According to MSN.com, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor is investigating Jon & Kate Plus 8 after receiving complaints about the show. It seems they are looking into
whether or not the show complies with child labor laws in that state. Of course, TLC is fighting back, assuring the Department that the show “fully complies” with all state laws and regulations.
The hit “reality” show follows the marriage (and now possible divorce!) of Jon and Kate Gosselin as they raise their twin girls and sextuplets. Filming of the family takes place at least three days per week, professional fluorescent lighting has been installed throughout the house, and cameras have been installed in the sextuplets’ bedrooms to catch anything that might be amusing to viewers. The cameras are present constantly, the children do not get “vacations” (the camera crew even film on Christmas morning!). Many opponents of the show suggest that the children are not afforded due privacy as they cannot get away from the camera. I can’t imagine how they will feel when they grow up and watch old episodes (the producers seem to only capture twin Mady having “melt downs”, as Kate calls them, or zooming in on one of the younger boy’s bum crack as he bent over near a poolside on vacation).
What do you think? Are the children being exploited?
The Gosselin Sextuplets celebrate their 5th birthday today!
Kate Gosselin, mother of twins and sextuplets from the hit reality TV series Jon & Kate Plus 8, has recently written a new book 
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