Thoughts on Lynne Spears?

[NiceSpears]

1 hour ago, ydmc said:

She basically put her children to work at very young ages, I guess that says it all on the kind of person she is  

You need to educate yourself on Britney and how everything started. What you’re stating there is simply not true at all... can’t believe Britney fans these days would actually think that. Should know better!

[ydmc]

2 hours ago, NiceSpears said:

You need to educate yourself on Britney and how everything started. What you’re stating there is simply not true at all... can’t believe Britney fans these days would actually think that. Should know better!

Was something I said not clear?

There's a difference between supporting your children in the choices they make and allowing your children to work.

It's child labour even tho the children are rooting for it.

Every child should be allowed a normal childhood far from work.

And don't come and educate me on Britney please  

[sea3chel]

77. ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER 04/05 **#16**
They Knew: When the phone rang earlier this week, it was someone I hadn't spoken to in nearly a decade. Back when I first started writing the blog, I met this guy one night at The Improv. He was there watching some potential client who he thought sucked two minutes into the act. He told me as much even though we hadn't spoken before that moment. I laughed and told him I was headed to the front of the place because the drinks came faster and stronger when you were at the bar. He followed along. When he told me his name, I recognized the name and knew he had represented some really big names. The thing is though, he represented them when they were all child/teen actors who blew him off as they got older. He had a knack for signing kids and that is how he made most of his money as a manager. He supplemented by trying to find comics who could play the older brother/sister in some of these kid sitcoms. Someone unknown, but funny is how he put it. The guy is a straight shooter. No one has ever accused him of anything other than being greedy and trying to sign the most clients possible. He told me that especially at the age he was signing these kids, most would give up or their parents would give up. Most would only be cute for a bit and when the cute was gone, most likely was the career. He worked hard for everyone, but needed a lot of kids to make it work. He told me about this show where he once brought in the entire cast all by himself. One of the members of the cast he did not bring in was someone who is now an A lister. Probably permanent to be honest with you. The reason he didn't being her in was because her parents seemed liked they were more interested in selling her off to older men. They just assumed, even though she had not even reached 10 that he would want to spend some time "alone" with her. Umm, no he wouldn't. Right then he walked out. That night and he I spoke, that is where he left it. We never spoke about the subject again in the few times we ran into each other since then. Like I said though, that last time we ran into each other or spoke was about a decade ago. I was somehow on his e-mail list where he scouted for talent and talked about opportunities or parties and successes. It was kind of like a Christmas letter, I got once a month. When we spoke this week, he said he had a premonition he was going to die and was trying to say goodbye to everyone just in case. He mentioned something about that permanent A lister because of a photo that was making the rounds and we talked about what had preceded that and then he told me again about the parents but then he went on. He said when that show ended, it kind of looked like the career might end and all that easy money that had been flowing the way of the parents. The parents wanted the easy money to continue, so basically pimped out their kid to any producer or casting director who would give her a shot. This went on for years until the A lister did get the break. The parents didn't care about the cost to their kid, they were lining their wallets and when someone else close to them had the chance, they talked themselves into doing it all over again. They knew exactly who did what to whom and they didn't care because it was money that they cared about it. Oh, and yes, the mom in the family offered herself up to the producers and casting directors who didn't want to ****** a child.
"Mickey Mouse Club"/Britney Spears/James and Lynne Spears/sister Jamie Lynn (Kenzo ad)

[NiceSpears]

30 minutes ago, ydmc said:

Was something I said not clear?

There's a difference between supporting your children in the choices they make and allowing your children to work.

It's child labour even tho the children are rooting for it.

Every child should be allowed a normal childhood far from work.

And don't come and educate me on Britney please  

I’ll say it again, educate yourself on Britney. That’s not how things went down at all during her time growing up before it all kicked off in a major way...

”There's a difference between supporting your children in the choices they make and allowing your children to work” - You really got confused there, it doesn’t even make sense. Especially in this business we’re talking about.

 

[DoSomething954]

13 hours ago, zxcvb said:

Is this a f**king joke?  You don't have a problem with all the lying that went into making Britney a star? 

All the lying that brought all the intense scrutiny?

You don't have a problem with Britney being a cash cow 2000-present?  Which is all because of Lynne Spears?

It's  one thing for Britney to become a star in 1999 only.  But all the lying that went into her career and the cash cow she became is entirely because of Lynne Spears.

And what did this prolific stage mother do next?  Try to make her other daughter a star too.

Britney wanted to be a singer just as badly. For awhile in her career she loved the spotlight and attention. If it wasn’t what she wanted anymore as she got older, she could have bought out her contract, moved to Europe and lived in seclusion. That didn’t happen. Her mom is not the reason ppl don’t respect her in the industry and only see her as a puppet. Her becoming a cash cow also isn’t on her mom. All talents sole purpose is to make money for their labels. Some artists fight back or go independent. Britney did not. So no, I won’t blame ppl’s parents for everything that goes wrong in their lives. I gave my opinion and you’re entitled to yours. 

[glitterfalls]

I probably shouldn't even reply to this thread. I haven't read Lynne's book. I'm just going by all I've read in this thread. There's a lot of people in this boat and it doesn't matter if you're a celebrity or an ordinary Joe or Jane. It's painful growing up in dysfunction. Imo there's no such thing as "shielding" The kid(s) have a front row seat to every ****** up thing. Is it really possible to live a NORMAL adult life when you come from a situation where so many things were ****** up? 

I don't know why it's so hard for an adult to think about their child(ren) and what they're seeing, hearing and what it's doing to them to be right in the middle of ****. It's just unfortunate when you have even more problems loaded onto your back like "I'd get out if I only had the money to take care of my kids/myself." 

I don't really think a person can stick their head up their *** and just stay in the dark about a situation in life is BAD. But I think a lot of people do that and telling themselves "It'll get better. Just takes some time. Keep holding on because things can't get any worse!" Usually doesn't and nothing's gonna take away the painful memories.

Sorry for the rant. Needless to say this is a topic that makes me feel like I have a fire lit under me.