'Jon & Kate' targeted by child psychiatry expert
I don't know how to post about this without looking like a total hypocrite, but here goes.
US Weekly just posted an exclusive interview with Dr. Michael Brody of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and he is pretty harsh about Jon and Kate Gosselin and the harm they might be doing by having their kids work on this show.
Here's a quote, as an example:
They are constantly exposed and they are going to see this later on. I wonder how they are going to view it. ... Again, we have evidence of this, of child stars who view this later on in their life about the way they were exposed and exploited. They get very, very angry. The other thing is, they are working. I don't think it's normal for five and eight year olds to be supporting their families.
Hard to disagree with that, right?
But just above that, embedded in the middle of this extremely harsh Q&A, is a link from the magazine, screaming: "See adorable photos of the Gosselin kids."
So maybe, just maybe, if the magazine agrees with what Brody is saying, then that link ought to go bye-bye. But I suppose I am not exactly helping the point by posting about it, either.
Comments
Sarah, I'm one of those people who had never seen an episode of Jon + Kate until Jon got caught hanging out with a 23 year old (I almost wrote 13). But now curiosity has done me in and I've watched a couple episodes online. Even in episodes dating back to last season, you can see the writing on the wall for this family. The only question now is when the press release will come. Those kids deserve to live their lives without cameras in their homes.
While I had a nearly ideal childhood, I cannot even begin to imagine how having a camera in my life would have changed my perspective. I've listened to audio tapes of my self being a bratty 8 year old in the 70s and I cringed. Just imagine the kids googling themselves and their parents for the rest of their lives. I just hope the show ends soon for their sake.
That said, it's hard not to click on this ongoing story. I'm not proud.
Posted by: Julia | June 3, 2009 10:11 PM