I don't bash Brittney but c'mon.....

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This is what she said in an interview with Matt Lauer (sp?) to air on Thursday;

She also defends her parenting skills, which came under scrutiny when she was photographed driving with 9-month-old son Sean Preston unsecured on her lap. "I did it with my dad," says Spears, who grew up in Louisiana. "I'd sit on his lap and I drive. We're country."

I thought she was just trying to get away from the cameras?

I'm all for giving her the benefit of the doubt because she is constantly hounded and I really think they need to leave her alone. But with this statement, no more.

 

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ooops...

 

[transparant]

Yeah...I did it with my dad too. But I was 9 years old - not 9 months old, and we drove on wide open dirt roads up by our mountain house where no other cars were around. Not on the highway. Brittany, Brittany, Brittany....

 

[Stitchfans]

She is a young immature girl who is trying to cover up her mistakes. Shame she didn't wait a while to have children cause she wasn't/isn't ready to be a mother yet. She made a poor choice in a husband and she is continuing to make poor choices. Lets hope in time for her child's and future child's sakes she grows up and matures.

It is a very sad situation all around.

 

[roseprincess]

She is a young immature girl who is trying to cover up her mistakes. Shame she didn't wait a while to have children cause she wasn't/isn't ready to be a mother yet. She made a poor choice in a husband and she is continuing to make poor choices. Lets hope in time for her child's and future child's sakes she grows up and matures.

It is a very sad situation all around.

Yes, I totally agree, Stitchfans.

Rosemarie

 

[ChrisnSteph]

I think the incident needs to be dropped already, it's a dead horse. Those who have perfect parenting skills and have never had a bad parenting moment please raise your hand.....

 

[phorsenuf]

I think the incident needs to be dropped already, it's a dead horse. Those who have perfect parenting skills and have never had a bad parenting moment please raise your hand.....

The point is though was she originally said she put him in her lap to get away from the press and I believed her and kinda didn't blame her for that. But now she is saying she did it intentionally. Big difference there.

And no, my parenting skills are not perfect but I never put my kid in my lap to "drive".

 

[tinatark]

I think the incident needs to be dropped already, it's a dead horse. Those who have perfect parenting skills and have never had a bad parenting moment please raise your hand.....

Yup - my friend spent all day at the ER yesterday - she put her 7 month old in her carseat on the counter while she made a bottle - baby fell out. She's fine now - but my friend feels awful.

I can't tell you how many times I've heard about stuff like this - babies falling out of grocery buggies, etc.

Gasp! Wasn't Brad Pitt biking with his daughter without a bike helmet recently? That got a "beautiful family moment" comment, instead of "bad dad" - and the pic and publicity promptly went away.

Britney isn't alone - she's just the most publicized mom around right now!

As far as "my dad did it with me" - wonder if that is taken out of context - guess we'll see on the Today Show or Dateline.

 

[ChrisnSteph]

The point is though was she originally said she put him in her lap to get away from the press and I believed her and kinda didn't blame her for that. But now she is saying she did it intentionally. Big difference there.

And no, my parenting skills are not perfect but I never put my kid in my lap to "drive".

The entire interview hasn't aired yet, and perhaps you're taking what she said out of context. She was running from the press - she always has to run from them, they're vultures. All she's saying is that putting Sean on her lap wasn't that big of a deal to her because she rode with her dad like that when she was little. I have a feeling if the press weren't hounding her like they were then Sean wouldn't have been in her lap. I'm not a Britney fan, but I'm starting to feel sorry for how she has to live her life under a microscope. I really think there should be laws against the papparrazi.

 

[Holly]

There was absolutely NO reason why Britney should have been driving with her baby in her lap. It was irresponsible and dangerous. I don't care what her excuse was, her child could have been killed or injured if she had been in an accident.

Putting her child in a forward facing carseat before he was old enough was irresponsible, as well.

The rules are there for a reason.


As for her tripping holding the kid, that was obnoxious of the press to hound her about that.

 

[TheBellhop]

I think the incident needs to be dropped already, it's a dead horse. Those who have perfect parenting skills and have never had a bad parenting moment please raise your hand.....

She brings it upon herself, don't you think?

