Jon + Kate = Not So Great

Everyone has been talking about this Jon and Kate show on TLC. My friends say they've been watching it for years. Last week when I was at the salon, another lady was getting the "Kate" hairdo. I don't get why anyone would want to copy that hair style but it did look good on her. On my last "Mom's Morning Out," aka grocery shopping trip, I noticed that they were on the cover of every tabloid in the check out line. I thought to myself "Wow! Jon and Kate must be great!"

When the show started five years ago, I had no interest in watching a reality show about raising kids. But now that I have my own child, I thought maybe I'd like it. I set my DVR and started recording. It's a reality show about a family who had twin daughters and then had sextuplets. There is constant chaos in their home as the two poor parents try to cope with raising eight young children.

I've watched a couple of episodes now and I'm shocked that Jon and Kate is so popular. Of course, I don't have a lot of time to watch TV but I turned the show on for background noise while I was busy with my Cutie Pie. This was a bad idea. The kids in the show are always whining and screaming while the parents are ignoring them or yelling at them to stop screaming. The last thing I want to hear is another child whine or scream. I certainly don't want my child to hear that. I would like him to think there is no such thing as whining for as long as possible!

People are especially excited about the show now because the parents are having trouble with their marriage and supposedly are splitting up. I do not understand why anyone would think this is exciting. I think it is very sad. I saw the recent episode where Kate cries while she talks about possibly taking their last family photo together. That's when I decided I didn't want to watch anymore.

I cancelled my recordings. Besides, I don't have time to watch TV anyway. Cutie Pie is starting to crawl!

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