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Just wanted to see if anyone else seen the latest on Britney Spears.
She has nearly taken a fall with her baby in her arms, of course photographers managed to capture it!
Now theyre saying they doubt her as a mother and her parenting skills should be investigated.
As the last thing was her baby having a fractured skull from falling out of his high chair, then of course the thing before that .. with her driving with the baby on her lap.
She is getting hammered by the media!
lukaelmo
20-05-2006, 20:22
Oh dear, poor Brittney.
I am glad the media are not watching me raise my child :laughing: .
I am glad the media are not watching me raise my child :laughing: .
Haha sames!
Poor Britney...
ButterflyKisses
20-05-2006, 20:27
Oops she did it again!!!!! :laughing:
poor thing I really feel sorry for her - I'm not a fan of hers but this time round I feel sorry for the dear.
I was 5 months preggers and stumbled getting off the train and fell onto the platform flat on my tummy. I can only imagine if I was famous what the paparazzi would have said with my picture splashed all over the news "movie star tries to commit suicide by jumping off a train........"
I wonder if they asked her was she ok? is Sean ok? or did they even rush to her aid to help her up.....
Angelmist♥
20-05-2006, 20:30
The poor pregnant woman nearly fell over with her infant son in her arms and they are doubting her parenting ability:banghead:
I'm not a fan either but come on........give the girl a break!
yeah im not a fan, but it must really suck being a celebrity and having someone constantly critising you for everything you do.
Angelmist♥
20-05-2006, 20:35
yeah im not a fan, but it must really suck being a celebrity and having someone constantly critising you for everything you do.
:laughing: and I think I have it bad with my in-laws pffft!
Kamaikia
20-05-2006, 20:37
I guess we should all just count our selfs lucky that the world isn't watching every little mistake we all make.
Yes the driving with bub on her lap was stupid - one lesson learnt.
As for the rest of it though - I bet if we started a thread we could find hundreds of mums who have fallen with bubs in their arms, or whose children have fallen out of highchairs, off beds, jumped off tables.............the list goes on and on.
I'm sure people just want her unhappy. She is famous and has basically turned her back on that "world" to have babies - HOW DARE SHE :rolleyes:
Tam-I-Am
20-05-2006, 20:44
I'm sure people just want her unhappy. She is famous and has basically turned her back on that "world" to have babies - HOW DARE SHE :rolleyes:
Agree - I'm not a fan, but geez I'm glad I'm not famous - I couldn't tell you how many mistakes I've made with bubs!
it makes me sad, the big deal that the media is making about it all.
Especially that trip :( The poor girl.. I mean really.. it's not like she threw Sean to someone, rugby style, she was holding him and she lost her balance.
The "fractured skull" was yet another mistake, and as far as I know it wasn't a fractured skull... just suspected by her/the media. A bad mummy wouldn't have been worried about it and wouldn't have taken him in to be seen.
The car seat faux-pas.. well the lap riding one was just stupid, we can all agree that really was bad judgement but the latest one..? who really knows the circumstance and what not?
Poor girl :( I hope she slinks far enough from the spotlight soon.
At least she's bringing up her kids and not having a nanny and a wet nurse follow behind her, cradling the child, as she runs from appt to appt.
Did anyone else see the footage? I'm surprised the poor little mite didn't get whiplash! She didn't even support his head or comfort him afterwards, a minder stepped up and steadied her and the bub. Mind you this could have been because she had a drink in her other hand. :rolleyes: Then she turned to the camera and said "See, this is why I need a gun."
Yes. she did a dumb thing with the unrestrained child on her lap in the front seat. But to do it again?! This time with the seat in the forward facing position, in the convertible car, with the 8 month old baby slumped in the car seat (http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/popup?id=1128419). Bubs can't support his head yet.
Stupid stupid stupid girl. And she's pregnant again! God help her children. THAT'S why she's getting hammered by the press.
I saw pics of her with her bub in the back of her convertable(with the roof down, poor bub) and his car seat was facing the wrong way(forward instead of back). The baby was completely slumped over with his head amost resting on his feet :(
I think this is probably what adds to them questioning her parenting skills.
