My thoughts on Lynn Spears' Book

I know how much stress this family has been through in the past few years.

My original thought when you see a child subjected to the sexuality that Brittany was at such a young age with her videos displaying her in baby doll sexually provocative clothing, is to say "What were her parents thinking? Then her follow-up video at the age of 18 was called "I'm Your Slave" and she's wearing almost no clothing and writhing around on the floor I can't chalk it up to anything but bad parenting. She obviously didn't have a parent in her life who would tell her these choices would be wrong for her in the long term and she'd be selling herself short as a real performer by using "sex" to sell videos. If her parents were Christian, why would they not point to Christ and God's love her their daughter as a person not as a sex symbol? Brittany started down that slippery slope and sadly never turned back. It has only led her to heartache, drug use and major upheavals in her personal life.

Now we see lightening has struck again with Lynn letting Jamie and her boyfriend live together in her very own basement sleeping together with no problems. Is Lynn reading a different bible than my mom did? My parents told me I'd go to hell if I had sex..but hey at least it worked! Fear works!

Ok ok, maybe there is a happy medium but I'm really sad for Brittany and Jamie and even more heartbroken for their innocent children. When will the chain be broken? Will the third generation now be brought up in the spotlight learning to crave media attention and material things for happiness? I hope not. I'm sure all these little babies want is their mom and dad's and grandma and grandpa's to love them...off camera. No child asks to be on the fast track to fame and grace the cover of every tabloid in America. I'm a new mom myself of a two month old daughter and yes I think everyone should admire her photos and they are subjected to my constant email updates with every new milestone. I'm guilty, but I'm disheartened to see a parent like Lynn sell out her daughter's childhood so they could be "rich and famous"!

I think Lynn has some serious reconsidering to do if she's thinking she should be giving out parenting advice to others. What would her book possibly say that would help moms out there, especially Christian parents? I can't think of anything unless it was re-titled "I Was Wrong" like the famous autobiography by Jim Baker (fallen pastor of the 1980's).

Sad sad sad..that is all this is. The publisher is obviously thinking more about dollar signs than anything right now for them to even consider asking Lynn Spears to write a book on parenting. It's sensationalism and we as Christians can fall prey to that but it's up to us to realize when it happens and hold each other accountable. It's not up to us to make money on someone else's mistakes and publish their memoirs unless there is some serious sense of remorse and a lesson to be learned.

If you want to read a good book about growing up in the business with kids and how the pitfalls can almost ruin a marriage and a family ask Barbara Cameron. Her book "A Full House of Growing Pains" is an honest tale of a Hollywood mom who was just trying to survive. Then when she became a Christian her priorities changed and so did her whole life. Her kids Candace and Kirk have made it through the Hollywood system and grown up into healthy thriving adults.

I think we need to take the entire Spears family and send them back to Louisiana far away from the press and their peering eyes. It must be tough because Mrs. Spears is not alone. Just look at former Pastor Joe Simpson father to Jessica and Ashley. He has had a tough time with some of their career choices such as sexually provocative videos and photo shoots he stands by as just good fun. He's even jokes about his own daughter's cleavage. I don't think that's particularly funny, but rather odd. The point is that it's hard out there for any parent. I just think these parents need to be held accountable if they are calling themselves Christians. They either choose to live by that standard or not. It's not like they can throw it away when there's a lot of money involved. I pray and hope Lynn and her whole family can find some love and support from their friends maybe a home church and get these kids in a stable loving environment.

So my final thought on Lynn Spears book is that if she gets to publish her memoir on parenting. I want to write my "How to balance the National Deficit in Three Easy Steps" by Kerri Pomarolli. Please disregard my own personal finances and anything my husband may tell you. Nordstrom's was having a sale!