February 22, 2007
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Britney Spears and Motherhood
I was talking to someone the other day and she mentioned that Britney Spears will lose her children.
I hadn’t given it a lot of thought. But she mentioned with all the things that Britney was doing, she couldn’t believe that she still had the children. Then tonight, I saw an article about whether Britney was fit to be a mother.
Of course, there is the alternative.
Is Britney fit to be a mother?
Comments (111)
First. ^_^
Is Britney even the one taking care of those children?
Nope. She’s not being a mother as it is anyway, she’s out partying.
wow..so many updates today, dan
no, she’s too busy partying! i don’t ever see her with her children anymore, and it seems like she isn’t spending as much time with her second son as she did with her first…
attention, whore. dan or britney?
I believe the alternative is the better alternative. From what I know about him he is a good guy who just happens to not be all that refined. He seems comfortable with who he is and to love his kids and want the best for them. Based on Britney’s antics of late she has no desire to take care of her kids.
Neither one of them are fit to be parents. This is why there should be rules for procreation…
Don’t really think so… but neither is he… they should be fixed so they can’t have children…
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
Last I read, her mom was taking care of them.
how can she be fit when she dont even look bathed and groomed half the time?
i heard she shaved head for fear of having k-fed take a strand to test for drugs.
honestly, I don’t think so.
Yeah, her mom takes the kids. And maybe a nanny?
How can we judge if she can be a mother or not by the media? Are her children safe and being taken care of well? Are they actually being abused or neglected? Who knows?
The same rules that apply to any American mother should be applied to Ms. Spears. If her kids were taken away simply because popular opinion thought she wasn’t a good mother then all the other mothers in America would have to be tried by the same thought. And if that were so, we would probably have more foster children than we knew what to do with. And we would probably find that Ms. Spears kids are far better off in whatever situation they are in than a large number of American children.
But I guess we’re looking at either her or the kids dad having them. So my argument is a little messed up. So….
I dunno.
14th 15th 16th!!!!
i’m assuming none of us know britney in person.
all we see are publicity stunts glorified by the media and that’s all we ever pay attention to nowadays anyway. britney may very well be a saint. there’s no point in examining her like a goldfish in a bowl.
grrr this subject is getting extremely annoying.
define ideal parenting skills. seems to me everyone has a different idea on how parenting should be, and if so, then no one is really “fit” to be a parent.
personally, i think if you have BOTH mother and father, then parenting is a TEAM job. cooperation is key.
[which brit and k-fed probably didn't fully realize]
but in case of divorce, the job is a lot more difficult alone.
[ex: brit is having personal hardships, whether on her faults or not. she needs slack, but no one is giving it to her. not even k-fed.]
it would be nice for everyone to quit hassling britney and k-fed. it’s their lives and their problem.
BTW: I’m only talking about this because the “news” coverage is EVERYWHERE AND I CAN’T EFFING ESCAPE IT. xS
correction:
i meant to say define good parenting skills.
Probably if we could look inside Britney’s mind right now we would find an ancient truth confirmed: that neither success, fame nor money necessarily bring happiness.
We ourselves, the public, give these people (entertainers) the attention that eventually destroys them, because they are in reality just ordinary people, incapable of handling too much of it. And when - having being told they are gods – they fall, then it’s tut-tut time.
not as of right now shes not.
What’s your sudden fixation with Britney? Don’t go tabloid on us.
neither are fit ! give the kids to britney’s mum.
Hell no. She is too busy spewing in the back of Scores.
define good parenting skills.
Posted 2/22/2007 1:54 AM by snowpatrolchick
— Not getting drunk and being able to raise your kids in healthy and safe environment. Have we already forgot how great she is with carseats?
what makes a good parent? Is K-fed one too? he married Britney after leaving his previous wife and their 3 children together…
she has some issues, but is a mother nonetheless, she needs some help, and perhaps at this moment may not be the best guardian of the children.
at least britney’s better parent than kevin federf*ck.