OMG!! i feel so sad for that bub.. not only is that mighty uncomfy looking but also in a convertible.. sheesh!
she just keeps on getting more and more stuff on herself
Angelmist♥
20-05-2006, 22:33
Ummm wow.........you'd think for someone who is constantly being watched, she'd be a little more careful with what she does. I don't know whether she is really arrogant or just plain stupid.
Yeah thats a really good point actually!
The get watched all the time, and always getting their pics taken, so why would u do any of that stupid stuff.. maybe she just is plain stupid and doesnt know any better.
Im sure someone has mention it to her, like her family or something??
SamanthaJane
20-05-2006, 22:56
I think the media should leave her alone.
Compare her to parents that give their children alcohol or drugs
or parents that constantly swear in front of or at their children
or parents that threaten, physically, emotionally and sexually abuse their children.
Every parent makes easy mistakes, but when its more serious stuff like the above, that in my opinion is bad parenting.
If the authorities honestly thought there was something wrong with her parenting they would attack her about it. The only thing Britney has been questioned on was her son supposedly fracturing his skull- Hmm he was actually in the care of a nanny at that time, so there is nothing against britney there. And that has been proven.
Yeah she accidently tripped and yes she made a stupid mistake of holding her son in her lap as she drove off (as she was trying to get away from the media)
The photo of her son in the back seat- how do u know it wasnt edited? Yeah i admit it looks real bad, but you never know whether to believe a photo like that from the media.
I'm not a huge fan of britney but this last lot of news made me mad. If someone was watching any mother 24/7 they are bound to have slip ups. :mad:
The pics of her so-called driving away from the media...
she didnt look to worried in them pics , in fact in one of them she looks like shes smiling/havin a good ol time with her son.
At no stage could she have handed her son to the body guard next to her????
SamanthaJane
20-05-2006, 23:09
I think it was blown out of proportion.... if it was really that bad dont u think someone from authorities would have complained?? all they said was that the issue was closed and there would be nothing resulting from it.
Edit- That said, I think i might leave my opinion at that i dont wanna argue:)
Mamaduke
21-05-2006, 00:28
Here we go again...I was watching the news tonight and saw the story on Britney and thought "the all-knowing perfect hens will be propping themselves up on their roost to pass judgement once more" and lo & behold!
I watched the video footage of her 'dropping' her son and all I could see was a poor young mother trying to get into a car with her baby.
Instead of people saying, "Thank God she didn't drop him" we hear, "Hmpf...she kept holding onto the glass though didn't she!"
Please!
I then viewed footage of her going into a restaurant with her son and sitting at the table crying and eventually having to leave...and instead of wanting to judge I felt nothing but sorrow for her.
What an awful way to have to live. Every move you make is captured, held up for the masses with all and sundry passing judgement.
I once stupidly left the dishwasher ajar and Jesse put dishwasher powder into his mouth and was rushed to hospital in an ambulance...we'd have Britney 'strung & quartered' if an accident like that happened to her child!
It's a sad fact that as mothers some of us often find such pleasure out of bad-mouthing other mothers' capabilities & pointing out their mistakes,
is it to make ourselves feel better, or is it to mask our own doubts & insecurities at being a mother?
"Let he who has not sinned cast the first stone"
reAllytee
21-05-2006, 01:25
Mamaduke exactly my thoughts !
Im so sick of hearing about it all but then im sick of hearing about Katie Holmes & Tom Cruise & all of that stuff also.
Drives me insane.
The reason people make such a monumental fuss about stars like Britney Spears and her behaviour with regards her child is because she is influential. She is looked up to by a large number of young, impressionable women - many of whom are likely to be mothers or likely to become mothers at some point in the near future. If the press and commentators did not make a fuss about the high-chair incident, a watching mother might have assumed in a similar situation that what worked for Britney (ie. doing nothing) will work for her too. If they didn't make a fuss about driving with the child in her lap, someone might assume that was okay too.
