Britney Spears: a *GASP* bad mother?

-or- surprised because why?

Published on February 8, 2006 By BlueDev In Current Events

Think back a few years. Michael "Nutjob" Jackson leans over the railing of a hotel balcony in Germany, dangling his small son over the edge. Outrage erupts. The man (very loose application of the term there) just may be unfit to be a parent!

I am sure that those of us with a modicum of common sense say it all and said, "No kidding."

Well, it has happened again. This time the perpetrator is pop princess (aka attention whore) Britney Spears. She was seen "fleeing" paparazzi in her SUV with her infant son on her lap in the front seat. *GASP* Oh, the horror, the horror.

Yeah right.

I am not downplaying what she did by any means. I have three children of my own and they are the most precious gifts I have in this life. I would never willingly do something that endangered their lives, such as drive with them between me and the steering column. Her actions are foolish, selfish and completely inexcusable. But the amazement that the media seems to be expressing over this just boggles my mind.

I think some people may actually be surprised that Britney is a bad mom.

This doesn't make any sense to me. Ever since she came into the spotlight she has exhibited absolutely zero common sense. She doesn't live on Earth, she lives in Britneytopia, a magical land where her rules, well, rule. Like so many celebrities, when it comes to doing the things that many of us normal humans do every day, they just fail. Life in the celebrity bubble doesn't lead itself to being grounded or well rounded. Hollywood doesn't want that. Makes for a boring story. And so we get people who are, on their best day, more than slightly unbalanced.

And we wonder why they make piss-poor parents.

Comments (Page 3)

Dr Guy

on Feb 09, 2006

I personally wouldn't know how many embarassing things could be said about me or show on pictures if I was constantly stalked.

That is the thing. really. How many times I fell on my child? (I dropped my sister, so none of them). The time I laid on the couch when my daughter had a the flu and could not stop coffing (it helped her). That must have been pedophelia!

many of us think about how great it would be to be famous. Yet when they slime every little action of the famous, I am glad I am not, and never will be.

KarmaGirl

on Feb 09, 2006

Because someone (paparazzi no doubt) was stalking her! How many pictures, so clear and close up, do we see of all the other moms who do this? Answer? none. Because they are not being stalked.

No, instead, women are reported by neighbors or bystanders or pulled over by the police. Just the other night I saw on the news where a woman was being questioned by child services because she was pulled over due to having 4 children in the car that were not buckled in. Well...I guess I did see pictures of her, but it was in the form of the on board video camera from the police car.

Dr Guy

on Feb 09, 2006

That is the thing. You did not see the infraction. You saw a stopped car. Not a car in motion.

I am not excusing brittany. But have you ever had a picture taken of you when you were driving a car that you could see your pimples? I know I never have. But it does strongly support her contention that she was trying to get away. She just did not suceed.

I saw a movie. I cannot recall the title. But it was a definite anti-paparazzi one. And I rooted for the guy that was doing them in.

davad70

on Feb 10, 2006

I saw a movie. I cannot recall the title. But it was a definite anti-paparazzi one. And I rooted for the guy that was doing them in.

It was called "Paparazzi" I believe. I was rooting for the guy too.

Gideon MacLeish

on Feb 10, 2006

As far as needing Child Protection Services involved in this is utterly wrong.

Then the question bears repeating: why won't you and others who think that CPS involvement is wrong here stand up for the millions of parents whose lives are torn apart by CPS involvement for FAR LESS? Why does Ms. Spears' celebrity give her a free pass from the tyrannical laws imposed on the rest of us?

Gideon MacLeish

on Feb 10, 2006

Throughout this article, and Gideon's and the press and the comments, one point has not been made and it appears to be a glaring one.
How do we know Brittany Spears drove with her child in her lap?
Because someone (paparazzi no doubt) was stalking her! How many pictures, so clear and close up, do we see of all the other moms who do this? Answer? none. Because they are not being stalked.

Dr.

And it's somehow RIGHT for CPS to stalk me at the public library?

I KNOW you get my point in this argument; but my point has NEVER been that CPS involvement is the proper solution for Brittney Spears, but rather that justice should be blind and she should be treated with an EQUAL standard. Not held to a HIGHER standard, not held to a LOWER standard...but EQUAL. If these laws are wrong for her to have to follow, they're wrong for the rest of us to have to follow as well.

Period.

Gideon MacLeish

on Feb 10, 2006

BINGO!

Dr Guy

on Feb 10, 2006

And it's somehow RIGHT for CPS to stalk me at the public library?

No, and I have stated as much. IN this case, I was not even discussing the CPS angle of it, only that we have a picture of her doing it, which is something you do not see in any other case.

Gideon MacLeish

on Feb 10, 2006

IN this case, I was not even discussing the CPS angle of it, only that we have a picture of her doing it, which is something you do not see in any other case.

And to that end, you're right, Dr. But if you closely observe, you'll notice that the celebs who complain the most about the paparazzi are usually those who solicit the paparazzi's cameras. It IS possible to be famous and live out of the public limelight. Note, for instance, that you rarely see pictures of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore's children. Why? Because they choose to limit the paparazzi's access to their family. If you watch the "cat and mouse" game between celebrities and paparazzi, you'll notice that the celebs contribute as much to it as do the paparazzi. In Ms. Spears' case, it's convenient, isn't it, that on a New Year's Eve in Las Vegas, when the city is FILLED with celebs, she found a way to make herself stand out? She's becoming increasingly irrelevant, and will soon be relegated to the role of being famous just because shes famous.

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