Isn’t 18 enough?
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I’m fascinated by the one-upmanship in the mega-family reality TV.
First there was Jon and Kate Plus 8 with their set of twins and set of sextuplets. That seemed a lot at the time.
Then we had the Hayes family in Table for Twelve. They have two sets of twins and one set of sextuplets. Makes me think they should be having a set of dont’-have-anymore sextuplets.
And now we have the Big Daddy of all TV mega-families, the Duggars. They have, gulp, 18 kids and only one of those births was twins. That show is called 18 kids and Counting which leaves us with the disconcerting possibility they may have more on the way.
Egads!
Never mind getting them out to extra-curricular activities or giving them quality “parenting”, I can’t imagine how the parents can even remember their names.
And these families have a full-time TV production crew in their homes.
I’m fearful of what is yet to come with this trend and I’m wondering if there aren’t by-laws to regulate the size of these families, like we have for cats and dogs.
April 10th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Dear Jon,
Trust me when I say no good will come of playing beer pong with coeds.
Signed,
Kate’s Frying Pan.
April 10th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
I’m going to get everyone on my blogroll to live together in a 3 BR house and make a TV show out of it.
April 10th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
All I can think of is that “clown car” motivational poster…
April 11th, 2009 at 1:06 am
I can’t imagine having more than one kid and a cat. And yet, nobody seems to want to make a tv show with me.
April 11th, 2009 at 3:36 am
I thought that Eight was Enough back in the late 70s, much less than Eighteen!
April 11th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
It’s insanity. It’s hard enough being a good parent to three or maybe six. But eighteen? Crazy. And I just love it when my kids point out that those families with sixty-eight kids get to do all these cool things my kids never get to do.
Oh – pardon me for not having corporate sponsors and a staff of nannies off camera to keep them swimming in activities they wouldn’t appreciate anyway.
Grrrrr.
April 13th, 2009 at 9:00 am
Cormac, my daughter tells me they are getting divorced.
Beckeye, that would be more interesting than some of the reality TV we see
Bubs, I just looked that up, haahaahaahaha. Thank you.
Barbara, and yet, and yet… someday my zombie friend
CP, things were so much less extreme back then, eh?
Lisa, you’re pardoned
April 13th, 2009 at 11:56 am
They’re not getting divorced, that’s child support x 8, he’ll come around. The thing is he doesn’t want to do the show next season and she said that they would be doing another season.
April 13th, 2009 at 11:58 am
And they just announced another child on the way today…this time for their 18 year old.
April 18th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
@Lisa, you don’t have a staff? What about that free surgery, did you get that? (she had a tummy tuck). Ugh, don’t get me started on these freaks.
And don’t tell me not to judge. I’m all about the judging, especially WHEN YOU’RE ON TV!
@Beckeye, I agree, we should all move in together, it would be The Perfect Trainwreck.