Yes, its sad that her every action is under scrutiny but lets not forget that this is a scrutiny brought by her own decisions and her own desire - she wanted fame. She engineered media attention and hype (think back to THAT kiss). She can't demand "look at me look at me!" and then amend it to "but only when I want you to! Don't look at me when I'm being a twit!"
Charlie Angel
21-05-2006, 02:59
The reason people make such a monumental fuss about stars like Britney Spears and her behaviour with regards her child is because she is influential. She is looked up to by a large number of young, impressionable women - many of whom are likely to be mothers or likely to become mothers at some point in the near future. If the press and commentators did not make a fuss about the high-chair incident, a watching mother might have assumed in a similar situation that what worked for Britney (ie. doing nothing) will work for her too. If they didn't make a fuss about driving with the child in her lap, someone might assume that was okay too.
Yes, its sad that her every action is under scrutiny but lets not forget that this is a scrutiny brought by her own decisions and her own desire - she wanted fame. She engineered media attention and hype (think back to THAT kiss). She can't demand "look at me look at me!" and then amend it to "but only when I want you to! Don't look at me when I'm being a twit!"
Well said Beany!!!:thumbsup:
Tam-I-Am
21-05-2006, 03:11
While I agree that deliberately self-made celebrities can't complain about the attention they receive - I think the point that some of us, me included, are trying to make is that EVERY mother, no matter how loving, caring and vigilant, will make mistakes, and sometimes those mistakes will result in injury, or near injury to their child.
I know just recently, before DD could sit up properly on her own, I had her back propped against my legs as I sat on a chair. DD slipped sideways, and before I could reach her, she had fallen literally flat on her face. She hit her nose with a resounding "thump" and immediately started screaming.
She was fine (no broken bones, no blood, nothing that a couple of minutes with her friend the booby couldn't fix!), but thankfully there was no media around to pass judgment on my ability to parent my child based on a cross-sectional assessment, which doesn't prove anything except that she is, well, human. Shocking, isn't it. How dare she make mistakes like the rest of us mere mortals!
Chickadee
21-05-2006, 03:16
I'm not going to argue that Britney is a great mother. I agree with Beany that it's good that she's getting shown in the media of what not to do.
But here's my 2c on the convertible photo: Don't be too quick to judge on a single photo when you don't know what happened before or after it was taken. After I turned DD's seat & she had great head support, if she fell asleep she often slumped into horrible positions and I'd have to stop and recline the seat and readjust her. Who's to say Britney didn't do just that 5 minutes down the road?
reAllytee
21-05-2006, 03:21
There is a line where the scrutiny from wanting fame becomes harassment & infringement on a persons right to privacy imo.
She isnt perfect show me a mother who is ?
Gosh the day my boy cat landed on bubs scratching his face when he was all of 2mths because i was playing a silly game with the cat was the day i realised i wasnt going to be able to protect bubs from everything. It also made me realise that i may end up being the cause of some of the bad incidents or the likes as i was in this case but the fact is it was an accident & im definately glad i didnt have photographers watching my every move waiting for me to do one wrong thing !
reAllytee
21-05-2006, 03:23
But here's my 2c on the convertible photo: Don't be too quick to judge on a single photo when you don't know what happened before or after it was taken. After I turned DD's seat & she had great head support, if she fell asleep she often slumped into horrible positions and I'd have to stop and recline the seat and readjust her. Who's to say Britney didn't do just that 5 minutes down the road?
Bubs hardly travels in a car as we dont have one but when my sister does take us out he still often gets into that position ! Dont ask me how considering the since of the monster but still its obviously comfy or something lol !
Angelmist♥
21-05-2006, 09:00
Here we go again...I was watching the news tonight and saw the story on Britney and thought "the all-knowing perfect hens will be propping themselves up on their roost to pass judgement once more" and lo & behold!
I watched the video footage of her 'dropping' her son and all I could see was a poor young mother trying to get into a car with her baby.
Instead of people saying, "Thank God she didn't drop him" we hear, "Hmpf...she kept holding onto the glass though didn't she!"
