WHile it is disturbing to see the couple of incidents Britney had flashed all over the world where her parenting skills were called into question it is nothing that many,many other parents/caregivers have not done. Or similar sorts of things. Or worse.
Parents smoking in cars with children, speeding, not strapping them in shopping carts or in car seats, not holding their hands in parking lots or while crossing streets, feeding them inappropriate foods/drinks, spanking, - so many things that the every day parent does that aren't splashed across the tabloids.
I do daycare (and have raised 2 kids of my own)and see lots of things with parents and their kids that are far worse than Britney's examples. And they are parents who are older, professionals and with other children. Even grandparents who seem clueless.
So unless we are embedded in the Britney home and see her daily care of her child I don't think it fair to slam her. Children fall off change tables, out of chairs, off beds etc. every day....
I know for myself that there were times when my parenting skills would be questioned if we went by what the tabloids can capture on film.
And I don't think there's a parent out there who can claim otherwise if they are honest.
I am not a fan of her music but she certainly can dance and her singing is not horrible....
I just don't like that young girls are so influenced by the sexualization of her (and others) music/clothes/dancing...but that brings parenting skills back into the mix. Parents who say (and there are lots) 'she won't wear anything but those sorts of clothes' or 'she won't listen to anything else' obviously don't realize they are the adults and they will buy what is appropriate. An 8 year old girl in a mini version of a Britney outfit singing the lyrics to sexually explicit or violent lyrics song shows appalling lack of judgement on the parents part in allowing the child to listen to it or wear it.
Just as driving with a child on your lap shows bad judgement or not buckling the child in their seat or any other safety issue. But these things happen every day.....99.9% of us don't get caught tho.
just a few thoughts....
Char
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