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Lynne Spears: Britney Is a 'Wonderful Mother'
Originally posted 11/27/2008 09:40AM
Lynne Spears certainly has plenty to be thankful for.
In the past year, she has watched her famous daughter Britney crawl back from the brink.
Just how did the 27-year-old singer rebound from her pair of forced hospitalizations and a long string of erratic behavior, including her quickly annulled Vegas wedding in 2004 and her infamous head-shaving in 2007?
"With a lot of love and care and help," Lynne said Thursday, speaking to the U.K.'s GMTV via satellite from New Orleans. "Sometimes you have to just settle down. You have to stop, think. And there's a lot of people that care about Britney and love Britney – and Britney's doing great now."
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Lynne Spears: 'Things Are Looking Up Again'
Originally posted 10/06/2008 11:30AM
After a year of upheaval for her family, Lynne Spears exclusively tells PEOPLE.com that she's cherishing the "small things" like taking Britney's sons Preston, 3, and Jayden, 2, for a spin in her golf cart and planning a shopping trip with Jamie Lynn because 3-month-old Maddie is "growing out of all her clothes."
"Really wonderful things are happening now," Spears, 53, said Saturday. "It looks like things are looking up again."
PEOPLE caught up with Spears at the Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) 20th annual convention in Grapevine, Texas, where she was a surprise guest speaker. She shared with the crowd of 4,500 mothers what it's like to face criticism for the way she raised Britney, 26, and Jamie Lynn, 17.
"I had a perfect little plan," she said, explaining the parenting journey chronicled in her memoir, Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World. "But, you can't control the [kids]' peers, you can't control society and you do the best you can."
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Lynne Spears: 'Every Mother Makes Mistakes'
Originally posted 09/10/2008 09:10AM
Lynne Spears says that even knowing what she knows now, she would still let her daughters Britney and Jamie Lynn pursue stardom.
"I think you have to let them follow their dreams," she says in a new interview with PEOPLE. "I think it would be worse in the end if you didn't."
But she does express regrets about not listening to her "gut" at times: "Was I the perfect mom? No."
In an exclusive excerpt from her new memoir, Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World, Lynne, 53, details the highs – and lows – of her family's journey from Kentwood, La., to the harsh international spotlight. "Every mother makes mistakes," she writes, "and I'm no different."
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PHOTO: Lynne Spears's Book Cover Revealed
Originally posted 08/11/2008 03:40PM
Lynne Spears's much-discussed new book is due out Sept. 16 – but the cover was unveiled Monday.
Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World is a memoir, describing Spears's "story of what it was like being a mom and raising two very famous people," a spokesman for publisher Thomas Nelson told PEOPLE in June. The tome will not be a parenting guide, as many had expected.
Spears's memoir was intended for publication earlier, but was put on hold after daughter Jamie Lynn got pregnant. (Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth to daughter Maddie Briann in June.) Said the publisher at the time: "Lynne never stopped working on it because she wants to express her love for her children and tell their stories through a mother's eyes."
– Brian Orloff
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Lynne Spears's Memoir Set for Fall Release
Originally posted 06/11/2008 07:50PM
Lynne Spears's memoir about raising her famous daughters Britney and Jamie Lynn will be released this fall, the publisher confirms to PEOPLE.
"When Jamie Lynn got pregnant, it was put on hold," says a spokesman for Thomas Nelson, which publishes inspirational books and Bibles. "Lynne never stopped working on it because she wants to express her love for her children and tell their stories through a mother's eyes."
Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World" is likely to be released in September, says the spokesman.
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Lynne Spears Visits Sister's Grave Amid Crisis
Originally posted 01/05/2008 08:00PM
As Britney Spears's hospital drama came to an end Saturday morning, Lynne Spears was back home in Kentwood, La., mourning another family member.
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Dr. Phil: Lynne Spears is a 'Great Mother'
Originally posted 12/23/2007 02:00PM
Ever the optimist concerning the Spears family, Dr. Phil McGraw commends matriarch Lynne Spears – despite the current controversy regarding her 16-year old daughter's pregnancy.
"We know the Spears family, particularly the parents," he tells PEOPLE at Adrienne Maloof and Dr. 90210 Phil Nassif's holiday party in Beverly Hills on Saturday. "An asset that Britney and Jamie Lynn both have is a great and dedicated mother."
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Lynne Spears's Parenting Book 'Delayed Indefinitely'
Originally posted 12/18/2007 10:15PM
Lynne Spears's book about raising her famous daughters Britney and Jamie Lynn has been put on hold, the publisher confirms to PEOPLE.
"The book is delayed indefinitely. It's delayed, not cancelled," says a spokeswoman for Thomas Nelson, which publishes inspirational books and Bibles.
It had been scheduled for a spring 2008 release and was put on hold last week, says the rep. On Tuesday, news hit that 16-year-old Jamie Lynn is pregnant with her boyfriend's child.
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Co-Author: Lynne Spears's Book to Shed New Light
Originally posted 10/30/2007 10:15AM
Lynne Spears's collaborator on her upcoming memoir says the book will shed new light on the troubled Britney Spears.
"It's the truth, but it's based in love," the Michigan-based Lorilee Craker, co-author of Pop Culture Mom: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World, tells her local paper, the Grand Rapids Press.
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Report: Britney's Mom to Pen Tell-All Book
Originally posted 10/26/2007 07:50AM
Lynne Spears will have no shortage of juicy material as she pens her personal tell-all of raising two famous daughters.
Having only recently reconciled with troubled popstar Britney, 26, Spears – also mom to actress Jamie Lynn, 16 – has inked a book deal with publisher Thomas Nelson, according to Publishers Marketplace.
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