Don't Let Jon and Kate Teach Your Kids About Divorce

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  Posted by JillianW Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:09pm PDT

  do you people not understand it's actually kate's fault!

  She's the one who went and got a divorce.. she should have fought for her marriage instead she was down at the court house getting a divorce! You tell your stubborn husband im not giving you a divorce and work things out!

  I love this show but kate is going to far making it look like jon's the bad guy!

  He is not the bad guy! She is too controlling and maybe jon wants to think and be a real person and not feel like a robot following the commands of a drill sergeant. i don't think anyone likes being treated like a dog 24/7

  jon loves his kids! and so does kate! i am glad tlc is leaving them alone for a while!

  i also don't like that the last episodes have been 95% about them and 5% about the kids!

  I want it the opposite way and so does the rest of America!

  Bring back the kids!

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  Posted by anonymous whatever Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:39pm PDT

  Both of them need to grow up. If they want to divorce fine but leave the kids off the show and stop exploiting them and get a real job to support your kids not steal their money.. Bunch of idiots.

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  Posted by Tami Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:40pm PDT

  OMG...So what if they're getting a flipin' divorce. Millions of people do it everyday. Just because they are on TV does it make it that much more exciting for people? Good God leave them alone & let them deal with it in private. It's a hard enough time for them & their family let alone every frickin' Tom, Dick & Harry putting in their 2 cents worth.

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  Posted by Mo B Wed Jul 1, 2009 11:11am PDT

  I'm confused as to why in this day and age kids don't already know about divorce. In my group of about 10 friends all with kids only one of us is still married. The rest are either single moms, has a boyfriend who isn't the dad or in some sort of seperation. Even as a kid myself I learned about divorce through family at a young age, so if you're kids are old enough to watch why is this the first time that divorce has come into their life in anyway? Are you sheltering them much, but if you are why are they watching reality tv.

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  Posted by opiniononly Thu Jul 2, 2009 3:33am PDT

  I find it so ironic that a media source is, once again, playing both sides against the middle without any semblence of accountability. While J & K (whom I have never watched) opened their doors to the 24/7 coverage, that would have never happened if the media didn't court them to prostitute their kids, their marriage and their lives. Now, when the marriage is failing, the media is strategizing ways to continue the prostitution of the entire family by attempting to give us 'life lessons' on marriage, divorce and child rearing based on scenerios they helped influence in the first place.

  You really shouldn't expect to get a pat on the back for trying to make pain go away if you were instrumental in inflicting it in the first place.

  People could just stop watching this "reality" crap on TV, which isn't reality at all. It is carefully edited manipulations to portray the cast in what ever light is most effective to bring in the ratings (money) the network/sponsors/producers want. I suspect we might all be better off if we turn the TV off.

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  Posted by ezra329 Thu Jul 2, 2009 2:24pm PDT

  I hear people commenting that "Jon and Kate are putting their children's needs first" and "thinking of the children", etc., etc. and stating that "isn't it better for the 'kids' if the parents split, because obviously, the 'kids' can tell that the parents aren't happy". How sad. How absolutely pathetic. In America, we call ourselves a Christian nation, yet we have yet to read what God has to say about a marriage. The purpose of a marriage is not so that both people can be "happy"; God is much more deeply concerned with our holiness than our happiness. He uses marriage as a test, as a trial, to see if we will surrender to His will and allow Him to mold us, shape us and grow us up in Him through that other person...no matter how "unhappy" that person may "cause" us to be! Iron sharpens Iron, as the Word says. We simply MUST get back to the word of God, and stop excusing ourselves for our lack of "happiness".

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  Posted by Nini Poo Thu Jul 2, 2009 5:37pm PDT

  cloving50-- God did not give them 8 babies. They paid thousands to harvest embryos and got 2 sets of multiples out of them--before the couple had even turned 25. I think that act alone proves how incredibly selfish these 'parents' were from the get-go. They should have taken time to get to know each other a little better first and not rush into such a huge family off the bat.

  Not only did they have all these kids, they decided to exploit their lives on national television for the all mighty dollar. And we wonder WHY or HOW they could possibly be divorcing? Their attempt at a healthy marriage and family was the furthest it could be from that.

  All that being said, divorce is probably the BEST thing for those children. Why be exposed to parents who clearly can't stand each other.

  ... oh and with regard to the article, TV shouldn't be teaching your kids the facts of life anyways. Thanks commonsensemedia.com for your expertise, but when my kids need to know about divorce, sex, drugs, etc., I'll teach them mysel

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  Posted by bean Thu Jul 2, 2009 7:56pm PDT

  LOL LOL Mrs Robinson. The media needs to get a clue?? Jon and Kate are greedy and wanted the spotlight so they could get everything paid for, now they want a break? They are sick of the attention? But they still refuse to walk away from the show!! It's not the media, it's THEM. You can't ask for the spotlight and pick and choose when you want it to follow you around. They are on REALITY TV!!!

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  Posted by Deanne Fri Jul 3, 2009 4:28pm PDT

  Man enough with these selfish/vain/money hungrey people!

  The children have been in a bad situation for so long now, they might like to get off tv and just be kids.

  With parents like these.........

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