Alexis is the little girl in the middle and Collin is the boy with the glasses second to the end on the right with the blue shirt.
Posted on 11/26/2010 9:50:05 PM PST by nmh
Two of the 6-year-old Gosselin sextuplets are said to be having a rough time in their new school.
According to reports from In Touch, Collin and Alexis have been expelled from their Pennsylvania private school and are now being homeschooled.
"They've fought with their peers, called them nasty names and made fun of other kids," a source close to the family told the magazine. "The things they are saying are not words they should know. They are learning them somewhere -- but Jon [Gosselin, their dad] doesn't know where."
The source also said that some of the eight kids are having "rage issues" linked to filming on the new reality series, "Kate Plus 8."
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Previously, one of the sextuplet girls had been suspended from school for two weeks after hitting a classmate, according to reports
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Kate Gosselin's "number one concern is protecting her children and is keeping this personal situation as a private matter that she works out with her kids."
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It was a tad garbled but it's from what I remember. I'm sure you could do better. Luckily ours stayed out of trouble. We are now in the throws of middle school and that has it challenges ... it's strict where we send ours and we WANT that. I escape the "fashion" nonsense with uniforms. It's worth it. We aren't "rich" but we manage.
People are getting the wrong impression and that is why I tried to explain how private schools typically work. It wasn't like Kate or Jon had NO CLUE on what their kids were up to. Or shocked that trouble was brewing in school. They had PLENTY of WARNINGS and CONFERNCES but OTHER THINGS were more important that their kids - so it escalated.
They probably thought WHO THEY THINK THEY ARE would take care of consequences. They were wrong. Other parents don't want that kind of behavior and pay a premium to GET AWAY FROM THESE KINDS OF KIDS!
“I have a feeling some of the Gosselin kids have learning differences due to birth and or home difficulties. These kids may do better in a learning environment that is better suited for learning differences. “
That's another thought ... learning difficulties ... but I suspect it might also be their messed up home life. Even kids that have learning difficulties are NOT usually violent and foul mouthed. This is more of a parental issue and typically from neglect.
I suspect these kids are angry, looking for attention and going about it in the wrong way. Unresolved divorce issues probably haunt them too. These are just kids and with how ugly the "adults" were ... kids pick up on that. There is no love lost between Kate and Jon, from what I recall.
I truly can't imagine that Kate is sweet mouthed at all times around her kids. She has a sharp tongue. The foul language probably came from Jon and Kate. In any event, the show needs to be cancelled and attention spent on the kids and get them in line. At some point Kate in particular has to BE the mom she claims she is. As fo Jon, who knows what to say about him. It's a sad situation.
I think one was a girl and the other a boy. Alexis and Colin.
Haven’t really kept up with the whole “plus 8” escapades.
We did have the channel the show was on for a while when it first aired. All I remember was that the two oldest girls (twins) were just HORRIBLE... acting out, sassy, whiney and poor examples for the younger 6. John and Kate did not do well in disciplining them at all. And it is highly likely that all the kids are having a difficult time adjusting to the divorce of their parents while living in a fishbowl.
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MILF = Mother I Like to...um....Do (only not so pornographic.)
The principal owes not just these children, but every other child in that school a calm environment in which to learn. It's not his/her job to cure "rage issues" (mentioned in the article) in children. I also noticed in the article that three of the children have been expelled, two of which are girls. Girls (generally) don't act out as much as boys, especially violently. This really sets alarm bells off for me.
I would bet nearly anything that there is much more to this than one child simply hitting another. I've seen the mother on TV and she's very confrontational, and seems downright uninterested in her kids. If she's like that on TV, I wonder what she's like with her children in private
Aren’t professionals supposed to know how to deal with it? We are going to have a generation of neurotic men...who are being punished for every boyish thing they ever do or even think of doing. WHAT ARE WE DOING?
Just my opinion, but in this case, these children may be a detriment to the other kids at school. I sincerely do not think that it can possibly be in any child's best interest to have their private lives filmed for TV. It can't be good for the child and it can't help with their emotional development. Principals and teachers can only do so much with children who have been emotionally damaged.
If we sent our child to this (private) school, you could bet that we would not tolerate our children having obscenities screamed at them and/or being hit. I doubt the other parents are too happy about it, either.
Just another reason to homeschool, which we do :D
Okay! I have it! In my old butt days we never thought about the moms...just their daughters...but in those days ‘moms’ did not look like the ‘moms’ today. They looked like maybe Barb Bush or if not...a razor on their upper lip might have helped. Oh listen to me! am I bad, sorry!
I totally agree. The wussification of the United States continues.
Alexis is the little girl in the middle and Collin is the boy with the glasses second to the end on the right with the blue shirt.
This is Collin. I think all of the children are cute. I'm sorry that they are having difficulties.
Also on one hand Kate and her ex man appear to be a trashy. However from what I understand Kate is an registered nurse. Nursing is a noble profession that pays pretty well. It is also not an easy discipline to major in in school. I guess the only thing this proves is that even an RN can be kind of trashy.
As far as her ex husband I have no idea what he used to do. I know that as soon as he found a little fame he started banging chicks all over the place. To hell with his 8 children.
Nice job resizing that photo,
Oh, NOW she wants things private. Never mind that privacy concerns sure didn't bother her a few years ago to exploit them on TV for millions to see for some big money.
This attention-whore of a mother should have these kids taken away from her. In ten years everyone of them will either be dead, in jail or close to it from what their parents have done to them. Way to go Mom and Dad!
According to Kate the kids LOVE this!
Privates school will tolerate less favoritism and winking at bad behavior. Kate would be better off putting her kids BACK into a public school. There she could blend in with the crowd that winks at bad behavior and all prepared with the excuses of “kids will be kids” - indefinitely.
OTOH, some parents want kids to be disciplined. OTOH when kids are disciplined in school, some parents moan about that. I say, put them in PUBLIC school and they will get away with what ever they want. It's really tough if not impossible to be expelled from a public school.
Heck the public schools THRIVE on undisciplined kids. They'll require the kid to load up on drugs and then get state aid for the kid. Undisciplined kids are a cash cow for the PUBLIC schools. It's interesting to see the reactions of people here, who want to excuse the behavior and don't understand how private schools operate whenit comes to discipline and rules.
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The military subsequently spent a large amount of money trying ot determine what a made a “shooter” - that tenth guy.
The best indicator they discovered was a large number of siblings...
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