Just the other day I was thinking about how much she has changed. Makes you wonder what caused this downward spiral.
I hope her money will buy her a good nanny because she isn’t doing the job.
Even though K-Fed is weird and is a loser in appearance and image, he doesn’t seem like the drug-toting head-shaving kind of weirdo like Britney is. I think she is totally unfit right now. Maybe w/some help, she’ll come out of her funk and be a good mama.
They should just smack the dumb broad in the face.
I don’t know.. most people AREN’T fit to be parents.
She seems like an idiot, but I don’t know how responsible she really is, so I can’t say.
Noo..
Well since neither Brittney or Kevin are actually taking care of the kids it doesn’t really matter. Whoever gets custody it will really be nanny taking care of the kids.
How many of us can’t say we’ve dropped our baby before?
As of right now, no. She needs to check into rehab and stay there until she gets clean. I really think she’s a little girl who’s tried to grow up way too fast, she got in over her head and now she’s paying the price. I personally think that if she can get her act together and sort things out, and put her kids first, she’ll be a great mom. From pictures I’ve seen of her with Sean Preston (does the other one even exist?), it looks like she really loves her little boy. She just needs help right now, and then she needs to go from there. I think it would be a crime if Kevin Federline got the kids-he doesn’t take care of the ones he has with that other woman!
are either of them?
Neither are fit to be parents. Unfortunately no one will do anything about that.
Dang, give the kids to neither of em..
they’re rich! That means what they do is okay. Right?
In current condition, no way.
I’m pretty sure that she has a nanny or whatever.
But if she was just the mom next door, her kids would be taken in a split second. Just because she is Britney Spears, she has gotten off scot-free.
lol
no
the way she is now, hell no.
if she actually stays in rehab for more than a day, and cleans up her act, maybe.
No…
She would be if she ever took the time and effort to become an adult. I’m not going to pick on her, though. Thanks to media attention, she’s merely a figurehead for thousands more just like her that we’ll never know. That’s what’s really tragic.
It is an unfortunate state of affairs when we can look around us and say, “You know, there are actually a whole lot of mothers who are doing a whole lot worse than Britney.” Yea, Britney parties and forgets to use car seats. But how is that any worse than alcoholic/abusive mothers? This is not an argument for saying that Britney is fit to be a mother, rather to say that there are bigger problems to address – the state of families in general.
no, she definetly is not. niether is k-fed.
I think that we got mad at K.Fed because he came into the spotlight at the wrong time. Britney was Americas Sweetheart with Justin Timberlake, and when that ended we got really upset. They were really good together right? Well, then here comes Federline, portrayed by the media by this golddigger who left his girlfriend, who at the time was preggers, just to be with Britney.
What we didnt know was that Britney was already in her downward spiral, and we seemed to blame it on Kevin because well, he was there. But now that Kevin is gone, Britney is even worse off, so, I guess Kevin isn’t all that bad of a person. I can’t say he’s Father of the Year after what he did to his pregnant girlfriend, but right now from what I can see, he is more suitable a parent. I’m not saying this is the truth, or Britney will always be like this, but hey..I think we all only want whats best for SPF and JJ.
Britney could be a fine mother…IF she made an effort to do so. She is doing the opposite by being selfish.
when i said selfish i meant by not putting her life aside for the good of her children..(like entering into rehab and staying.) she unfortunately is surrounding herself with people who are allowing her to make some poor choices on behalf of her children as well as her own life.
she is not fit to be a mother. the children should be taken away. all she wants to be (so it seems) is a party girl who doesn’t show any responsibility. to be honest, i’m soo sick of hearing about her. there are way more important things that the media should be reporting on. i wish that they would stop reporting on her and paris hilton. i’ve heard enough on them.
I heard that theyre actually going to court today over a “issue that has recently come up” (thats what the new people said) Everyone is assuming its the custody issue. And with her in rehab, i think he might get them this time.
