i do feel bad for her. at least us regular folks get to fall apart in private! (for the most part, anyway.)

Well, I don't fee that badly for her. It's not like these young performers don't know the dangers, they've been publicized for years. It reminds me of smokers in their 40's and 50's who what us to feel sorry for them, even when they started smoking they knew the dangers.

Does anybody think it's odd that Dr. Phil discusses some of his patients? Is that ethical? He's such a media whore that I can't figure out how anybody can take him seriously. And he backed his son who wrote a book for teens, and he had no credentials to do that. Just another money grubbing phony.

Michibilly, I understand where you're coming from... but I think RoseFinch hit it on the head for me. I feel sorry for her for having this all happen IN PUBLIC.

As for Dr. Phil? Haven't cared for his way of doing things, pretty much EVER!

I'm sure he violated the HIPAA act!

I feel sorry for her, but my RANT (isn't that the name of this group) is reserved for her mother. I am not proud of the fact that my 9 year old not only knows about Jamie Lynn's pregnancy (she is a Nickelodeon series star), but because of my ranting knows the term "white trash."

RobinWolaner--and isnt it something that her mother was offered a book deal--for a book on parenting of all things, with Christian themes??? she does not strike me to be Christian mom (or any mom) of the year in any way, shape, or form. and then the publisher pulled the deal when it came out that the little sister was pregnant, but the fact britney's young life was a virtual train wreck showed the mom to be a good parent? the 'values' in this country are skewed!! (my ranting steam is starting to sizzle now.....) :-)

"She was miss american dream since she was seventeen", miss mouseketeer, and her parents, taking over her finances, must still think she's seventeen. Although I heard on the radio that last year she was worth over 100 million and just this year shes worth about 40 million. Thats over 60 million in one year, gone. I guess thats about as long her "manager", Sam Lufti has been in her private circle. Obviously shes not dealing with the same issues that other twenty six year old divorced mothers go through. Ya, I feel sorry for her, sort of.