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It’s unfortunate, but you had to see this coming. Britney Spears lost custody of her sons this weekend. A court commissioner awarded sole physical and legal custody of Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, to dad, Kevin Federline, after Spears refused to return the children to Federline at the end of a court-monitored visit. Police were called and the pop-wreck, as the tabloids are now referring to Spears, was hauled off to the hospital by paramedics summoned by police officers at the scene. Police said there was no threat to the children during the three-hour altercation. Federline had previously been awarded temporary custody of their children when Spears defied previous court orders.
While it’s difficult to draw parallels between the lives of Hollywood’s elite and we mere mortals, Spears’ custody problems and parental misbehavior certainly serve as a worse-case example of what not to do. Her children may not have been physically endangered, but what about the emotional damage she is causing by failing to behave as a responsible parent, failing to maintain their safety, failing to work with their father to support them emotionally, and failing to cooperate with the court?
Children are resilient and her children are quite young, but using your children as a pawn in your divorce, fighting over custody in your children’s presence, and failing to consider your children’s needs, only further destroy your children’s fragile sense of security and feelings of love. Lately, Britney Spears isn’t doing herself, or particularly her children, any favors with her outrageous behavior.
