Well said, tink! Wow, annarose, your hatred for Britney comes thru your posts. It’s this simple…if she wants to drive with SP facing forward, then more power to her, I won’t lose any sleep over it and I won’t judge her. It’s HER life!! Some of us think we know it all and it must be OUR way. If you think that she is the only celeb who has messed up, then you are naive. Is she the only mother who has messed up? Absolutely not!! Give the girl a break and leave her alone! We are not perfect either.

alisa: Just because I think it’s wrong for Britney to risk her child’s life does not make me a hater. You don’t even know me, and you don’t know if I hate her or not. I don’t care what she does with the rest of her life (the way she dresses, who she’s married to), but risking a child’s life is not okay, period. There is no excuse or justification that will make that okay. As for the carseat being the wrong way, just because she didn’t break the law does not mean that it was safe. There are a lot of dangerous things that are not against the law, but that doesn’t make it safe for children, and the fact that it’s not against the law would not have kept Sean alive if she had gotten into an accident.

And I don’t buy this whole excuse that Britney makes that she’s being picked on by the press. The press sets out to find ammunition to make every celebrity look bad (they’re not just targeting Britney), but in Britney’s case she hands them the ammunition on a silver platter. The reason why they have more bad things to say about her is because she does more bad things. And I believe they would have made as big of a deal out of any celebrity driving with their child on their lap, just none of them have been stupid enough to do that.
You claim that other celebrities have done a lot worse things and yet people ignore them or sweep them under the rug: I would love to hear what those things are that you’re referring to. Because I have yet to see a celebrity risk their child’s life and then not get flak from the press for it.

I have always been a Britney supporter, everyone here knows that. And I get bashed for it, argued with, told I am “naive”. I still believe as Britney does…the tabloid press has taken it upon themselves to attack her every chance they get ever since the Las Vegas wedding crap. Not defending everything she does. I totally agree the driving with SP on her lap was a major mistake on her part and she should have just admitted it was a mistake and a bad thing to do. However, facing the car seat forward is not against the law and although I think he is too young to be turned forward, I am not going to bash her for a preference. Many many moms I know do the exact same thing with their car seats. Friends of mine at that. Even though I have metioned it to them that it is safer to have them rear facing. It is her choice. Up until the last year or so I had never heard Brit complain about any of the media attention. Since her sonwas born she has been contantly targeted and it doens’t matter what she does, they will make it out to be “bad parenting”.

If the pics were stolen, I think she has every right to file suit. If they weren’t and it is a publicity stunt, who cares??? They are at least happy looking pics of her and her family. BUT, the big thing is I don’t think they would be making such a big deal out of it if they were not stolen. Too many Britney haters out there would rip her to shreds over it, as usual!

Britney is not a complainer, the media & public has been on her back for nearly ten years for crap they let other celebs slide for.

Other celebs do do those stupid things in public & aren’t jumped on about it. Like Gweneth. Also britney did not “risk Sean’s life”. His carseat facing that was was not against the law. It could go either way says a CHP officer. The paps do go out of there way to try & make Britney look bad. Especially with those attacking captions on there pics. The media attacked her for loosing her balace & having the nerve to hold something in her other hand while holding her baby.

Anyway I thought this post was about stolen pics, not attacking Britney? Oh wait….that’s what all these posts are about.

gargoylegurl: Thanks for the compliment on the name.
I was basically mentioning the “conspiracy theory” thing based on Britney’s Dateline interview. She was basically implying that they had planned the so-called “attack” on her, and that just bugged me. If she had at least taken some responsibility for the fact that she did play a part in things escalating to this level then I might feel more inclined to cut her some slack. But for her to plan the entire thing on the press and act like they were unfairly attacking her just rubbed me the wrong way. I do think it’s unfair that the press makes up lies about certain people (and I don’t think it’s necessary for them to print so much about her marriage), but in my opinion all of the negative press she has recieved about her parenting skills was earned. I think her parenting skills are criticized more than other celebrities for the simple fact that she does more stupid things in public than they do, and I believe that if any other celebrity did those same things they would be criticized just as much as she is. I don’t think it has anything to do with her just being their target.

AnnaRose (love your name by the way 8)) I don’t think it’s necessarily a conspiracy, that seems like a strong word. I just think that sometimes the media decides on a target and runs with it. Just my opinion. 8)

gargoylegurl: I just don’t believe that the media is part of some conspiracy to make Britney look bad. She manages that just fine all on her own. And I believe that if Britney did pursure the highchair thing we would have heard about it. She had the perfect opportunity to clear that up on Dateline when Matt asked her about it, and she said nothing about legal action, which leads me to believe that there’s something very fishy going on with that situation.
As for the Brad Pitt/bicyle incident: I can’t speak for everyone but the reason why I don’t keep bringing it up is because:
1. the next time I saw Brad with the children on bikes they were wearing helmets, which leads me to believe that he learned from his mistake (whereas Britney turned right around and risked Sean’s life again by installing the car seat incorrectly), and 2. I never once heard Brad trying to make excuses or justify what happened, again leading me to believe that there’s a possibility that he might have realized that it was a mistake (Britney, on the other hand, is actively defending what she did, which makes it quite clear that she still has yet to grasp the gravity of her mistake).
I don’t believe for a second that it’s just the press that is making Britney out to look bad, she’s doing a perfectly fine job of that all on her own.

Britney mentioned legal action against the highchair manufacturer. Just because we haven’t heard anything about it does not mean she hasn’t gone forward with a law suit.

The media picks and chooses what they report. It doesn’t suit their current agenda to report anything positive about Britney Spears, at least not now. I remember when it used to be that way with Angelina Jolie. Angelina has been a philanthropist and activist for years but we’ve only really started to hear about her efforts in recent times. It wasn’t that long ago that we were constantly being fed stories that were less than positive about her: the blood vile necklaces, her Gothic-like style, her sexuality, the controversial kiss with her brother, etc. Suddenly Angelina can do no wrong and Britney can do no right. I apologize for bringing up Angelina up in a Britney article, but in this case I am doing so to illustrate my point.

Britney and Angelina have both done some questionable things in the past. I’m not defending the mistakes that Britney has made. But I totally agree that the girl cannot catch a break lately. Brit messed up BIG TIME by driving with Sean on her lap, and she handled the aftermath poorly. Brad rode with Zahara on the back of a bicycle while she was not wearing a helmet – VERY DANGEROUS. He made a mistake as all of us parents surely do. How come people don’t mention this over and over and over again?

Britney hasn’t handled herself the best in the past few years, she’s made some mistakes, but I believe the media has jumped on it and is trying to create a ‘media witch’ and a ‘media darling’ for the sake of controversy; for the sake of sales.

I don’t mind that Brit is a young mother (I had my daughter at 22), nor do I mind how she dresses since it’s her perogative. The only thing that really irks me about her was the carseat safety issues. She’s never taken responsibility for these incidents! It’s all about “I’m country” or how Sean was already 22lbs so he could sit forward facing (not to mention how loose the straps would have been for him to slump forward!). As a mother I make sure that I educate myself when it comes to the safety of my child. My daughter was rear facing until the age of 4 because it’s the absolute safest way to ride in a car. She’s 5.5 years old now and still rides in her 5-point harnessed Britax Marathon while everyone else in her Kindergarten class is either in boosters or nothing at all. Why? Because she is safer in a 5-point harness! I would never forgive myself if something were to happen to her that I could have prevented. The number 1 killer of children under the age of 15 is car crashes! I just hope Britney learns this eventually and will turn things around.