The unfortunate bigger issue to me is that with this situation and all the other entertainment offerings that feature unplanned pregnancies, there seems to be little effort to show the characters considering termination. Given how hard it is for real life teenage girls or even older single mothers to go it alone, it’s about time Hollywood and the media in general grew up and opened the discussion in a mature fashion.

After all, even nice girls get abortions.

I read that AOL had a survey and the majority of respondents would have an abortion in similar circumstances to the Spears girl.
Of course, most people can’t negotiate a million dollars for their baby’s first pics, either.

The only real information the press or public has at hand is this:

The two publicly known Spears children (don’t know if there are others) are, by commonly accepted standards, talented young women. That fact should be clear and conceded. Massive record sales by the elder and a major role in an ongoing televison series (on whatever network) by the younger are objective proof.

Mrs. Spears must have properly performed at least some of the duties of motherhood or her two daughters would never have arrived in the highly competitive world of show business.

Just getting your kid around to play ball or play in the band or whatever other constructive extra curricular they may be drawn to requires an attentive parent.

Helping your kids reach their potential is, I believe, a major part of good motherhood and/or fatherhood. The Spears kids didn’t do it alone. Bank on it.

I’ve seen kids with real ability; intellectual, athletic, artistic have no chance, in part, because of a parent(s) who simply couldn’t be bothered or who resented or saw little value in their child’s ability and/or interests.

That’s all any of us really know about Mrs. Spears.

Inasmuch as writing a book about parenting. It seems to me that would be taking a bit of a risk and could be seen as opportunistic. That’s a task best left to academics in the field.

But that’s not a condemnation. Opportunism can be viewed in many ways, some good some not so good.

Shilary reps all the things I find abhorrent about the beltway elite, be they of the left or right sides of the aisles.

She is NOT for we the people, and I just don’t understand how FDL, or any individuals, can think she DOES have the interest of the masses at heart.

I guess, if FDL and those individuals DO support Shilary, then THEY also don’t have the interests of the masses in their hearts.

And THAT my blogkins, about strips the thin veneer offa any progressive label bein postured to the world.

Oh, n Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to ALL, Jane, FDL, and the readers.

I’ll NOT let politics interfere with being a decent human being, at this time of year, or any other.

But if you don’t have my interest at heart, I can’t support you. *G*