by Judith Hamilton

Created on: March 24, 2009   Last Updated: March 25, 2009

I don't think that Britney Spears is a danger to her children. With every photo that they show in the magazines the kids look healthy and happy and they say that pictures tell it all. She, like other celebrities, can barely leave her home without a barrage of reporters just waiting to print something nasty about her.

I like these mother of the year awards that they foolishly give out to women who you rarely see photographed with their children. At least Britney Spears is shown with her boys often. I thought that it was really mean when they made a big deal when she was holding her son and tripped. That could happen to anyone and the cameras just happened to be there again.

I do think that Britney does other things for attention like faking a British accent for a while. She probably goes back to her home and laughs to herself about the reporters eating it up. The bald head thing was interesting also. Isn't there another famous singer that does unusual things like this and she also attracts a lot of media attention? It seems that mega fame and oddity go hand in hand, or maybe unusual behavior is a shrewd marketing tool for the super famous. After all, boring doesn't sell magazines. I always think of the movie "Soapdish" when Sally Fields character felt that she was loosing fans so Whoopi Goldberg's character made a big deal of seeing her at the mall so the paparazzi would come around.

Why does the media pick on certain celebrities to create bad news anyway and why are the mothers picked on so much? Taking care of kids is a tough job. Britney Spears is the mastermind of starting her own empire and good for her. It's great to see women achieving so much especially someone so young. As far as the mother thing goes, when she doesn't feel well she seems to have good family and her hard earned money enables her to have plenty of nannies to help with the children. Even though Britney hit a rough patch, she is still coming back with new and interesting videos. I'm sure that it's tough to be in the limelight like this where true friends are scarce and she probably has her guard up.

I imagine that you have to have thick skin to be in the public eye. The lack of privacy that comes along with the fame must be frustrating. I wonder if photographers even care if they hurt these celebrities when they bombard them with cameras. They should spend a day in their shoes and get a little taste of it.

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