Responsiblity: Someone has to take it!
If you are unaware of the latest news, Britney Spears loses visitation rights to her two kids after having a mental breakdown. The problem is that she has been having a mental breakdown since she married K-Fed. I can’t help but feel sorry for her because, despite all of her money fame and supposed talent, she is lacking the one thing that all of us need: someone who TRULY cares. Her mother has failed her so many times it is no wonder that she has no positive role models for parenting. K-Fed, whose morals are very questionable, is obviously unconcerned with the woman he supposedly loved (Hey Shar, how are you?) because if he cared at all he would have tried to help her. Granted, we don’t know the whole story. But it seems that every one in Britney’s life is getting more and more famous while she is left alone and lost.
There is no way that anyone can deny that when a child is entered into show business, it is the parents’ responsibility to ensure that no one takes advantage of that child. But her parents dropped the ball. They allowed her handlers to exploit the image of the seductive virgin to make them all rich without concern for what that image would do to her future. They allowed her to party all night, to drink, and to do whatever else she wanted. Where were the rules? Where were the boundaries? Where were the values?
But maybe they did give her all of that and she did not listen. It happens. But the fact is that while she is an adult now, she was a child once. And now as an adult, it doesn’t surprise me that she doesn’t listen to anyone. She doesn’t trust anyone. Why would she? Her mother- the one person who was supposed to love her- failed her- repeaedly.
Who is responsible? She is. For her kids. For her kids she needs to find the strength within to deal with the emotional baggage and provide stability for them. She needs to show them that Phoenixes do exists and when the world crumbles, strength and love will always remain. But how can she do that when she can’t make a move without being criticized or ridiculed? Without being watched?
I feel for her and I hope that she will FINALLY get help from someone who is concerned only about her and what she needs to be better.
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Tags: mothers, parenthood
January 5th, 2008 at 3:20 am
Funnily enough I was reading about her yesterday and thought that was she could do with is time away from the media with an ordinary family so she can start getting her priorities right. Despite all she’s done and who she is I just wanted to ‘mother’ her a little and try to bring her to her senses. It seems she’s getting litle proper advice (or foolishly not taking it) while she lives under the spotlight. One image was video footage of her trying to drive her car while photographers surrounded it. She couldn’t move an inch. I felt so sorry for her, even though she has courted the media in the past, I feel that certain sections of it are just waiting for her to meltdown so they can grab a few more headlines and sell a few more papers/magazines.