Watch Lynne Spears defend her parenting choices
Oh, you nutty Lynne Spears! Somebody really needs to stop telling you that you are some kind of parenting guru, because guess what? YOU’RE NOT. Here’s what Lynne Spears has to say:
Explains Britney’s problems were a response to early fame
Meredith: “Have you been able to figure that out?” [how Britney got from there to here]
Lynne: “I have sat for hours and hours thinking and thinking about everything that’s happened and I think it’s been a whirlwind, it’s been a wild ride for everybody. I think when you mix extreme heightened celebrityhood - I mean she is a superstar and everyone watches 17 paparazzi assigned to her 24-7 and then when you have heartache, I think the mixture is just not healthy.”
Says Britney was driving her own career and she had to stay home for Jamie Lynn
Meredith: “She starts out a little girl who loves to sing and dance, by 11 she’s on the Mouseketeers. What was your role there? People said ‘Oh, Lynne Spears, she must be a stage mother.’”
Lynne: [laughs] “You know what, Britney pushed me, because I was a teacher… In Louisiana I had a preschool for 15 years and then I went into the public school. Of course I tried to be with Britney as much as I could, but when she was 15, 16 years old that’s when Felicia, a very good family friend, she traveled with Britney. I had to stay home, because Jamie Lynn was in school. I had another daughter.
“Another misconception was that I was always with Britney when I really wasn’t.”
Meredith: “Do you regret now, maybe it would have been better?”
She couldn’t have been there for Britney, but she wanted to
Lynne: “You know what Meredith? You can say shoulda woulda coulda. It’s kind of like Britney was set out into the world a little bit prematurely. Like our kids go to college. You don’t really know what they’re doing in college, do you? Just like Britney set out years earlier to be a star. So, I think she’s out there, she’s with the crowds and she’s with her peer group and she’s doing things. She’s a celebrity, for heaven’s sake. Everybody’s watching every move she makes. Did I want to be there? Of course, but was it feasible? It wasn’t.”
On when she lost control of Britney
Meredith: “You talk about Britney, she’s 17 years old. The moment when you felt you lost control as a parent of your daughter. The Rolling Stone Interview and the picture of her.”
Lynne: “Well, actually the Rolling Stone interview we were so in awe… I’d never even bought one but we just heard ‘Wow, this is really a big deal.’ When she’s just beginning so you have no picture rights, you don’t have editorial rights… we didn’t really know what we were doing. We were kind of in shock at what was going on… and it was a two day shoot. Thank God Larry Rudolph came in when he did… he said ‘Stop, that’s enough.’ We didn’t have choice as to what pictures were printed and what was chosen. We had no one who could tell us what we were supposed to be doing.”
On why Jamie Lynn went into show business too: it worked for Britney
Meredith: “A lot of people have criticized you as mom, said ‘You know, given what Britney had gone through… why would you expose Jamie Lynn to this business?’”
Lynne: “At that time when Jamie Lynn got involved in it, that was during the honeymoon period of Britney’s career. That was when everything was coming up roses… At the time I thought ‘Oh my God, I have this wonderful other opportunity for Jamie Lynn.’”
Meredith: “So you didn’t see any pitfalls along the way?”
Lynne: “No, everything seemed to just rock and roll perfectly. We were on tour bus, Jamie Lynn was with us with her girlfriend… everything was just fun. We were traveling with Britney…”
Meredith: “Then it turned from fun to something pretty heavy for any parent. End of 2007 your daughter Jamie Lynn tells you that she is pregnant. How did she tell you that?”
Jamie Lynn handed her a note that she was pregnant - Lynne thought it was a joke
Lynne: “Actually I had just been to the doctor that day and she told me ‘Come on home, momma,’ because I was going to go eat after. So I came on home and I thought it was some little nothing.
“She hands me a note and tells me to go into the bedroom and read it. And Casey wasn’t allowed to come over during school days, so she told me he was coming to pick up his wallet, so he was there. So she handed me this note, and said that she was pregnant and everything was going to be ok, mom, that she and Casey were going to raise this baby…
“I came out I thought it was a joke… I kept waiting for the punchline. Then I noticed Casey’s feet on the coffee table.. Casey’s not like that and Casey wouldn’t look at me. At this point I knew ‘This is not a joke.’ I was in shock and then I started to cry. She started consoling me.”
Talks in general terms about whether she questions her role, doesn’t seem sincere
Meredith: “Was it a moment as a mom where you go ‘What did I do wrong? Why is it happening, now the second child?’”
Lynne: “As a mother, don’t we always blame ourselves? We’re the first one that’s going to get the blame. I mean, we never get the credit, but we always question ourselves and go ‘What did I do? We had this talk just a month ago.’ I had no idea, I mean.. I took a lot of the blame. I took all the blame. As a matter of fact, the personality that I am, it’s always my fault… mothers do that though.”
On Britney’s turnaround and comeback
Meredith: “When you look at where your daughter Britney has come since February. Your husband, Jamie, really took control of her life… It probably turned out to be the best thing…. Talk to me about who she is now personally and professionally.”
Lynne: “She’s strong, she’s resilient, she had some big bumps in the road, but Britney’s fine. Britney is headed to the top once again. I have no fears about Britney. We had a beautiful birthday party for the boys the other day. It was such a celebratory time.”
Yep. So basically, Lynne Spears threw her three kids to the wolves and then was appalled when they didn’t make good choices. Did I get that about right? It’s a good thing that Jamie Spears (dad) finally got off the couch and stepped in to help Britney, because the way she was going and how much Lynne was “helping” her, I doubt she would have ever gotten any better. But hey, let’s not get ahead of ourselves, she might go back to Crazytown yet.
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