Lynne Spears details her famous daughters Britney's and Jamie Lynn's highs and lows in her new memoir, Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World.Despite her family's troubled last few years, Spears says that even knowing what she knows now, she would still let her girls pursue their dreams of stardom. She tells People Magazine , "I think you have to let them follow their dreams," adding, "I think it would be worse in the end if you didn't." In her book, Spears admits that she wasn't a perfect mother and regrets not listening to her gut. "Every mother makes mistakes," she writes, "and I'm no different." Spears admits that the toughest time in her life was after she discovered last that then-16-year-old Jamie Lynn was pregnant.Though her elder children, Bryan, 31, and Britney, 26, have not read or commented publicly on the memoir, Jamie Lynn loved the book. Lynne told People, "I started to cry because I told her, 'I wanted so much for you to like it.' And ...
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Have you read this story? Time magazine is reporting that a group of high-school girls in Gloucester, Mass., who are all under the age of 16, made a pact to intentionally get pregnant and raise their children together. I'll let you excavate all the sad details of that situation on your own, but it got me thinking: What has happened that teenagers want to have children?The Today show reported on Friday that teenage pregnancy rates have gone up for the first time in 15 years. Referencing the Time story, they offered a group of experts who offered possible explanations for the intention to get pregnant at such a young age. One proffered that having a baby is akin to having a pet that offers you unconditional love. Another argued that having a baby is the latest fashion accessory, made popular by the media coverage of young, unwed celebrities whose "baby bumps" are all the rage these days.At the box office, Knocked Up wrestled — albeit comically — with the difficulties of be...
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Lynn Spears is a grandma yet again! Early yesterday morning, Zoey 101 actress Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth to a baby girl at Mississippi Southwest Regional Medical Center. And by her side was Auntie Brit Brit who flew home to welcome the new bundle joy. And the name of the new nugget — drum roll, please — Maddie Briann! Let's hear it for not naming your kid after an inanimate object!
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Jamie Lynn Spears, 17, early Thursday morning gave birth to a daughter, whom she named Maddie, at the Mississippi Southwest Regional Medical Center. Young Spears' young 'un weighed in at 7 lbs., 11 oz., Us reports.Big sis Britney was at Jamie Lynn's side, having flown home (commercial!) to 'Ouisiana earlier in the week.This is the first child for JLS and her 19-year-old fiancé, Casey Aldridge. "Everyone is healthy and happy," People has learned from a source who apparently requested anonymity for fear that word will get out that it was he/she who divulged the scandalous news that everyone is healthy and happy. — Matt MitovichRelated:• Paparazzo Popped for Stalking Jamie Lynn Spears • Is Jamie Lynn Spears Having a Baby Girl?• Jamie Lynn Is Engaged, Y'all!
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Shutterbug Edwin W. Merino, 30, of Los Angeles, was arrested on Tuesday on charges of stalking mom-to-be Jamie Lynn Spears. Authorities in Liberty, Miss., tell the AP that Merino wouldn't leave 17-year-old Spears and her fiancé, Casey Aldridge, alone during his four-day visit to the small town. Merino denies the charge, saying that he was some 200 feet away from the couple, using a long lens, at the time he was arrested. "I think since I was the only [paparazzo] there, it was just easier for them to single me out," he has argued.Merino spent little time in jail after posting the $1,143 in blood money he needed to be released. — Matt Mitovich
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