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"Jamie Lynn Will Be A Great Mom" Says Family. Um, OK.

HerBadMother — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:04:00 GMT

Apparently - and not surprisingly - family and friends of Jamie Lynn Spears are expressing their joy at the arrival of her baby and asserting their confidence in her parenting abilities. "She'll be a great mom," said a family friend. "She'll be awesome."

Of course. But - and forgive me in advance for asking the snarky but all-too-obvious question - has everyone forgotten how old she is? She's a teenager, for chrissakes. I'm sure that she'll be awesome in the loves-her-kids-adores-them-lavishes-them-with-kisses kind of way, but in the practical, everyday, raising-them-and-nurturing-them-and-keeping-them-in-their-diapers--without-losing-her-mind kinda way? I'm not sure that's obvious.

(The other, unspoken, variable here? She's a Spears. The family maintenance track record there isn't so good. Just sayin'.)

I KNOW: I should not condemn her parenting skills before she's barely started. And I'm not - for all I know, she could be the mother to trump all mothers. But speaking as a thirty-something mother of two who - despite multiple university degrees and a stable home and happy marriage and bags of life experience - has struggled mightily with the experience of being a 'good' mother, I feel obliged to point out that THIS SHIT IS HARD. And if it's hard for those of us who have buckets of resources and few spotlight-related pressures, how hard is it going to be for a teenager with a pimply teenaged baby daddy and hordes of paparazzi riding her ass?

One family member spoke somewhat sensibly: "She's awfully young to be a momma," said distant cousin Margie Busby. "But that's what they make [grandmothers] for. They have to help. That's the way it is with our circle of friends."

Is that going to be enough?

I'm just askin.'

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sweatpantsmom — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:10:00 GMT

Looks like Casey Aldridge wants a piece of the pie, and he's anxious to marry Jamie Lynn in order to get it. Well, obviously he already had himself a piece, which is what got Jamie Lynn in trouble in the first place. But now Aldridge is reportedly in a hurry to tie the knot in order to share in the big bucks that will be coming Jamie Lynn's way once she sells her baby pictures.

Jamie Lynn gave birth to Maddie Briann this morning and now many are speculating how long before the 17-year old new mom and her 19-year-old baby daddy tie the knot. It was rumored that Aldridge had wanted a quickie wedding while Spears was still pregnant, but obviously he missed the boat on that one.

While there isn't definitive word on who will have exclusive rights to the first peek at little Maddie, odds are pointing to OK! Magazine, who scored big when they were the first to announce Jamie Lynn's pregnancy.

Whatever the case, expect Casey Aldridge to be first in line at that gravy train.

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Jamie Lynn And Casey Aldridge Make It To The Church On Time

HerBadMother — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:02:00 GMT

Jamie Lynn and baby daddy Casey walked down the church aisle yesterday, like the good boy and girl that they are. No wedding vows were uttered, but they did dress nicely and sit quietly and reassure everybody that they are, indeed, pious and penitent young people and very, very respectful of important holidays like Mothers' Day.

No reassurances were forthcoming on the issues of a) future avoidance of bad haircuts and split ends, and b) not wearing hoodies to church, but whatever. They're just kids.

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MTV Asks: Was Jamie Lynn Raped?

HerBadMother — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:16:00 GMT

Actually, they're framing the question more as "is Jamie-Lynn's pregnancy which may or may not be the result of a rape legal?" Which, really, it's a bit late and a lot pointless to be asking that question, isn't it? And, also, you know, maybe a little bit alarmist?

Sure, nobody seems to be quite sure of Casey Aldridge's exact age - he could be as old as nineteen, which complicates the legality of his, erm, relations with Jamie Lynn - nor do they know where, exactly, those relations took place (both which have a bearing upon whether those relations could be called statutory rape) but please - isn't the whole legality of the relationship that probably* spawned this child kind of beside the point? I mean, she's a teenager who's about to have a baby and who may or may not be equipped to deal with the pressures of having said baby, so aren't there bigger things to worry about here?

It's not on the scale of Miley-Cyrus-Gone-Topless, granted - we are, after all, talking about a knocked-up girl who's hiding out in Louisana, and not dropping her clothes for major magazines - but still. New baby for a girl who's terrified of becoming a mother? That's the real hand-wringer here, not the question of whether her boyfriend is 18 or 19 and whether or not they did it in Louisiana.

*(Probably, because nobody ever did really dispute those rumors that there was another, older man in the picture at the supposed time of conception. Which, yes, eeewwww, but worth pointing out here.)

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Hey, Jamie Lynn - Isn't It A Bit Too Early To Be Emulating Britney?

HerBadMother — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:25:00 GMT

I suppose that this question is coming a bit too late, seeing as Jamie Lynn hasn't exactly proved herself to be in possession of vastly superior judgment skills to those of her sister, but still. I had least hoped that in some things - say, modest Frappuccino consumpion, safe driving, or other basic life skills - Jamie Lynn might make some sort of effort to steer away from her sister's path. but apparently not.

Jamie Lynn was caught on tape the other day driving without a seatbelt. Which, you know, we're all accustomed to with Britney - who needs seatbelts and child-seats when you're a supah-stah?!? - but still. I'd had higher hopes for Jamie. I mean, it was clear that she could pump her own gas without the aid of paparazzi - why shouldn't we expect that she could follow basic rules of vehicular safety for herself and her unborn child?

Yeah, well. I should know better than to even toy with the word 'expectations' when it comes to celebrities.

You can check out the video of Jamie Lynn declining to buckle up HERE.

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