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SWEETEST 'MOTHER KNOWS BEST' MOMENT

Please don't call her little girl "trashy," that's all Lynne Spears is asking. Britney's mom defended the star's habit of going barefoot in public spaces (including restrooms) on her daughter's Web site, explaining that it's too hot to wear the sneakers her doctor ordered to help heal her knee injury. But still, what about that panty flash? "She stepped on her floor-length skirt and, of course, it pulled down too low in the front. She looked absolutely adorable."