Finally joining in, and I read almost every page of this thread, I didn't try and find the first one...I like most stumbled upon this show and it was last spring when I came upon it. Right after I had my daughter and that first month or two when you do a lot of sitting and rocking with a newborn (Oh my! she is one next month...) I started watching this little show, and thanks to TLC running episodes pretty much everyday, I have been able to see them all. I too started off loving this show, I found the kids adorable and Jon & Kate entertaining and a lot of it relates to everyday life. Then this past fall, my attitude changed, I still find the kids adorable, but wish for them to go back to a life with no cameras. As Cara and Mady approach later elementary years and then junior high, this whole show thing won't be "cool" and it will be really rough on them. I don't like the "commercials" interjected into the show, and finding out they are producers, I am sure they know EXACTLY what will be happening on every episode, so to me that seems REALLY manufactured for the audience. I have missed the last 3 episodes, I never seem to have the kids totally in bed by 8, but watching them live in their mansion is not relevant to me anymore. I thought their last house was nice, the rooms that the "little kids" had were HUGE (I checked the listing for the house and it listed the dimensions of those rooms, like 24x14 or something) they had nice play areas in the bedrooms, in the area downstairs and in the backyard, but to each their own I guess. They can spend their money on whatever they want, but I think all these big expensive changes are causing them to lose viewers and alienate people. I find Kate more harsh then ever, and I don't think she knows that the things she says to her children slowly chip away at them and their self-esteem. I was hoping the show would have kept up the "honesty" I felt from the first seasons, now I feel that they aren't being "real". I worry about the kids and their marriage, Jon & Kate need to take a long look at how this is affecting their family and make some changes quick!
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DH was reading a paper while waiting for the bus in nyc and ran across the cheating article- with the college co-ed pictures. He emails his "news"
Maybe the kids are just now aware of their own space and privacy.
I guess since I lived in Alaska for almost 6 years I don't see as a big deal because up there you always removed your shoes when you went into someones house. It was pretty much the rule at everyone's house, some people even had a sign on their door, "Please Remove Shoes".
