Media Blog #7

Watching Shows like Jon and Kate Plus Eight gives people a false image of what raising families is really like. They make it look so easy and fun but in reality I hear it can be quite a hard thing to do. This family of ten has one working parent and one parent staying at home with the kids. Most families, especially those with large families, struggle to make ends meet even with 2 working parents. This show rarely shows the downside of their life, mostly because their life has no downside.
I do not think that it is right to include kids in these shows. The kids have no say in what is happening, since they have been involved since before they could understand what reality TV was. They have grown up with a camera in their faces and will be known to everyone for the rest of their lives. It is not fair that their childhoods be spent being followed around by cameras and scrutinized by the entire world. The parents, producers, and advertisers are taking advantage of these kids and making a whole bunch of money off of them. The kids are also being lead on that their life is so easy and fun and all this stuff comes free. I don't think it makes for a well-adjusted human being
Shoes like these most definitely give an unrealistic idea of how easy it is to raise large families. These people are heavily compensated for being on TV. They live in a big house and have plenty of clothes and food. This is definitely irresponsible of the producers. They are trying to show reality, and reality TV does not do that at all. Since it is on tv, the people in the show are getting paid for it, and primped for it. They have glamourized this lifestyle and made it seem more appealing and easy to people. This could end up creating problems in the end.