There's no doubt that raising eight children as a single mother is hard work, but for Kate Gosselin she's somehow managing it all on her own. Unfortunately for her though, there's a new report that says the former reality star sometimes can't take the pressure of disciplining all eight of her children alone and that's why she sometimes takes extreme measures with it comes to punishing them.

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According to Star Magazine on Friday, the blonde beauty is being accused of being just as irritable behind closed doors as she is in front of cameras. And despite being in charge of such a big broad, insiders say that Gosselin's lack of mothering skills is what sometimes drive her up to wall.

Recalling a moment in which Gosselin was caught by the paparazzi spanking her then 4-year-old daughter Mady, an insider said, "Mady was grouchy and received a few spankings with the spanker that newly joined the emergency supply stash in the big blue bus!!!! She eventually happied up!"

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What's more, Gosselin apparently has no patience for her children at all as she is also being accused of spanking her children just because they climbed out of their cribs when they were toddlers.

The source also goes on to say that Gosselin had spanked a handful of her children just because they were caught playing with tissues and worse, even pulled her son Collin up by his hair and proceeded to spank him in front of his other siblings.

So far Gosselin herself has not made any comments about the claims. Keep up with Enstars for all the latest news on Kate Gosselin and all of your favorite reality stars right here.

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