poor children do not have a voice, and do appear to be less than pleased with doing this. Whether we watch or not has no bearing on this.

Folks have gotten all over the octo-mom--maybe CPS ought to visit the Goslins and investigate the emotional abuse of these kids.

I have personally never watched the show, or any others like it.

Here's my reasoning:
I'm pretty sure that my family and I wouldn't have liked our lives being taped and then broadcast to the nation on a regular basis. I'm also pretty sure if that had happened with my family, our family bonds would have been torn apart. Now, my family is only a 3 child family.

You take that consideration and then add 5 more kids and what do you think will happen to that family? What do you get from that?

Why, my reason for not watching these shows, that's what!

I can't imagine what these kids will have to endure on the playgrounds and in the hallways of life. SAD! Never watched the show and never will.

These shows would not exist & these children would not be exploited if people would not watch them! It's all about the Benjamins with the programmers....no interest in shows = no revenue. The people who watch this show are responsible for whats happening to these kids.

I agree with you Rusty. Some sociologist believe the affect of our throw away society is often extended to children, spouses, ageing parents and other relatives. The strong family bond appears to be a thing of the pass to the younger generation.

""Hey, is it right to show a family breaking up and the heartbreak of 8 kids as their world is ripped apart on national television?" More shows should address divorce from the kids' standpoint. Somebody should THINK ABOUT THE KIDS before the "adults?" start doin' something stupid. Their EGOS or Pride (what pride) aren't nearly as important as the little lives they're screwing up.