Katie:Learning to Say No to Everything Except Gaines|Part 21

[Ducklings4]

What happened to their bathroom reno?

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I was wondering the same thing. Maybe insurance didn’t cover enough?


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[FakingIt_MakingIt]

What happened to their bathroom reno?

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I was wondering the same thing. Maybe insurance didn’t cover enough?


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That’s kind of my thoughts. They were pretty clear that how much renovating they did would depend on the extent of the damage and what insurance would cover.

Hopefully they update, Reno’s are my thing so I was looking forward to that hah

[linneah13]

What happened to their bathroom reno?

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I was wondering the same thing. Maybe insurance didn’t cover enough?


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In cullens recent Instagram post someone asked and he said they are waiting for the bathtub and sinks

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[lovingthisforum]

They're at the beach (Kelly's vlog)....and really behind with vlogging.

[lovingthisforum]

Excuse me?! Gaines is pushing Madelyn away in the pool, taking the place where Madelyn was!? Excuse me?!

Edit: she swims to the other side right to where Bennett is and says: no Bennett, and now pushes him away??? Wow.

[Boymomma123]

Excuse me?! Gaines is pushing Madelyn away in the pool, taking the place where Madelyn was!? Excuse me?!

Edit: she swims to the other side right to where Bennett is and says: no Bennett, and now pushes him away??? Wow.

This is why I don't understand why she is always so fixated on Brooks and his behavior. I really think that Gaines has become a brat, which is so sad! Katie mentioned something about if they had another kid Gaines would be the jealous one and not Brooks like she thought. They were in the kitchen and Katie was holding and feeding Sophia. They have really ruined that little girl.

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[lovingthisforum]

I think Katie better put Cullen in the swing....

Who is totally back to his old behavior and also is making drugs-hinted jokes like that his 'wife' says: as long as that is all you are putting in the brownies...hint hint.

I have to feel worried now that Brooks is in the swing without us knowing when they're filming elsewhere in the house, like what happened today they were filming in the kitchen while in hindsight Brooks had been in the swing during that time. Apparently Katie puts him in there at least every morning. It really bothers me, her acting out. But luckily this probably isn't damaging him, except when he senses that it is done because of his "abnormal" behavior. Also I really hate to think about the reinforcement/feeding into Gaines' disdain for Brooks now that she witnesses how Brooks is _treated_ for being sick and abnormal. Katie will have explained to her 'why Brooks is in the swing'. And the way she curiously popped around the corner to see...and then must have seen 'Brooks' being in his treatment'..... Damaging to their sibling relationship, either Brooks having a real problem or not, for sure. Also Gaines wasn't jealous and fighting to be on the swing, she thoroughly realizes Brooks is being set apart for negative reasons.

Can I just repeat that Brooks is calm and we see him sit somewhere calmly for many many times. If he had a real problem I think he wouldn't be. Yes he gets or got frustrated since he was very young when he wasn't able to execute something he wanted (he was smaller than his ambitions) and yes okay he jumps against his parents, but that is far from abnormal. Also not a good thing that Gaines gets reinforced for abusing the fact Brooks "jumps" against her (I'll first have to see with my own eyes and am not taking Katie's word for it) as an excuse to dislike him because she is jealous of his existence. In child's language and reasoning, now Brooks is being 'punished' for jumping against her.... Imagine what that'll do to her mighty highty head!

[Boymomma123]

I won't believe what they say about Brooks having "issues" until they give a specific diagnosis. I have seen him sit still a number of times in ways my 3 year old doesn't and my son is typical for his age. Katie just seems to have issues with him. She probably just associates his birth and infancy with all the problems in their marriage. Gaines was there miracle baby and perfect in every way, their channel was booming then Brooks came and all their marital issues started. I think she just never truly bonded with Brooks and instead of focusing on his positive behaviors she fixates on what is "wrong" with him.

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[Catface2]

Is Brooks sick again at the beach? Her IG looked like it

[beautynoob]

So I guess the addiction is old news and they are all living happily ever after in their bubble? I haven’t watched but keep up on here


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[FakingIt_MakingIt]

So I guess the addiction is old news and they are all living happily ever after in their bubble? I haven’t watched but keep up on here


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Pretty much. Just like most (all? Lol) of us predicted. Until the next blow up that they can’t hide. Then it’ll be a hot topic again, and swept under the rug shortly after.