I’m no defender of Britney, I think she’s kind of gross, but it’s really not for any one of us to say.
Neither seem very responsible. He has how many kids with different women? He got with Britney when his girlfriend was pregnant with their second child. Britney is obviously in trouble and seems very out of control at the moment. Where are her children and who is taking care of them? I think she needs a lot help for herself before she can be a better mother.
I think she might actually be fit to be a mother somewhere in her heart. That’s the whole reason she shaved her head…was to get custody of the kids, because then they couldn’t do that drug hair test thing that Kevin wanted. That was a pretty smart move if you ask me, and it shows that her kids obviously mean something to her – and that’s a step in the right direction.
i’m putting in a request that for lent you restrain from talking about britany spears or anna nicole smith (the media is covering both of them too much).
The sad thing is as parent we all make mistakes, hers are just out in the open for all to see. I know many of women who act the same way and their kids are still with them.
Do I think she could lose her children over this? yes at least temporarily.
I spent way too many years putting my husband’s ex under the microscope and even to this day she does not live up to my standard of how a parent should behave but in the end most of the time a having a parent is better than having no parent at all with the exception to severe physical/sexual abuse.
My mom was was not a poster perfect mom and to some would have been down right neglectful & abusive but I still needed her, I still loved her.
Mm Nope.
Not in the state she’s in right now, no. She has a lot of growing up to do, sadly.
I do not know what kind of mother she is or what was wrong with her parents for wanting her to be in the limelight at such an early age…I wonder if they would make the same choices with Brit again.I hope she gets help before it is too late .I would hate o see her wasted like Anna Nichole,that is sad.
people are such assholes. i think she’ll be fine.
probably not.. but there are a lot of people out there who aren’t fit.. but they still are.
No, she’s not. And the sad thing, K-Fed might actually BE the better parent.
at this time id say NO
No, she is not, but probably no worse than many Mom’s out there plus she has the money to provide good care for them (Nannys). I wasn’t such a great Mom at her age either.
As long as her kids are being taken care of (i.e. not neglected/abused), they stay with her (or her mom if that’s the case).
No way.
Right now? no. Could she? sure. Someday.
Maybe.
As it stands right now, no. She is going to drug rehab. KFed needs to man up and go take care of his kids right now and get custody. Even if it is until she gets cleaned up and on the right track.
she’s fit for the trash :] but that’s about it XD
Anyone would think parenting was an olympic sport.
From the little I’ve heard about her, it sounds like she’s doing a lousy job of it. I don’t think she’s incapable of being a good mother, but her current lifestyle is in direct conflict with her (supposed) desire to be a mother. She needs to get her own life in order before she can take care of a kid.
I read a story a few years ago in one of those “magazines” about a “CHICKEN FACED BABY WHO WAS BORN IN A HEN HOUSE….” Does that mean it actually happened? If its written out, and printed… It must be true, RIGHT?
Who’s to say that she’s a bad parent by what is presented to us by the MEDIA. We do not know, because we do not live her life.
If she is making sure that the kids are being taken care of(food clothes, and a place to live), then who can say that she is a bad parent? The state cannot force a parent to love their child…or make them spend time with them. Who can guarantee that their other parent will do a better job?
Well, a lot of people are more unfit than her, she does like her kids which is good but she’s going through a hard time.
I just think we notice fuck ups a lot more than other people’s because the papparazzi is on her like all the damn time.
no. her actions show that she is totally and utterly selfish… selfishness and motherhood do not equate.
I agree with the commentor who said we aren’t even ALMOST qualified to make a call on that. . .based on the media showing us pictures of her with a shaved head. I mean, I understand she’s got some SERIOUS problems, but has she left her kids in the care of her Mom? Is she flaking out on her nanny (or nannies)? We have no idea. We just like to think that we do.
i say let gramma have them…those two people should have been shot for procreating.
