Lynne Spears: A Mother of Faith
Thomas Nelson, the world's largest manufacturer of Bibles, has decided to delay publishing Brittany Spear's mother's reflections on faith and parenting.
"On the heels of the announcement that Britney Spears' 16-year-old sister, Jamie Lynn, is pregnant with her first child comes word that the parenting book due for release in the spring from the girls' mom, Lynne Spears, has been delayed. People magazine reports that the book, which was to be released under the title Pop Culture Mom: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World, is on indefinite hold by publisher Thomas Nelson, which puts out inspirational literature and Bibles."
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1576784/20071219/id_0.jhtml
What even remotely qualifies Brittany's mother to write about either faith or parenting? It seems like this is a book that is going straight to the remainder bin. I don't think Lynne is a good mother and in some respects she acts like Brittany's only slightly older but less talented sister, intoxicated as she is by the flash of lightbulbs and the ink of tabloids. As the article above notes, Lynne even yearns that Jamie follows in Brittany's footsteps. This kind of book idea seems to have more to do with celebrity worship than it has with sound advice on parenting. And there is nothing good about teenage promiscuity or teenage parenting. The fact is that two-thirds of teen moms never even finish high school and only 1.5% get a college degree by the time they are 30.
Having said that, I'm not sure it's fair to attribute Jamie's pregnancy to bad mothering. Parents can take their kids only so far, and it is not unusual for parents to do the right thing in all respects and still have kids that that don't turn out well. Conversely, I've known kids that come from utterly gothic backgrounds with no parents or cruel parents. Yet, they manage to transcend their background and they turn out to be great parents. The reason is that some kids are for whatever reason born to be less resistent to making bad choices than other kids. At some point, children need to take responsibility for themselves and try to sort out life for themselves by making wise choices despite the bad choices or behavior of their parents or siblings.
"On the heels of the announcement that Britney Spears' 16-year-old sister, Jamie Lynn, is pregnant with her first child comes word that the parenting book due for release in the spring from the girls' mom, Lynne Spears, has been delayed. People magazine reports that the book, which was to be released under the title Pop Culture Mom: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World, is on indefinite hold by publisher Thomas Nelson, which puts out inspirational literature and Bibles."
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1576784/20071219/id_0.jhtml
What even remotely qualifies Brittany's mother to write about either faith or parenting? It seems like this is a book that is going straight to the remainder bin. I don't think Lynne is a good mother and in some respects she acts like Brittany's only slightly older but less talented sister, intoxicated as she is by the flash of lightbulbs and the ink of tabloids. As the article above notes, Lynne even yearns that Jamie follows in Brittany's footsteps. This kind of book idea seems to have more to do with celebrity worship than it has with sound advice on parenting. And there is nothing good about teenage promiscuity or teenage parenting. The fact is that two-thirds of teen moms never even finish high school and only 1.5% get a college degree by the time they are 30.
Having said that, I'm not sure it's fair to attribute Jamie's pregnancy to bad mothering. Parents can take their kids only so far, and it is not unusual for parents to do the right thing in all respects and still have kids that that don't turn out well. Conversely, I've known kids that come from utterly gothic backgrounds with no parents or cruel parents. Yet, they manage to transcend their background and they turn out to be great parents. The reason is that some kids are for whatever reason born to be less resistent to making bad choices than other kids. At some point, children need to take responsibility for themselves and try to sort out life for themselves by making wise choices despite the bad choices or behavior of their parents or siblings.
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