Kyle & Chris Massey: Bristol Palin Taught Us How To Raise Kids

Bristol’s co-stars on her upcoming reality show say she’s an ‘amazing’ mom when the cameras aren’t around!

Bristol Palin‘s new reality show with her Dancing with the Stars competitor Kyle Massey, 20, and his brother Chris, 22, is in post-production, and the brothers say living with the 21-year-old and her son Tripp was such an eye-opening experience! “We had to learn how to raise children and take care of children,” Chris explains to reporters at Cartoon Network’s Hall of Game Awards on Feb. 18. “Kids are a full time responsibility.”

“We will not be opening up a day care anytime soon,” Kyle adds.

Kyle says the highlight was getting to see another side of Bristol while they lived together filming the show. “I think it was really fun to just see the different parts of the world,” he explains. “We got to know Bristol a lot better.”

And behind-the-scenes, Kyle says she’s so different. “She is really an amazing mom,” he says. “People do not see that side of her and on DWTS you really didn’t see that side of her. We got to see her be mom behind-the-scenes and away from the cameras. She does everything to make sure [Tripp] is OK. That is pretty cool.”

The show was supposed to air in November, but the brothers say that it’s still in post-production and some issues have to be worked out.

“Well it’s complicated,” Kyle explains. “It’s really complicated. You’ll hear about it soon enough.”

-Reporting by Russ Weakland

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Yes, Pat. Whoop dee do! All parents are not amazing parents, however, Bristol Palin is an outstanding mother to her son, Tripp. It takes more that just “love” to produce a happy and productive child. It takes total dedication and support 24/7 and a constant desire to provide a child with all the tools necessary to navigate this complex, and often cruel high tech world.

The Todd Palin affair story was false and debunked a long time ago but it appears that you like it and are still peddling it. I suppose you hate Bristol Palin, because she is beautiful, extremely successful for one so young, is kind, has faith in God and is loved by so many. She is also the daughter of one of the most beloved political figures, in this country, which I am sure you detest. Bristol’s life is just beginning. Her new show will air shortly and it will be a major hit, in spite of the unhappy and disgruntled types like yourself. Your jealousy of Bristol Palin is evident.

I guess you define “successful” as using your child as a payday-Lots of young woman have children and have to go to school-get jobs in the real world and really work hard-they should be role models-not Bristol Palin-Having your child become a reality TV show is definitely not a good mother-But then again Bristol’s mother quit her term-How can you respect someone who walks out of office just to make a buck on the Tv circuit-If you think Ex (everything) Sarah Palin is one of “most beloved political figure”-I have a feeling you read the same newspapers she does-Oh sorry forgot-she doesn’t read.

Whoop dee doo. There are over 7 billion people in the world. Their parents all took the “high road” so therefore must be amazing parents. Octomom and Kate Gosselin also too used their kids to make $$ – how amazing and I’m sure they will grow up well-adjusted because they are loved too. Bristol’s 15 minutes are over. I just wonder why she named her son Tripp after Todd’s mistress Shailey Tripp.

Bristol is amazing to me. To have been though what she has been and still have her two feet on the ground shows how level headed she is. She is a hard worker. She wouldn’t trade Trig for anything, he is a beautiful happy child. She doesn’t think he is a mistake. You can look at that child and see he is very loved. Bristol only wants to tell other girls her age that it is hard work when you have a child before you are married. You are not able to run with your friends and do fun things that other teenager do because she has someone that is more important than herself. I don’t see that he will be stigmatize by doing the show. She took the high road and decided to take care of her child instead of having an abortion.That child will grow up well adjusted I have no doubt about it. Last I knew we are still in America if someone offer to pay her to do a show it is up to her if she does it. So stop worrying so much Trig will do fine

The child Bristol acknowledges having had is called Tripp. Trig is the name of the child for whom Sarah Palin is the alleged mother.

Nobody seems to care about the effect of all this on the child down the road – I can’t help but think she is very selfish to capitalize on him like she is, getting paid going around telling everyone what a mistake he was. Why not just raise him in private and spare him the stigma of being the poster boy for not being a teen mom ? When he gets old enough to read some of this stuff and watch her interviews he is going to be hurt and she’s going to come off like the hypocrite she is