Please!
I then viewed footage of her going into a restaurant with her son and sitting at the table crying and eventually having to leave...and instead of wanting to judge I felt nothing but sorrow for her.
What an awful way to have to live. Every move you make is captured, held up for the masses with all and sundry passing judgement.
I once stupidly left the dishwasher ajar and Jesse put dishwasher powder into his mouth and was rushed to hospital in an ambulance...we'd have Britney 'strung & quartered' if an accident like that happened to her child!
It's a sad fact that as mothers some of us often find such pleasure out of bad-mouthing other mothers' capabilities & pointing out their mistakes,
is it to make ourselves feel better, or is it to mask our own doubts & insecurities at being a mother?
"Let he who has not sinned cast the first stone"
I don't recall anyone here saying they were "perfect" mothers, and for the record I was only commenting on the car-seat photo.Surely someone has told her how a carseat should be positioned for his age, if not then I truly do feel sorry for her.
I don't recall anyone here saying they were "perfect" mothers, and for the record I was only commenting on the car-seat photo.Surely someone has told her how a carseat should be positioned for his age, if not then I truly do feel sorry for her.
in the state that both you and I live in, that car seat would be properly positioned.
Angelmist♥
21-05-2006, 09:31
in the state that both you and I live in, that car seat would be properly positioned.
Really???Then wow, the saying is true, you really do learn something new every day......I will now shut my mouth then.
I am by no means a fan (can't stand her actually) but in her defence in regards to the convertable photo. The child restaint laws in The States are pretty weak compared to ours. She would be doing the right thing according to them.
give her a break!!her son is 8 months old,why cant he be in a forward facing seat???i know lots of babies younger than that in forward facing seats.we all know how kids slump when they sleep!!are you all saying your kids dont slump sometimes??
yes driving in a convertabile is a bit silly.
i feel sorry for britney,she made one mistake and the media keep having a go!
my son has fallen off the bed 3 times:eek: if i was a star and the media caught that i would probably have child services on my ***!!
no wonder the poor girl is so down,if i had the world *****ing about what a bad mum i was i would be devastated:crying: :gloomy:
Mamaduke
21-05-2006, 10:24
Yes, its sad that her every action is under scrutiny but lets not forget that this is a scrutiny brought by her own decisions and her own desire - she wanted fame. She engineered media attention and hype (think back to THAT kiss). She can't demand "look at me look at me!" and then amend it to "but only when I want you to! Don't look at me when I'm being a twit!"
She engineered media attention & hype on a professional level, that's part of her job. But when does it stop? Is she not entitled to personal space and time? It's like any normal citizen doing something at work to become noticed & further their career & then having their boss & co-workers knowing every single aspect of their personal lives & passing judgement on personal actions and decisions...it would not be tolerated.
She has the right to make a living without having to be stalked by paparazzi & judged by everyone else 24/7.
i am sick of britney being in the news all the time. i cannot stand her however i think they should leave her alone.
they blow every little thing out of proportion and are more worried about what britney is doing wrong rather then worry about the welfare of the child. we all make mistakes, we all are human.
why do they think coz she is a celebrity, things should be different for her? for those who say she chose that life, i'm sure when she first became famous when she was just in her teens she didnt even think about having children, i know i wasnt when i was that age. so why cant she get a little privacy now she has kids? people grow up, we mature and go through different stages in our lives. having kids is one of them.
if it isnt bad enough you've got your in-laws and your own parents harassing you about the way you choose to raise your children, she has the whole world watching her every move.
give her a break.
If people stopped buying the magazines and fuelling the media craze, they wouldn't report on her.
The child restraint laws in California are quite strict compared to the other states, children under 20lbs must be in a rear facing child restraint. Britney's countered allegations of breaking the law by stating that her child is more than 20lbs so it's ok to put him in a front facing seat.