 

[CathrynRose]

I take/took my boys driving (not babies, but...) through the cemetary. Figure we cant hurt anyone there.

I dont have perfect parenting skills:
*My son rolled off the couch once, onto hardwood floors - the other one, off a bed (at WDW as a matter of fact! POFQ!)

*My youngest wouldnt sleep in a crib, anywhere unless he was *ALONE* like in a dark room. I finally rolled his crib into the walk-closet.

*And then, with his "alone in a dark room" problem - where could I lay him down in Hotels, or a friends house? The bathtub, of course. He slept at CBR in a bathrub, with a squishy comforter I brought from home - with the drain closed - with a perfectly good crib sitting there, and he wouldnt use it. I even tried pulling a "BIRD" thing with him - covered the crib like he was a bird, with a sheet. Nope...he'd pull the sheet and peep at us through a corner.

*I burnt my son's mouth when feeding him lasagna cuz I hadnt blown on it long enough. He got a blister and everything.

*I zipped his belly skin up, when I zipped his jammies up once. He got a goofy blister too.

*I was letting him lick and maul a grape popsicle - until he chomped off a hunk and started choking. I didnt know what to do. I hung him upside down by his ankles and shook him. It worked, he's still alive.

*And I didnt buckle in his carseat properly and made a quick stop. I turned back to make sure he was okay and that buckle popped right out and his carseat was flipped upside down between the seat of the back, and the back portion of the front. I panicked - flipped him back over.... he slept through the whole thing.

***EDITED TO ADD - Most of these all were with son #1 (except the bathtub-boy) You -do- learn as you go on. Just gotta do some trial and error.
SO... although most of you wont admist to what I just have - NO ONE IS PERFECT! Anyone else have "ashamed mother stories"? Should I start a new thread?

 

[icebrat001]

*I was letting him lick and maul a grape popsicle - until he chomped off a hunk and started choking. I didnt know what to do. I hung him upside down by his ankles and shook him. It worked, he's still alive.

Yeah! Start a new thread, I could laugh all day.

 

[mrsltg]

SO... although most of you wont admist to what I just have - NO ONE IS PERFECT! Anyone else have "ashamed mother stories"? Should I start a new thread?

Ohhh pick me!!! Just yesterday I gave dd a double dose of Benadryl. I misread the box and gave her the dose appropriate for a 50lb child (she's 25 pounds). I realized immediately and called poison control who essentially laughed at me for being almost in tears and told me all that would happen would be a very sleepy baby.

The day before, same dd's 1st birthday, I was opening toys with a paring knife (should have used a chainsaw for the way those things are stuck to the box...). Anyway, she was on my left side so I carefully laid the knife down on the right. A good 20 minutes went by and she was moving around. I forgot about the knife until DH yelled, "CAROLINE!" I turned and looked at my baby gripping the knife by the handle about to bite down on the sharp side of the knife. I screamed and she got scared and opened her mouth pulling the KNIFE OUT.

Yes, these are just the last two days. I wonder what I'll manage tonight?

 

[MrsJackSparrow]

RE Brittney: The lights are on, but you're not home . . .

 

[transparant]

I take/took my boys driving (not babies, but...) through the cemetary. Figure we cant hurt anyone there.

I dont have perfect parenting skills:
*My son rolled off the couch once, onto hardwood floors - the other one, off a bed (at WDW as a matter of fact! POFQ!)

*My youngest wouldnt sleep in a crib, anywhere unless he was *ALONE* like in a dark room. I finally rolled his crib into the walk-closet.

*And then, with his "alone in a dark room" problem - where could I lay him down in Hotels, or a friends house? The bathtub, of course. He slept at CBR in a bathrub, with a squishy comforter I brought from home - with the drain closed - with a perfectly good crib sitting there, and he wouldnt use it. I even tried pulling a "BIRD" thing with him - covered the crib like he was a bird, with a sheet. Nope...he'd pull the sheet and peep at us through a corner.

*I burnt my son's mouth when feeding him lasagna cuz I hadnt blown on it long enough. He got a blister and everything.

*I zipped his belly skin up, when I zipped his jammies up once. He got a goofy blister too.