[Ducklings4]

My daughter has a friend in recovery, she says you aren’t suppose to discuss the meetings. You do the steps for yourself. She was surprised Cullen was so candidly open about it. I do wonder if he is still going to meetings and if he is I hope Katie is going to meetings as well. If he is in recovery why is he drinking?


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[Catface2]

It’s all bs for views. I’m sure they figure if he lays off the pot smoking he can drink. Booze is more socially acceptable than weed. It’s all about their image...

[Boymomma123]

Katie's Instagram post about dinner and how it's been so hard since Brooks was born. Not hey both my kids misbehave and sit down meals are hard, nope more Brooks is so difficult. Poor kid, he and Gaines have no chance to have a good sibling bond with Katie constantly putting Gaines on a pedestal. How could anyone take her seriously as a child psychologist.

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[lmmomSD]

My daughter has a friend in recovery, she says you aren’t suppose to discuss the meetings. You do the steps for yourself. She was surprised Cullen was so candidly open about it. I do wonder if he is still going to meetings and if he is I hope Katie is going to meetings as well. If he is in recovery why is he drinking?


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You're not supposed to discuss the meetings because you don't want to out anybody. But talking about being in recovery is good, and it's actually encouraged, because you never know who you might help, especially if you have a public platform. You don't want to be all "I'm great because I am in recovery" but you can share your "experience, strength and hope"

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[ewokfan11]

I had to LOL about Katie flat out lying about keeping up her license. Didn't she let it lapse for at least a year? Also, what a bitch to say she has more influence on YT than she would in a real job. Doing WHAT? Does she really believe she's helping people? Again, by doing what???

The theme I got from this Q&A is that they don't like having kids...AT ALL. Some people just don't want to have kids. They were definitely happier before kids. Maybe they should have stopped at one.

[lovingthisforum]

Katie's Instagram post about dinner and how it's been so hard since Brooks was born. Not hey both my kids misbehave and sit down meals are hard, nope more Brooks is so difficult. Poor kid, he and Gaines have no chance to have a good sibling bond with Katie constantly putting Gaines on a pedestal. How could anyone take her seriously as a child psychologist.

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And when she said: I use my degree on both of my kids....sorry but roll eye or at least big question marks. She probably means some simple stuff and tricks once in a while, but that's nonsense, every parent does that and has that insight and intuition.

I believe Katie loves Cullen and I am happy she does, I enjoyed the beginning when she was sweet with him. But the content was unsubstantial and they avoided 'real' assumptions. I'm curious if people have proposed assumptions about the favoring.

She said she did assessments in her job. That is lower than giving treatment, I wish I could explain it in English but it's a bit like doing the dirty work, and it means that saying "I'm a child psychologist" sounds fancier than it really was because people would understand that as if she gave therapy and treatment. And if she didn't do this then it also makes even lesser sense that she said she used her degree upon her kids, if you don't use therapeutic 'interventions' then what do you use? Yeah insight, but haven't we all? The thing a psychologist would have maybe more readily available is 1 thing: correcting on yourself, so not acting out your emotions, I'm not saying 'normal' people aren't capable of this. But I don't see this with Katie, I see that she is acting like a normal human being and just favoring like a normal human being, I've never seen some real clear insight capability with her etc. Also important to be clear about that she isn't a therapist or clinical psychologist, she is simply a psychologist plus did a PhD which has nothing to do with clinical psychology and becoming a therapist. She is a psychologist (uni degree) that worked with children. Her PhD is apart from all this. It's not that because of her PhD she is better with children or as a therapist which she isn't to begin with. I've said this before but the context is better now.

[scout]

Katie's Instagram post about dinner and how it's been so hard since Brooks was born. Not hey both my kids misbehave and sit down meals are hard, nope more Brooks is so difficult. Poor kid, he and Gaines have no chance to have a good sibling bond with Katie constantly putting Gaines on a pedestal. How could anyone take her seriously as a child psychologist.

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And when she said: I use my degree on both of my kids....sorry but roll eye or at least big question marks. She probably means some simple stuff and tricks once in a while, but that's nonsense, every parent does that and has that insight and intuition.

I believe Katie loves Cullen and I am happy she does, I enjoyed the beginning when she was sweet with him. But the content was unsubstantial and they avoided 'real' assumptions. I'm curious if people have proposed assumptions about the favoring.