I must admit, I find it hard to muster sympathy for Britney's "lack of privacy". There are many Hollywood stars who have managed to have children and keep their parenting completely out of the media glare, it is doable. I think Britney needs to get in some advisors to help her stay OUT of the spotlight, if the "unwanted attention" is such a problem. And please, DO NOT GIVE HER A GUN. :eek:
i dont buy those trashy magazines. and as much as i hate britney, i think she is entitled something resembling a normal life.
SamanthaJane
21-05-2006, 11:53
She engineered media attention & hype on a professional level, that's part of her job. But when does it stop? Is she not entitled to personal space and time? It's like any normal citizen doing something at work to become noticed & further their career & then having their boss & co-workers knowing every single aspect of their personal lives & passing judgement on personal actions and decisions...it would not be tolerated.
She has the right to make a living without having to be stalked by paparazzi & judged by everyone else 24/7.
AGREED:thumbsup:
She engineered media attention & hype on a professional level, that's part of her job. But when does it stop? Is she not entitled to personal space and time? It's like any normal citizen doing something at work to become noticed & further their career & then having their boss & co-workers knowing every single aspect of their personal lives & passing judgement on personal actions and decisions...it would not be tolerated.
She has the right to make a living without having to be stalked by paparazzi & judged by everyone else 24/7.
To some extent. The attention and hype she generated was not limited to her professional success - she engineered situations in which her personal life was displayed for public consumption. Her relationships were public. Her sexuality was public. Her pregnancy was public. She turned herself (probably without thinking through the entire scope of her actions) into a product not just a professional.
There are stars bigger and brighter than her who have had children and not received nearly as much media attention and the sole reason for this is that those particular celebrities did not market themselves as a products but rather as singers/actors (etc).
The right to her making a living comes with implicit obligation. For better or worse, she is in the public eye and as such (as she knew full well before propelling herself into that public eye), she is subject to public scrutiny. I agree that the mistakes she has made with her son are piddly compared to some of the things that we have all done or will do with our own children. I feel sorry for her with regards to her every move being measured and weighed and judged. But she did bring this on herself.
There's little I have seen or read about her (not that I see or read much about her at all - she gives me the heebie-jeebies) that makes me think that she is a bad mother. I don't think the incident with the child in the lap was the best move ever made in front of trigger happy paparazzi but worse things have happened at sea. I don't think the child falling from the highchair is any indication of parenting whatsoever - accidents happen. I don't think anything much at all of the child restraint thing. But the fact that any of this happened is a great opportunity to bring to public attention pressing issues in child safety.
misskittyfantastico
21-05-2006, 13:49
I totally agree Beany. As I said in the Lleyton/Bec/Baby thread, I admire people who whilst being in the "spotlight" manage to keep their private lives private.
Mum&bubs
21-05-2006, 13:51
It makes me really angry when i read stuff like this. Ive always liked Britney but this time is a bit much of the media...She stumbled..she didnt even fall she was grabbed by her body guard! Its not like she purposely did it to hurt Sean or her unborn baby! Geez...I fell down the stairs with Summer when she was 2 months old :eek: i should be arrested!!
Mister Noodle
21-05-2006, 13:55
Um, getting stalked 24/7 is part of the job.
You want to go into the music / filmmaking / etc businewss, you want the mass market slaes, you need a damn good publicity agent - you don't sell your talent, you sell your image. Hell, look at Paris Hilton. She's famous simply for being famous. She doesn't have any talent (real or imagined) to sell. She doesn't sing she (didn't) act - she just engineered a stunt with some dodgy videos, went to a PR firm, and took it from there.
And what the tabloids, celebrity rags and idiots worldwide want to see is scandal and gossip. That's what you sign up for, and I frankly do NOT believe that anyone goes into the business without knowing that's exactly what it's about.
If you have the actual talent to make it on your own without the tabloids giving you all the publicity, great. There's a lot of people that do just this. But for the vast majority of 'celebrities', getting papparazzi attention is their job, 24/7. Doing whatever they're allegedly famous for is a secondary consideration. If you're not in the news, if the world doesn't know your face, then nobody wants product endorsement deals, and unless you're really good, nobody wants you to star in their next movie, because the public just won't care.
