I just created an account after watching one episode of this show and I have to say, Amy is VERY controlling and OVERPROTECTIVE. Matt is just trying to have some sort of order in the house. The kids can have fun in the house without running through it like monkeys. I agree that children should be comfortable in their own home, but COME ON..this is just rediculous! Amy doesn't realize how she doing a huge disservice by not enforcing some sort of order in the house.

I also didn't like how the children seem to dismiss Matt as if he doesn't matter. I was heartbroken because it seems as if Matt is just the breadwinner and is a visitor in his own home. I wish Amy would try to be more of a TEAM PLAYER instead of ruling the roost. Marriage and Parenting is a PARTNERSHIP. Not one person ruling the roost over another just because they didn't have a good childhood. The balance that the two of them could bring would be really good for the family. A little bit of Amy's philosophy and a little bit of Matt. I just don't get it. I will watch the show again to see if maybe it was just that episode but if this is how Matt is treated on every episode, I won't be watching.

Since the whole family can be seen on camera, being filmed at their home, and schools...I don't understand how one could reach the conclusion that "Matt is just the BREADWINNER".
Looks the show features them all, doesn't it?

Very well said MOODY2K9US !! I too just created an account after tonight's show. Amy really, really dropped the ball with regard to discipline in that house. I couldn't believe that coffee table and the burn marks on it! Hang in their MATT ROLOFF !! You got your work cut out for you.

I found tonight's episodes rather disturbing. The way the kids behave is outrageous, with Jeremy saying how they break things--even windows. Not new, just to hear him laughing say what they do made it worse. Blaming poor old Rocky for the spots on the rug just shows how far Amy will go to protect the children.

The fact that Amy has done so much for the kids without their having to do anything in return is now coming back to bite her. Zach has been handed everything on a platter and he is plain lazy. Amy has done his thinking for him and now she expects he will be able to do things on his own. They can't even get up by themselves. It has already been said, but I will say it again, that you do no favor for youngsters by not demanding responsibility. Zach will never get into a school with those marks, and he doesn't seem to care. Maybe he really does just want to stay at home as has been suggested.

It is too late now for anything to change. Each parent has to accept some of the blame, but isn't it always easier to accuse rather than accept the blame oneself.

I was definitely not happy with tonight's show and was not entertained.

Agreed, Rita......it wasn't very entertaining at all. I am beginning to feel sorry for Zach, who, either has no social presence AT ALL, or the editors just choose to film him yawning or staring at the ceiling while meeting with colleges. That was so embarrassing...Zach just reverts to 7 year old behavior a lot of the time. It's impossible for me to see him as an 18 year old. He saw no connection between how difficult it was for him to give a short presentation in a HS speech class...and the aspiration he says he has of teaching.

The silly thing about rugs...and stains...is unless you have the household where all people who enter take their shoes off first..of course there will be spots on carpets and they have to be cleaned periodically...that's not a tremendous big deal...arguing about it is kind of lame.All that power struggle over stains on the rug is not entertainment.

Amy has allowed her kids to become BRATS! Not only do they not respect the house ("we just break doors and walls and stuff" is a direct quote from last night's episode), but they don't respect her, either. And the lack of respect extends to their father - a lack of respect that she fosters, I might add, by openly disrespecting him in front of them. Amy needs to remember that she is not there to be a friend to her kids. They have friends. She is there to be a parent. I think she's forgotten that.

As for Matt, someone needs to explain to him that just because he dreamed it as a kid doesn't mean that he has to build it. We all dream stuff as a kid, then we grow up.

All it all, I find the show difficult to watch and I mostly skip it unless I'm at my mom's house because she watches it religiously. I skip it because the bratty kids drive me nuts. I don't find it pleasant to watch them trash the house and talk back to their parents. Frankly, Jacob needs a spanking and Zach needs one, too!

REally, their income is disposable. The more shows they do the more money they make. Sooo if the kids trash the house, what the heck they can just buy new stuff. Its an awesome way to harvest disrespect for people and things. They have that huge farm. Make that barn into a place the kids can go to do whatever...throw balls, watch tv, trash the place. But teach them to be respectful of their house. If they want to be disrespectful to their own areas, well fine. Its a sad situation. The kids are decent kids that have been allowed to do what they want, when they want.

since the season has started this year, it seems sooo much negativity in matt and amy, they seem so distant from each other, they each have very different ideas for there future, how to punish the kids, organize the house, everything, I loved there first years, but now its almost like with a certain other tlc show, they all start out being this loving family, get everyone hooked on it then wham out of the blue comes all this drama. I know every family has issues, but thats why not every family has a tv show.

I find watching this show to be painful. Amy should be embarrassed that her children are disrespectful brats and her beautiful home is being trashed by them. It was sad that Mollie was trying to tell them they are terrible at discipline. Boy, I don't think I can watch much more of this train wreck.

Dianas, if you read other posts I think you will find that your sentiment is echoed. It used to be fun. Perhaps when they go to Europe it will be entertaining. Let's hope.

The trip to Europe isn't going to be any better than previous trips. The kids are unappreciative. They also lack respect to their parents authority. Have you looked at their house? It is always a wreck, clothes laying all over the floor, kitchen is dirty. These kids are old enough to pick up after themselves and old enough to know better. How Amy can allow it and I agree with everyone most of it is her fault for letting the kids get away with it all. They talk back to her. Then their is Zach . The parents only find out he is doing poorly in school when he can't play soccer? The show is completely disappointing. It needs to end just like some others.

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Rita, I have to admit, I find the show more interesting now because as I stated before, the chickens are coming home to roost. We've been watching this family evolve. Initially, it was about little people. Now, it's just about human drama and we're able to see what can happen with certain methods (or non-methods) of parenting.

The story isn't all told yet. We might still see how people rebound from missteps from the past and triumph in the end.