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| Jun 17, 2009 by JENNY SCHAFER |
On camera, TLC’s Jon & Kate Plus 8 star Kate Gosselin is supermom to 8-year-old twins Mady and Cara and 5-year-old sextuplets, Aaden, Joel, Collin, Hannah, Leah and Alexis.
The latest In Touch Weekly magazine reports that the 34-year-old mom of eight spanked one of her children. Reportedly, around 11 AM on Saturday June 13, a witness spotted Kate and the children playing outside of their Reading, Pa., home. The magazine suggests that when Leah, one of the sextuplets, started blowing a whistle loudly, Kate told her to stop because she was on the phone. Reports state that as soon as Leah blew on the whistle again, Kate “seemed to lose her temper” and said, “Did you not hear me?” Reportedly, Kate then stormed over to her daughter, grabbed her and hit her. “The girl was screaming and crying,” sources say. “Kate just pushed her away and walked off with her coffee. Her older sisters were trying to make Leah feel better.”
In response to this cover, Kate released a statement through her reps to Life & Style: “Whether the paparazzi are there or not, I am a mother first. I love my children and when they misbehave, I discipline them as I deem appropriate for the situation.”
What do you think - did Kate spank Leah? And if she did, do you agree with spanking?
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Its sad that a mom can't punish her children accordingly...she is no monster...Everyone needs to leave them alone....POOR bored people with no lifes
no life eh? I see you posted here a couple times lol
Omg the tabloids really need to leave this women and her family alone! Nobody really cares about them sheesh!! I prey for those kids!
she takes something from her daughters hand back.
thats it and nothing more, my opinion.
So, I'm guessing that the paps called the police on her because of this.
Great way to get a good photo op @@
I kind of feel bad for all of them, because I don't think that they realized that the paps and tabloids would really care about them one way or another when they first started the show.
Leave them alone! And the paps should quit hanging around the end of their driveway like a bunch of creepy perverts spying on small children.
You must not be a parent of 8 or a parent at all....you are entitled to your opinion but a little smack on the behind is not hurting our children..I was spanked as a child and have a great and warm relationship with my parents...please...this is not abuse..
I actually have 5 kids and I managed to raised well behaved children without hitting or 'spanking' them. You just have to have patience and use your head and not your hand
I cannot stand people who say silly things like, "spanking just makes kids violent" That's just a bunch of BS. It's no wonder our juvenile criminal justice system is so over crowded, with weak-kneed liberal thinking such as this.
seriously i wish the paps would leave them alone! you gotta do what you gotta do jeez!
Really! As a mother of so many children discipline would be a must, and how she does that is no ones business. The only time that someone should have a say so is if those children are neglected or abused. Just leave her alone! I really feel for her, as a mother of two I have those days where enough is enough, so i can only imagine what she is going through.
time out doesn't really work as the kids are getting older.
spanking is a punishment. time out is not.
She was being disruptive and disobeying her mother by blowing the whistle...it states the mother asked her to stop twice...that is deemed a alright punishment one swat on the rear end...come on lady are you serious...I'm sure that's what happens everytime one firm and controlled swat...if she BEAT them she would have done it then
Sorry but I agree with the other person - she was acting like a little kid and blowing her whistle - that merited getting spanked in the street in front of siblings, neighbors and paps? It wasn't like this kid was rough housing with her siblings and purposely hurt another kid - that warrants a spanking? Kate knows there are people out there with cameras and yet she lost it over something so insignificant - was that merely a show for the paps? I was beaten as a kid and while I can understand the concept of discipline I really feel a spanking should be as someone stated earlier over something grave like the child is in harms way. People who can't handle so many children shouldn't have so many children because the next step is medicating these kids because they are alittle too much to handle and where does that get us then?
nothing wrong with giving a smack on the bum!!!! sheesh it wasnt her face
Amen RUTH!
Yes, she spanked her. Kate's gone off the deep end, she clearly lost her cool around cameras no less! What happens when no one is around?
Come on Kate, wise up, you're going to lose the kids!
seriously ruth? yes we're in the 21st century, and a little spanking (little kate) never hurts!
It always hurts!...It hurts their feelings, It hurts them physically and it embarrasses them. Look at your kid in the face the next time you “spank” them. Trust me you won’t see a happy well adjusted child. You’ll see fear, embarrassment and anger.
take a look at how different kids act today from how they acted 20 years ago, spanking never hurt children in the "old" days, kids were a lot more well behaved when parents had the right to discipline them! now kids know their parents cant do anything to them or they will have to cops called on them..no wonder kids are horrible these days!!
I have never understood spanking. How is spanking a child disciplining them? I've seen kids hit their siblings and the parents give them a spanking for it. It doesn't make any sense to me at all. BTW I heard that Kate or someone else at the house called the police b/c of the paps.
First I’d like to point out that the attitude is going both ways in the post and well honestly I do think that ‘non spankers’ should feel some type of superiority over spankers because they’ve found a way to parent and deal with misbehavior without resorting to violence or making a hypocrites out of themselves. Kids learn by example…do as I do not JUST as I say.
You know, Anon, you said it much more eloquently and concisely than I did... Thank you. Here's to nonviolent communication! :-)
No one in this post said they’re against disciplining their kids, they are just saying that there are other ways of doing so and just because it doesn't put the fear of god in there kids doesn't mean its not effective.
While Jon & Kate are making some "life changing decisions," are you helping or hurting them and their children? Better yet, what are you doing for your own marriage? Refocus the chatter to praying for this family, their healing, and find resources and tools to help strengthen your marriage.
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"and they both get spankings all the time"
am I the only one who finds this heartbreaking?
yes
No, you're not. I wouldn't want to be a child growing up in that family. Neither for the spanking nor for the limelight-seeking mother. The kids seem to be props more than anything at this point.
I think its horrible that someone is bragging about kids they know getting hit on a regular basis...shame on you and the person that agrees that this type of behavior is okay let alone deserves praise.
When children misbehave you punish them, one punishment is a swap on the bottom. I don't agree doing it publicly but spanking is a proper punishment method.
She must not have liked sharing some attention with nadya suleman!!!!!! Great tactics on getting the spotlight back.
where are all the comments? this obviously wasn't 72. I'm a little curious as too what this Ruth said...It makes me wonder why it got deleted. She seemed to be someone who doesn't believe in spanking. And reading the comments that went in that favor that the site master actually left up I agree with them. Spank is NEVER an answer. Its an immature answer to bad behavior by children. Actually it bad behavior in response to bad behavior. Its little sad
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