*I was letting him lick and maul a grape popsicle - until he chomped off a hunk and started choking. I didnt know what to do. I hung him upside down by his ankles and shook him. It worked, he's still alive.

*And I didnt buckle in his carseat properly and made a quick stop. I turned back to make sure he was okay and that buckle popped right out and his carseat was flipped upside down between the seat of the back, and the back portion of the front. I panicked - flipped him back over.... he slept through the whole thing.

***EDITED TO ADD - Most of these all were with son #1 (except the bathtub-boy) You -do- learn as you go on. Just gotta do some trial and error.
SO... although most of you wont admist to what I just have - NO ONE IS PERFECT! Anyone else have "ashamed mother stories"? Should I start a new thread?

 

[2sweetangels]

I think the incident needs to be dropped already, it's a dead horse. Those who have perfect parenting skills and have never had a bad parenting moment please raise your hand.....

I agree with you, I have my own children to worry about then worry about all the stuff Britany is doing wrong as a mother. I have done things that may point me out as a BAD MOTHER such as sleeping in the same bed with them when they were only a week old. Shouldn't we all concentrate on our own parenting skills then someone elses?

 

[Robinrs]

Stitchfans said exactly what I'm thinking....

some people just need to GROW UP before becoming parents.

Yes, we all make mistakes but maturity, whether it's achieved at 14 or 40 is tantamount to raising another living human being.

I don't want to vilify anyone, YES no one is perfect that goes with saying, but this is a discussion board and I DOUBT SERIOUSLY if Mrs. Federline logs on. Her choices are public just like the money she made from the same said public, which, btw, not a dime came from ME.

 

[2sweetangels]

I take/took my boys driving (not babies, but...) through the cemetary. Figure we cant hurt anyone there.

I dont have perfect parenting skills:
*My son rolled off the couch once, onto hardwood floors - the other one, off a bed (at WDW as a matter of fact! POFQ!)

*My youngest wouldnt sleep in a crib, anywhere unless he was *ALONE* like in a dark room. I finally rolled his crib into the walk-closet.

*And then, with his "alone in a dark room" problem - where could I lay him down in Hotels, or a friends house? The bathtub, of course. He slept at CBR in a bathrub, with a squishy comforter I brought from home - with the drain closed - with a perfectly good crib sitting there, and he wouldnt use it. I even tried pulling a "BIRD" thing with him - covered the crib like he was a bird, with a sheet. Nope...he'd pull the sheet and peep at us through a corner.

*I burnt my son's mouth when feeding him lasagna cuz I hadnt blown on it long enough. He got a blister and everything.

*I zipped his belly skin up, when I zipped his jammies up once. He got a goofy blister too.

*I was letting him lick and maul a grape popsicle - until he chomped off a hunk and started choking. I didnt know what to do. I hung him upside down by his ankles and shook him. It worked, he's still alive.

*And I didnt buckle in his carseat properly and made a quick stop. I turned back to make sure he was okay and that buckle popped right out and his carseat was flipped upside down between the seat of the back, and the back portion of the front. I panicked - flipped him back over.... he slept through the whole thing.

***EDITED TO ADD - Most of these all were with son #1 (except the bathtub-boy) You -do- learn as you go on. Just gotta do some trial and error.
SO... although most of you wont admist to what I just have - NO ONE IS PERFECT! Anyone else have "ashamed mother stories"? Should I start a new thread?

I have done alot of the same things you listed even the car seat thing.

 

[disneyjunkie]

Stitchfans said exactly what I'm thinking....

some people just need to GROW UP before becoming parents.

Yes, we all make mistakes but maturity, whether it's achieved at 14 or 40 is tantamount to raising another living human being.

I don't want to vilify anyone, YES no one is perfect that goes with saying, but this is a discussion board and I DOUBT SERIOUSLY if Mrs. Federline logs on. Her choices are public just like the money she made from the same said public, which, btw, not a dime came from ME.

Why are so many DISers willing to give BS a pass, but not other parents?

I can't count the number of threads I've read here about bad parents.

There have been threads about awful parents at WDW, at school, in the neighborhood, in restaurants . . .

Why is it ok for us to talk about these parents but not BS?