Whatever you want to say about Britney, she loves her kids. And with her money and resources (aka family and people she can hire to help take care of the kids) they will be a HELL of a lot better off with her and they ever would be in the foster care system.
neither of them are fit to be parents
No, I don’t think Britney is fit to be a mother. Apparently the reason she shaved her head was because Kevin threatened to have a drug test to prove what shes been up to so she shaved it off so they couldn’t find out or anything. but anyway, I do believe Kevin is a better parent since he DOES have 2 other kids, but it seems like a big part of why he wants full custody is to just make Britney look bad or whatever, trying to ruin her reputation. I think he has an ulterior motive for giving her so much shit. poor girl, married scum
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I don’t think so. She’s always out.
Wow, what she forget about the kids ?
Maybe they would be better with the x-husband…
Oh If Britneys Mom gets the kids they will just wind up grpowing up to become like their Britney…
Any children of hers will win the contest of who’s mother is more embarassing every time. If they live to be that old. Poor kids.
Britney has kids?
compared to k-fed, yes
the kids should go to the bodyguard.
She’s not going to lose her children (meaning that they won’t go into foster care) just because of the fact that she has shit tons of money and can pay someone to take care of them so that she can do whatever she wants to. They won’t be taken away because she’s not the one taking care of them.
i think she’s fine.
It doesn’t matter whether or not she’s fit to be a mother because she IS one.
Not right now!
She needs to stop being selfish and give up her crazy ways and be a mother
No.
neither of them seem to be fit parents in the first place. whos next in line for the kids?
Neither parent should take custody of the poor kids. Maybe the grandma or something.
Well… at least she’s a good mother… she’s leaving her poor kids to a babysitter… she’s not leaving them unnatended…
dont we have anything better to talk about?
no, but neither is kevin federline.
nope
Not really, but hey, there are worse moms. And I’d rather Brit raise me than K-Fed. But isn’t he gonna take care of the kids while she’s in rehab anyway?
It’s makes me ill to say this, but the more she continues with this crazy behaviour, the more K-Fed is looking good at this point. K-Fed! The biggest mooch of a loser ever to cut a rap CD!
But really, what makes her so special? There are tons of little Britneys everywhere thinking they know it all, partying and neglecting their kids. Is anything being one about them? Neglect = child abuse. Period.
At this point, no. I think she should go ahead and appoint a temporary guardian over her children so that they are protected. Then, she needs to clean up her act and set some goals as to when it would be best to have them under her wing again. If she wants to show that she is responsible, then gather her nuts together and appoint someone.
I think she has the potential.
She just needs to get rid of her extremely bad habits and take a parenting class.
who knows? do I trust the media reports? not for a minute. Sure, she seems nuts. But her mom is driving her to rehab. Actually, that says a LOT about a caring family support system. But, lets see if she can stay. Shaving her head? odd, but not evil. Flahing, much more strange. who knows? don’t know him really either. Sorry for kids though. prayers
I don’t know, but did you notice that K-Fed now has more hair than she does? Eww.
she shouldn’t have bred in the first place…
with that being said, while she does have the money to pay someone else to raise her kids for her, it still doesn’t replace the actual presence of a mother.
so, no. Unless she’s willing to spend time with her children and put their needs above hers like the majority of parents, then she’s not fit to be a mom.
I know 16 year olds who are better examples of parents than she is.
A mother is a mother. A child will resent everyone if separated from his/her birth mother. There are crackhead mothers all over the US. Who is anyone to judge how Britney raises her children. She’s highly successful and made it on her own. She proved she can be independent and take care of herself. She took care of K-fed’s other kids. Considering.. i think she’s a good mother.
I don’t think either of them are fit to be parents
Umm…not really. But she’s better than K-Fed.
since when are we the judges of that question? are 4.3 million of the women out in the world todaay fit to be mothers? and who are we to decide such a thing?
i would like to say any women is fit to be a mother…
no. she dropped one kid on its head, let him drive on her lap, and she ditches them all the time to go get wasted and to go shopping. Honestly, wtf?