Here We Again....Look They're On CNN Now!!!

Ok...I was having a little fun with the title but anyway...I was doing my usual updates when I saw the Paul Peterson clip on CNN. Wow a somewhat hard news story on the Gosselin's...NOT. Look I was in the journalism field for quite a while and I know the difference between a hard investigative story and a story filler (sorry Paul Peterson but that's what it was. If it was a busy news day this story would have been bumped. Meaning it would have been dropped from the line up of what goes on air.) But that's not the beef that I have with this news story. Don't get me wrong, this story was presented well and even researched, but there wasn't anything news worthy. My beef (okay that word is not what I really should use here) problem is a better word. Okay my problem with this story is that Paul Peterson was talking about the probable exploitation of the children. Well, I do see what he is saying about seeing the children naked and sitting on potties, he makes no new claims and even stated that IF there was "mistreatment" he would definitely be on it.

So my question is...where is the problem? Oh I see those poor kids are treated so badly I mean how dare Jon and Kate take them on a trip to Hawaii or to Legoland in San Diego. What kind of parents are they?!!! My problem lies with the fact that over the past year and half I have seen three big child stars make huge mistakes and not once did I see Paul Peterson advocating for them. Where was he when Britney Spears was in the ocean with her bra and panties or giving herself a buzz cut. Where was he when she was shopping at 1 am in the morning and taking off her clothes in front of the world. Did I hear him chime in when Lindsay Lohan was speeding down an interstate chasing a former assistant with Cocaine in her pocket? Or what about Jamie Lynn Spears having sex and becoming pregnant at 16? I didn't hear not one word from him and they are in the ENTERTAINMENT FIELD. Come on!!!!!

I am not against what Mr. Peterson is doing, but I am wondering what his motives are behind this. There are so many children who are in the entertainment field that we should and ought to be concerned about. While I do think the Gosselin children should take some time away from the camera and just breathe I do not think we should become a lynch mob h*ll bent on bringing them down.

I have my concerns about what the show is doing to them, you can see it on poor Cara ( who by the way was not shown close up on the Fox interview.) I think she really needs a break. But that's for Jon and Kate to decide not the viewing public. I have said it once (well many times now...) I'll say it again if a TV company wanted to film me and my family even if it was for $2000 dollars an episode I would say yes. (If you can't tell I'm like "greedy" ol'Kate I am secretly asking for my own show LOL...) But seriously I would definitely set boundaries which Jon and Kate may or may not have set when they first started the show. Who wouldn't? As a stay at home mom in these difficult times I would love to not have to worry about putting my kids in daycare for me to work in order to just get by. (But that's a story for another blog i.e. Trials of a Soccer Mom) What I am getting at is that Kate and Jon believe they are doing something that is beneficial for their family and even if I think they need time off every once in awhile, it's their final decision to make.

Paul...I understand your concern but before you go on the talk show circuit show me some evidence of mistreatment. That's it for my two cents. What do you think?