Getting into the mass-market media celebrity industry and then complaining about all the media attention is like becoming a miner and then complaining about spending half your life at the bottom of a hole. Um, dude. Silly line of work to get into then, wasn't it?
Is she a bad parent?
Who CARES?
CarolineF
21-05-2006, 14:24
The only thing worse than bad publicity is NO publicity.
She knows what she is doing. She does not want people forgetting who she is whilst she is not on stage and recording etc.
Yeah, she has made some silly mistakes, but don't feel sorry for someone who is going to capitalise on it for all she is worth.
The only thing worse than bad publicity is NO publicity.
She knows what she is doing. She does not want people forgetting who she is whilst she is not on stage and recording etc.
Yeah, she has made some silly mistakes, but don't feel sorry for someone who is going to capitalise on it for all she is worth.
but i doubt she would do that at the expense of her young son.
♥Heaven Sent♥
21-05-2006, 14:37
Umm in regards to the forward facing seat my dd is 13 months and was slumping in her seat yesterday mayby not as bad but i had to fix her so she didnt have a sore neck.Mayby they should change the laws.I must be a bad mother cause my dd was slumped in her car seat??
SamanthaJane
21-05-2006, 15:12
but i doubt she would do that at the expense of her young son.
I agree with you there sweetness:thumbsup:
I think its a bit unfair to put all celbrity's into a category of "no publicity is bad publicity"
In my opinion i think 99% of them would be very happy if the media backed off.
Didnt winona ryder hurt is wrist/arm badly when being in court because the publicity were jumping all over her with her camera?? Now how can u say that they wanna capitalise on their actions for all its worth??? OooOooh yay look at me im a shoplifter come take pictures of me going to court i love the attention and while ur at it, feel free to break my arm to add a bit more controversy to the pot:rolleyes:
I think the media has gone way too far... fair enough, do your interviews, take their pictures with their consent, ask for comments but if they say enough, it should stop right there. I dont understand how the media get away with a lot of the sh*t they do because some of it has gotta be too extreme and violating their rights.
Dont you think taking pictures of people who are unaware you are there is well umm... stalking???
Yes they are celebrities but they are also human aswell!!!
2 Cherubs
21-05-2006, 15:20
I saw pics of her with her bub in the back of her convertable(with the roof down, poor bub) and his car seat was facing the wrong way(forward instead of back). The baby was completely slumped over with his head amost resting on his feet :(
I think this is probably what adds to them questioning her parenting skills.
Also I have to add that the poor bub didnt even have any protection from the sun!
All the single incidents aside - I think the saddest thing about Britney and her choices in parenting is the timing of having the babies.
I seriously don't believe that she is in a stable long term relationship and this would be the thing that would worry me most about how these children will be parented. She has Sean, but then is now pregnant to a husband she has left numerous times already, who left his pregnant wife for her etc.
Yes I feel sorry for Britney having her private life scrutinised, and we don't know enough about the incidents that have been reported to know if her child really was in danger (the driving ones or the falls). My take on the matter is that Britney is so much in the media spotlight that whether she likes it or not, she is a role model for our young girls. What saddens me about this is that she has marketted having marriages and babies as commodities. (Look at her first marriage - does this show the maturity of a woman ready to be a role model to the young?) I'm already worried that kids like my DSD will be ready and willing to go off with the first guy that shows them affection and have babies (I've watched her with my son - she treats him as a doll, but also is desperate to have her own and she's only 13). I've heard some girls of this age talk about Britney and say how excited they'd be to have babies without realising the lifetime commitment that goes with them.
So while I do feel sorry for Britney, I'm more worried about how we can get better role models out there for our kids, and I wish Britney wasn't out there as a role model - I wish she could just be left alone to try to work through her own issues.
FourAngelKisses
21-05-2006, 15:26
Umm in regards to the forward facing seat my dd is 13 months and was slumping in her seat yesterday mayby not as bad but i had to fix her so she didnt have a sore neck.Mayby they should change the laws.I must be a bad mother cause my dd was slumped in her car seat??
