Lynne Spear's Book Delayed Indefinitely!

[rmuse00]

Ya think???

She is 2 for 2.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071219/ap_en_ot/people_lynne_spears

NEW YORK - Lynne Spears' book about parenting has been delayed indefinitely, her publisher said Wednesday.

Lindsey Nobles, a spokeswoman for Christian book publisher Thomas Nelson Inc., said Wednesday that the memoir by the mother of Britney Spears was put on hold last week. She declined to comment on whether the delay was connected to the revelation that Spears' 16-year-old daughter, Jamie Lynn, is pregnant. "I can tell you that we are standing behind Lynne and supporting her decision to be with her family at this time," Nobles told The Associated Press.

"Pop Culture Mom: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World" was initially scheduled for release May 11, Mother's Day. Spears, the mother of three children with ex-husband Jamie Spears, had been working with a Michigan-based freelancer since March on the memoir chronicling Spears' experiences raising a family in the public eye.

Jamie Lynn Spears, star of Nickelodeon's "Zoey 101" and sister of Britney, told OK! magazine in its new issue that she's expecting her first child and the father is boyfriend Casey Aldridge.

Nobles and representatives for Britney Spears said they did not know how Lynne Spears could be reached for comment about the status of her book.

I think she should write it as a "This could happen to you" book.

[MasterP_Nice]

That's like OJ writing a book on how to have a happy and healthy marriage.

[trueq]

Madonna on chastity.

Bill Clinton on marital fidelity.

Dick Cheny on gun safety.

[CleverCynic]

Paris Hilton - Christmas on a budget

Michael Jackson - On Rearing Children

Joan Rivers - Great at any age without Surgery

Dr. Phil - The Ultimate Weight Solution

.... wait.. that last one is real

[DocDon]

Pickup Truck Picker's Guide to Banjo Tab

[stefdr]

Michael Jackson - On Rearing Children

There is an evil joke about Michael Jackson and children's rears out there somewhere, I'm just not going to go there.

[WickeDay]

This is the thing: I try to imagine that everyone serves a purpose here on Earth. Maybe the Spears show that like so many of you are saying...Money doesn't buy everything. The Spears family has some trouble. I feel so sorry that Jamie and Britney have gotten themselves in these situations, but, COME ON!

These girls have some back bones. Jamie could have gotten a secret abortion and dodged the whole thing. But, there are several thousand 16 year-olds out there that have made this mistake. Jamie is just one and happens to have a famous sister who probably led to her scoring a show on Nickelodeon. (I've been there, believe it or not.)

Really, it could be worse.

P.S. "Maybe we need a tabloid-junkie-aholics-annonymous thread. :::Eeek:::

[rmuse00]

P.S. "Maybe we need a tabloid-junkie-aholics-annonymous thread. :::Eeek:::

Hate to admit I wouldn't mind that!

[nascar]

I can't help but feel a little hypocritical when I think about these girls. You see, Loretta Lynn has always been one of my favorite country singers and it has never crossed my mind to criticize her for being married at 13. She had 3 or 4 kids by the time she was 17. Of course, now she's a legend - rightfully so - and one of the most respected women in country music.

Is it possible that, besides not being married, the only thing the Spears girl has really done wrong is to be born in the wrong generation?

[wdspeedbump]

I can't help but feel a little hypocritical when I think about these girls. You see, Loretta Lynn has always been one of my favorite country singers and it has never crossed my mind to criticize her for being married at 13. She had 3 or 4 kids by the time she was 17. Of course, now she's a legend - rightfully so - and one of the most respected women in country music.

Is it possible that, besides not being married, the only thing the Spears girl has really done wrong is to be born in the wrong generation?

amen

[WickeDay]

hallelujah!

[rmuse00]

I can't help but feel a little hypocritical when I think about these girls. You see, Loretta Lynn has always been one of my favorite country singers and it has never crossed my mind to criticize her for being married at 13. She had 3 or 4 kids by the time she was 17. Of course, now she's a legend - rightfully so - and one of the most respected women in country music.

Is it possible that, besides not being married, the only thing the Spears girl has really done wrong is to be born in the wrong generation?

Perhaps Nascar but that's the problem it's a whole different generation and world. I just don't see the likes of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton in Loretta Lynn's generation. It seems to me the older generations were raised differently whereas young people understood authority and accepted responsibility. Not saying every young person in that age was responsible and maybe Loretta Lynn wasn't either, before my time but I don't think the 13 year olds of yesterday are the same of today. I see it in my own family. It's the lack of good or for that matter any parenting. Many are so busy there's no time to do the "Mother" knows best routine and this is what happens, more often then not. Ok....I think I'm done.....for know.

[nascar]

Ok....I think I'm done.....for know.

I think I agree with you ... ... I think.