She said she did assessments in her job. That is lower than giving treatment, I wish I could explain it in English but it's a bit like doing the dirty work, and it means that saying "I'm a child psychologist" sounds fancier than it really was because people would understand that as if she gave therapy and treatment. And if she didn't do this then it also makes even lesser sense that she said she used her degree upon her kids, if you don't use therapeutic 'interventions' then what do you use? Yeah insight, but haven't we all? The thing a psychologist would have maybe more readily available is 1 thing: correcting on yourself, so not acting out your emotions, I'm not saying 'normal' people aren't capable of this. But I don't see this with Katie, I see that she is acting like a normal human being and just favoring like a normal human being, I've never seen some real clear insight capability with her etc. Also important to be clear about that she isn't a therapist or clinical psychologist, she is simply a psychologist plus did a PhD which has nothing to do with clinical psychology and becoming a therapist. She is a psychologist (uni degree) that worked with children. Her PhD is apart from all this. It's not that because of her PhD she is better with children or as a therapist which she isn't to begin with. I've said this before but the context is better now.

I'm a long time lurker that is in graduate school in hopes of becoming a psychologist, so I wanted to give my two cents. I haven't watched Cullen and Katie in awhile, so I can't comment on her parenting abilities; however, I fully disagree with your understanding of psychology in America. Katie received both a bachelor's and a Ph.D. in psychology (possibly even a master's as well). In America, except for a few specific titles, such as a School Psychologist, you are unable to use the title Psychologist without a Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Psychology. Just to make it clear - her Ph.D. in Clinical Child Psychology included both advanced education and research in Clinical Child Psychology.

[lmmomSD]

Katie's Instagram post about dinner and how it's been so hard since Brooks was born. Not hey both my kids misbehave and sit down meals are hard, nope more Brooks is so difficult. Poor kid, he and Gaines have no chance to have a good sibling bond with Katie constantly putting Gaines on a pedestal. How could anyone take her seriously as a child psychologist.

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And when she said: I use my degree on both of my kids....sorry but roll eye or at least big question marks. She probably means some simple stuff and tricks once in a while, but that's nonsense, every parent does that and has that insight and intuition.

I believe Katie loves Cullen and I am happy she does, I enjoyed the beginning when she was sweet with him. But the content was unsubstantial and they avoided 'real' assumptions. I'm curious if people have proposed assumptions about the favoring.

She said she did assessments in her job. That is lower than giving treatment, I wish I could explain it in English but it's a bit like doing the dirty work, and it means that saying "I'm a child psychologist" sounds fancier than it really was because people would understand that as if she gave therapy and treatment. And if she didn't do this then it also makes even lesser sense that she said she used her degree upon her kids, if you don't use therapeutic 'interventions' then what do you use? Yeah insight, but haven't we all? The thing a psychologist would have maybe more readily available is 1 thing: correcting on yourself, so not acting out your emotions, I'm not saying 'normal' people aren't capable of this. But I don't see this with Katie, I see that she is acting like a normal human being and just favoring like a normal human being, I've never seen some real clear insight capability with her etc. Also important to be clear about that she isn't a therapist or clinical psychologist, she is simply a psychologist plus did a PhD which has nothing to do with clinical psychology and becoming a therapist. She is a psychologist (uni degree) that worked with children. Her PhD is apart from all this. It's not that because of her PhD she is better with children or as a therapist which she isn't to begin with. I've said this before but the context is better now.

I'm a long time lurker that is in graduate school in hopes of becoming a psychologist, so I wanted to give my two cents. I haven't watched Cullen and Katie in awhile, so I can't comment on her parenting abilities; however, I fully disagree with your understanding of psychology in America. Katie received both a bachelor's and a Ph.D. in psychology (possibly even a master's as well). In America, except for a few specific titles, such as a School Psychologist, you are unable to use the title Psychologist without a Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Psychology. Just to make it clear - her Ph.D. in Clinical Child Psychology included both advanced education and research in Clinical Child Psychology.

Plus, she _was_ licensed, and did some work before she quit after Gaines was born. So she _was_ a clinical psychologist. She did let her license lapse, but the doctorate still gives her the right to go by "Dr B." (Can't remember her last name and we're not supposed to post it anyway)
BUT. She doesn't use her degree in raising her kids. If she did, she would see how damaging her golden child vs scapegoat treatment of Gaines and Brooks is. I haven't studied developmental psychology in _years_ but I can see the huge discrepancies between her book learning and her parenting.

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[nutbagmcgee]

I always expected a oopsie baby but Jesus these people seem to dislike and resent the children that they have. I can’t see them having any more.