My 2yr old sleeps like that in the car still, there is nothing you can do about it really I don't think. Usually when he falls asleep, he will lean back in his seat, but other times he puts his head forward and because their heads get so heavy when they are sleeping they almost seem to fold right in half. I try pushing his head back but it just works its way forwards again.
However, I do think Brittneys parenting skills leave a little to be desired.........
OK
To start... this thread started out about Britney almost dropping the baby WHICH she didnt, and we werent bagging her, we were pretty much saying it would suck to have your every move captured!
so..
Here we go again...I was watching the news tonight and saw the story on Britney and thought "the all-knowing perfect hens will be propping themselves up on their roost to pass judgement once more" and lo & behold!
so lo & behold nothing!
Also,
Mamaduke exactly my thoughts !
Im so sick of hearing about it all but then im sick of hearing about Katie Holmes & Tom Cruise & all of that stuff also.
Drives me insane.
SIMPLE!... Dont come in and read the threads like this! If there is a topic im sick of hearing or dont like, then i simply dont go in.
We did change topic from the fall.. to the car seat incident... but its not only the fact the the poor kid is slumped over, im thinking how windy it would be for a baby in a convertible, not to mention NO sun protection?!
and also i agree with beany..
The reason people make such a monumental fuss about stars like Britney Spears and her behaviour with regards her child is because she is influential. She is looked up to by a large number of young, impressionable women - many of whom are likely to be mothers or likely to become mothers at some point in the near future.
Everyone is always saying that everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but as soon as we talk about something like this people tell us to leave the poor girl alone.......?
Angelmist♥
21-05-2006, 15:58
:smiliedance: :yelclap: hehe go dannii:smiliedance: :yelclap:
No wonder she tripped, she couldn't see the footpath due to the paparazzi and missed judged her steps.
I feel sorry for the poor girl, having the camera in her face all the time. But then again she did sign up for that when she decided she wanted to be a singer. She would've realised that becoming famous means people wanting to know your private lives, they go hand-in-hand IMO. That goes for every celebrity/famous person, not just Britney
the press I suppose are experts on child raising NOT
And in the USA! That's a bit rich!!!!
Very disappointed it was picked up as a NEWS report! I saw it on channel 9. What kind of tabloid station is this?!? :mad:
*sigh*
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Once again, I am forced to remind EVERYBODY to play nice. Don't turn an otherwise ordinary conversation into a personal slanging match. Grow up. :rolleyes:
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I'm not a fan of Britney's but it's hard not to have an opinion on the subject as it's always in the news. But I think the media is being a little harsh.
We only get one side of the story, the driving with bubs on lap why/what made her do that, the high chair incident wasn't even her it was her nanny/housekeeper and the high chair apparently broke. The converatable well one thing bubs should have had sun protection but my son was facing forward at around 5mths he is now over 2 and he slumps forward even now when he falls asleep, they must be sort of comfy or they wouldn't sleep. And as for the trip well I think we have all done that, the drink in her hand was water, not sure what sort of shoes she had on plus with the media and bodyguards around she couldn't see where she was going, the main thing here is that the child wasn't dropped.
All this and I have not once seen a nanny insight or anyone else carrying the child (haven't seen everything though), she is doing this on her own plus without the support of the father. For someone who got famous so quickly and so young she's had to endure a lot in her life. With her job and privately
If my life was put up in lights I think the media would have a field day.
I don't have a nanny to do my work, I have no partner support, I've tripped with him in my arms, he's slide out of the highchair and once I noticed my son jumping around in the back seat as he figured out how to get out of his carseat while still buckled up. I've had my son at the ED with a badly split lip, blood everywhere because he slipped while climbing the couch. Us unfamous mums aren't perfect so why should we expect famous mums to be.
SassyMummy
21-05-2006, 22:56
I feel SO sorry for Britney and all the speculation about her parenting ability recently. I'm not a Britney fan, but put ANY mother in the same position and I'd feel sorry for them.
