Bad Mothers: Me vs. Britney

6/15/06
OK, maybe I'm crazy to think this is abnormal, but my daughter's 2 week, parent-child swimming lessons had parents and grandparents attend the last day of class. It was like a mini graduation or something. My husband had been going with Samantha for the 2 weeks, except for one day. He told me that both spouses for the little swimmers were there for all the kids except Samantha. He, of course, did not say this to me to make me upset. He said it in disbelief. In some cases, there were grandparents attending!!! Should I have been there?

This evening, the Dateline "exclusive" Britney interview with Matt Lauer was on. I know, I know, it's Britney Spears. Don't worry, though, I was Tivo-ing "So You Think You Can Dance" results show. I have my priorities. What's a girl to do after American Idol is over??? Anyway, I had to watch and keep watching. (You do look at car accidents, right??)

Now, I'm going to take up a little for Britney a little here. That one picture of Britney tripping in NYC and almost dropping little Preston is a little harsh. Who hasn't tripped or stumbled with their child? Now, the car incidents, well those are no excuse in this day & age. Her answer to Preston "driving", well, her dad used to do it all the time in Louisiana when she was a baby. EXACTLY! In the back woods of Louisiana in a time when we barely used car seats & didn't have air bags, but not in L.A. I agree that she is probably harassed and followed, but she also says in the same breath of the "poor me" that she can't live without the money.... which she'll make with all the publicity she'll get after crying (literally) to Matt.

Let's pretend that time stopped and erased Britney from her current fame & stuck her back in a Louisiana Wal-Mart with a baby on her hip, one on the way & K-Fed in tow, she'd blend in just fine. Can't you just see it???

OK. This is all the Britney you'll ever see on my blog. Just had to get that off my mind. So, who's the bad mother? Me, absentee mom from swimming lesson "graduation" or Britney, letting little Preston "drive"?