[WickeDay]

I think it's easy to always blame the parents. I wish I could blame mine for all the decisions I make and have made.

I remember when I was 18, a senior, and going to church, I was practically witch-hunted because rumor got around that I was having sex with my then-boyfriend. I was laughing to myself because the two people (Bishop & Women's Leader) who were most potent in sharing their opinions and condemnations, both had daughters who I knew were sexually active unprotected with multiple partners. Their parents had no idea.

I was being raised by my Grandmother who really didn't know how to handle my generation. We never had the talk, sex was just unacceptable and disgusting, and she truly believed that when she was dropping me off to stay the night at my boyfriends house, his mom was home and we were going to have dinner and play Nintendo, and then I would sleep on the couch. She might as well have handed me a porno and told me to have a good time.

I was shocked when our Women's leader actually talked to her daughter one day when I was over. She told her daughter that although she hoped that she would make the smart decision to wait, she would respect her decision if she chose otherwise and started talking about std's, protection, birth control, the emotional issues that come with the territory, etc. Afterward I told her daughter I couldn't believe that she hadn't talked to her mom! But, she insisted she knew what she was doing. She was smart enough to know that most guys don't like condoms and some are even allergic to the latex so it was okay as long as she only had sex at certain times of the month and if they pull out and you pee after, it kills the sperm anyway.

Our Bishop on the otherhand, believed the best thing to do was share the above but also make sure he knew where his little girls were every moment of every day, because if they don't have the opportunity, it CAN'T happen. Too bad when they were in Church on Sunday and his daughter was supposed to be doing Bible Study with us in the classroom, we all covered for her when she and her boyfriend were sneaking into the devotional room with the comfy couch. He also couldn't be there during PE when our group was allowed to go over to the basketball courts unsupervised, and she and her boyfriend decided to go down to the locker rooms unsupervised. And, she knew her boyfriend really loved her so there was no way he could have diseases and not tell her, and she had learned that as long as she didn't have an orgasm your uterus doesn't open up enough to get pregnant-but, he was pulling out just in case, cause his family was also active in the church and they didn't want to risk him getting caught with a condom.

The truth is their parents did everything they possibly could, and I really don't know what happened to either of those girls, but I do not believe that if either of them had gotten stuck in a Jamie-esque situation, that they should have felt like they were bad parents. They did everything right. Looking back now I realize their daughters were making really bad decisions.

When it came time for me, I made decisions as well. I went to the library and got books to read to find out if you really can't get pregnant if you're taking 6 aspirin a day. From there I read about diseases and decided that as much as I knew I could trust my guy, he's wearing a condom because I am not going to die from HIV or get brownish-yellowish discharge or blisters down there. I also found a way to get on the pill without my Grandmother figuring it out. And, I really have to say looking back I-ME-MOI made the decision despite my parents, to be responsible and really do NOT have them to thank for that.

I just think there are alot of parents asking themselves where they went wrong and the truth is-they didn't.

[MasterP_Nice]

This thread has gone too serious. Can we start talking about boobs again?

[rmuse00]

[lovebug5]

This thread has gone too serious. Can we start talking about boobs again?

Yes. And let me tell ya, Britney sure has a set of 'em on her! Woot!

[zfire]

I am just reading everything, so serious or fun, have at it.

[CleverCynic]

There is an evil joke about Michael Jackson and children's rears out there somewhere, I'm just not going to go there.

I'm not ashamed:

Why does MJ never win a race?

... he always comes in a little behind

[MasterP_Nice]

What does MJ have in common with 7-up?

They both come in little cans.

[c m chase]

[WickeDay]

All I Need To Know I Learned In High School...

Most guys don't like condoms and some are even allergic to the latex.

You can only get pregnant at certain times of the month.

The pull-out method is fail-proof.

If the girl pee's after, it kills the sperm anyway.

As long as the girl doesn't have an orgasm her uterus doesn't open up enough to get pregnant.

It's better not to use a condom because if you buy them, your parents can find them.

If you take 6 aspirin a day, you can't conceive.

[CleverCynic]

That list is hilarious...

but, one doesn't belong. It IS true that a woman can only get pregnant roughly 6 days a month. In fact, the timing method and temperature monitoring methods both rank slightly higher than condoms in pregnancy prevention techniques.

Now, WHICH days those 6 are aren't the same in all women due to the average cycle being between 26 and 42 days, with the MEAN being 28.

[MasterP_Nice]

When I was in high school, the girls in the school next door thought that as long as you wore high heels, you couldn't get pregnant.

I had to think about it for a bit . . .

[rmuse00]

That list is hilarious...

It IS true that a woman can only get pregnant roughly 6 days a month. In fact, the timing method and temperature monitoring methods both rank slightly higher than condoms in pregnancy prevention techniques.

Ya don't say?