I think it's mean and unfair to think someone is a bad parent because she falls over (or nearly does) with a baby in her arms. Should we be punished for clumsiness? If we are, I'm sure I'm the first to be locked up - I fall over, drop things, spill stuff ALL THE TIME. Surely that makes me a bad mother! :rolleyes:
If I were being watchedpublically, everyone would label me a terrible mother too. DD has fallen out of her pram once (not out in public, just in the house before we left for a walk). I sat her in it and moved around to the back to tilt the chair upright. I hadn't done up the belt yet so she just slid out (never even looked like she was going to do that before!). She's also fallen off my bed - we were playing peek-a-boo and she rolled off while I was hiding my face behind a blanket, waiting to say "peek-a-boo!". lol.
Accidents happen...
I have questioned Britney's parenting skills in previous incidents but this last 'incident' making world wide news when all she did was stumble seriously how sad is that! I do think all this baby publicity about this 'incident' is completely uncalled for!;)
EskimoMumma
22-05-2006, 09:08
Its not our business personally and i think the media is just being totally ridiculus and attempting to make a quick buck.
hayleylea
22-05-2006, 09:43
i think the media is being ridiculous, and they should leave her alone, she is a mother, just like most of the woman here, who else has been clumsy while pregnant? This doesnt make her a bad mother at all :banghead:
I totally agree, im glad the media isnt keeping a constant watch on me 24/7. They make mountains out of mole hills. She is probably a really good mother, i think they should just leave her alone. Im not a Britney fan at all but I feel sorry for her getting bagged out about her parenting skills!
Angelmist♥
22-05-2006, 09:48
I have questioned Britney's parenting skills in previous incidents but this last 'incident' making world wide news when all she did was stumble seriously how sad is that! I do think all this baby publicity about this 'incident' is completely uncalled for!;)
I agree:thumbsup: Instead of worrying about her (and her childrens) safety they are bagging her for tripping:confused: I suppose none of them have evr fallen over:rolleyes:
I'm not a fan of her either, and I think she has a lot to learn, but don't we all?
She probably nearly fell trying to get AWAY and protect her baby from the harrassment of the media. Maybe she should just lock herself and bubs in a room and not go anywhere or do anything. How healthy would that be for her baby?
Maybe she wasn't wearing her practical shoes that day!!! :laughing:
How rediculous all this is....I mean really. :rolleyes: Everyone on here has probably done the old 'bubs in one hand drink in the other' move!! (only to inevitably have bubs make a sudden jerking movement and it's all over red rover!) I've done it a few times. Puleeeeeaase!
The media need to 'build a bridge' and report something that is actually newsworthy.
Love,
Nan. xx
She was wearing platform wedge heel shoes with very long, frayed jeans. I would have stumbled in that ensemble!
I just saw her on the cover of NW. I feel so sorry for her. We all make mistakes and ltes be thankful ours are not spread across the cover of magazines.
SamanthaJane
22-05-2006, 22:23
Im not sure if it was NW i saw the cover of this morning, but one of the magazines has her close up in tears holding her son, taken shortly after the little "trip" obviously the poor woman knew that when they took that photo it was gunna be plastered everywhere and the media would have yet ANOTHER frenzy over her so called bad parenting.
I just wish they would leave the poor girl alone:hugs:
The look on her face really upset me, how is this fair of them??:no:
mamamianz
23-05-2006, 20:00
yes but the funny thing is looks like shes about to have the laws change in the US with regards to carseat safety and ensuring they are reverse until the baby is one years - was on radio this morning
yeah i read that article in the NW..
in RE: to the people saying it is legal etc... whether it is or not, the baby is slumped over too much. And although someone said it has happened to them before and for all we know she pulled up 5 mins down the road to fix him.. the fact is , it means the baby seat straps arent tight enough. they shouldnt have that much give in them, and as the professionals said.. if the child can have that much movement, they have a good chance of completely falling out in the case of an accident.
..... how many people out there have thought it was sane to start drive with their child on their lap???
Everyone who had kids in the 60s, 70s & some of the 80s!! :eek:
I'm not advocating it or having a go, just reporting the facts!! :o
Love,
Nan. xx
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