'Jon and Kate:' Kids Now Have Development Problems? Kate Responds
The now off air reality show "Jon and Kate Plus 8" followed Jon and Kate Gosselin as they raised their eight children. Jon recently spoke out about his eight children's development. And recently, his now ex-wife Kate has responded to his comments.
This past Sunday on "Where are They Now" Jon said of his children, "Developmentally, they have problems with their peers, and they have problems with talking to other people."
Ex-wife Kate wrote a lengthy response on her blog disagreeing with Jon and resented his public comments about his children.
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"I find it very heart breaking that my children's father chooses a public forum to discuss his current opinions of the 'development' of our children. These opinions are, in reality, value judgments made about our children and they are based on his limited visits (albeit mutually agreed upon) with our children.
"Because he has spoken negatively about our children, I feel I owe it to them to respond on their behalf. Each and every one of our children has met and continues to exceed all physical, mental and emotional developmental milestones throughout their lives. Their normal development is regularly monitored by myself, their pediatrician and school staff, as is usual within any family.
"It is also very normal in a family, especially a large family, to have a full range of personalities, abilities, talents, hobbies and struggles. Ours is no different. However, anyone who has personally met our children all have the same thing to say: they are the most normal, pleasant, polite, loving and well adjusted children they have ever met. Most even go on to say that they are a 'a delight' to be around.
"When our kids grow up, they may see their father's latest interview and wonder why he made untrue and hurtful statements about them. I know that I risk stirring up an unwanted public and private 'frenzy' by commenting on this, but, if our children ever stumble upon that interview, I want to be able to point them to this statement so that they know that I publicly set the record 100% straight on this one, for their sake," Kate Gosselin wrote.
Kate and Jon have been divorced since 2009.
