Collin Gosselin Slams Parents Exploiting Their Kids – “Children Are Not Your Meal Ticket!”

Collin Gosselin has become pretty outspoken about his horrible childhood in recent years, even going on to detail his story in a recent memoir, In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood.

Key Takeaways

• Collin Gosselin speaks out against parents using children for income
• He discusses the dangers of growing up on reality television
• Collin says children should have the right to refuse filming
• His memoir details his difficult childhood in the spotlight
• Collin urges adults to recognize and protect exploited children

Collin Gosselin Tells Parents “Children Are Not Your Meal Ticket” in Latest Interview

If you want someone to tell you the truth about the many disadvantages of growing up in the spotlight, it’s Collin Gosselin.

Recently, there’s been a rising conversation about the safety of child actors, and why Hollywood might be too much for the youngsters, after Logan star Dafne Keen revealed she was offered weed and alcohol when she was as young as 11.

But Collin, who is one of six sextuplets born to Jon and Kate Gosselin, feels that this conversation should also be extended to child influencers and reality TV stars.

“I’ve always said this and I will continue to say this: it is not your children’s responsibility to bring income into the family and put food on the table. That’s the parents’ responsibility,” he said on the Candace Cameron Bure podcast, adding, “So why are you using your children as your financial safety net? …why are they your [source] of income?”

Collin then advised, “Simply put, children are not your meal ticket. And parents need to understand this.”

Raised in a house of eight kids, Collin has noted that he tended to be seen as problematic by his mother due to his resistance against performing for the cameras.

He was sent to a behavioral and psychiatric institution in 2016, several years after his parents’ divorce.

Two years later, Jon gained full custody of his son, who moved in with his sister Hannah.

Collin Gosselin Says Adults Shouldn’t Silence Children for Money

In another interview with Fox News Digital, he talked about adults overriding the rights of children in the pursuit of money.

“It’s the simple fact that adults that are seeing these things, they surely understood that people are choosing not to say anything because the show must go on,” he said. “And if, at any point in time, a child can voice that they do not want to film, we need to take that seriously.”

He then goes on to reason that even the silent ones should still be protected.

“But even without a child saying anything, you can tell, you can absolutely tell. It’s reading body language,” Collin observed. “You can absolutely tell and we should be aware. We should be paying attention. We should be protecting children.”

Collin has previously shared allegations about his childhood, although Kate Gosselin has disputed claims of wrongdoing.

“To understand and to know that at a young age, at any age, means that you really, you feel in your heart that it is not right, and you know you’re being exploited and that’s crazy for a child to know,” he said. “But we should listen to that because that’s a huge thing.”

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