The former 'Kate Plus 8' star talks about raising a kid with 'special needs' while her ex-husband Jon Gosselin is slammed by their oldest daughters.
- Aug 25, 2016
AceShowbiz - Kate Gosselin talks about life more than a decade after opening her home to TLC viewers in "Jon & Kate Plus 8" and then "Kate Plus 8" following her divorce from Jon Gosselin. She reveals about her regret and struggle as a mother to twins and sextuplets.
She opens up on one of her sons. "Collin has special needs," she tells PEOPLE. "[There's] a fairly fluid diagnosis of what those needs are, but he needs to learn certain strategies to help him deal with things. This has been a struggle we've had for a very long time, and it's one I've dealt with on my own. I've felt very alone in this. By the same token, it's not something that has only impacted me or him - our entire family has been impacted."
The 12-year-old boy "enrolled in a program that is helping him learn the skills he needs to be the best him he can be," she says. "We miss him so much, so it's been hard because there is a huge hole in our family without him here. But it comforts us to know he's where he needs to be right now, and I can feel good about that."
"When your kids go to college, do you miss them? Yes, but you reassure yourself that they are getting so much out of it," she explains. "And that's the same sort of investment I feel like I've made Collin's future."
Reflecting on the past memories, Kate admits, "If I could go back, I wouldn't spend so much time worrying about the messes and the obsessive compulsiveness and needing to be so in control. I would spend more time nibbling little feet and cuddling up. I worried about so many things I just didn't need to be worrying about when they were still so young, and I came on way too strong. I should have just rolled around on the floor some. I wouldn't have melted down as much."
Meanwhile, her 15-year-old twins Cara and Mady discuss their relationship with their estranged father who previously said that he's not on speaking terms with them. "I wouldn't even know what to say about him," Cara says.
Mady elaborates, "He makes it seem like we're being kept from him, which is insane. He should maybe spend some time thinking about why we don't want to see him, and maybe realize that if he ever does want a relationship with us, talking about us on TV is not the way to make that happen." She adds, "He doesn't even know us. How can he dare to talk about us?"
