Lynne Spears has given an interview on British television show GMTV saying that Britney Spears’ breakdown was cured by love.

Lynne Spears says her daughter Britney turned her life around after her much publicised breakdown thanks to ‘a lot of love and care and help.’

‘Sometimes you have to just settle down,’ she told Lorraine Kelly on GMTV.

‘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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A lot of that love and care probably came in the form of a psychiartrist and mood stabilizers, but what ever works. It’s good to see Britney with the support of her family.

Lynne also describes Britney as a wonderful mother, which might have carried more impact from a more reputable source, but I’m willing to accept that Britney is a good parent.

“Oh she’s a wonderful mother – she’s funny, she’s extremely affectionate,” said the Spears matriarch, who was promoting her memoir, Through the Storm. “[At] home, where there’s nobody around, she’s very normal.”

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Britney’s most famous public parenting examples came when she drove with her oldest son on her lap, almost dropped him twice, drove with him incorrectly fastened in his car seat, and was photographed out late partying without underwear.

Of course, every parent knows that you do make mistakes, and it’s bad enough with just your family watching you, without the whole world. I can think of a few times I am glad it wasn’t caught by paparazzi photographers. My favorites are:

My son wouldn’t leave his seatbelt on as we traveled on the motorway, so I put duct tape on his seat belt buckle.

My daughter went through a naked phase, so I just let her run around naked at home - in winter. Athough I kept the central heating on, it would have looked really bad in the tabloids.

I have lost each of my children at least once in a mall. Although, if I were Britney, I could have employed paps to help me find them, as opposed to running around Target yelling for them like a madwoman before finding them in the men’s section.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Britney Spears is shown outside her hotel in Paris yesterday, where she performed on the talent show “Star Academy.” Credit: Fame

Britney Spears’ sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James, turned 3 on Sunday and 2 on Friday, respectively, and Mama Britney threw them a good ol’ big-truck themed party! Britney and the boys partied it up family-style with Grandma Lynne, Grandpa Jamie, Auntie Jamie Lynn, and 2-month old cousin Maddie along with about 50 other guests. This should put to rest the speculation about the contents of Lynne’s soon-to-be-released book, which was falsely reported, a publishing insider told OK! Magazine, to contain a lot of stories about sex and drugs in Britney’s early teens, but it won’t. Celebrity friend tots also included on the guest list were Jenny McCarthy’s son Ewan and Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale’s son, Kingston.  Kingston partied all weekend.  He was at Heidi Klum and Seal’s son, Henry’s, 3rd birthday party earlier with the Beckham boys.  Sounds like a brat pack in the making to me.

In typical spoiled, celebrity kid style, SP and JJ got Ed Hardy style tricked out trucks for their birthdays. A source told People that the trucks came complete with personalized license plates and Ed Hardy by Christian Audiger decals and air freshners.  Britney and family spent the day watching the boys and their little guests drive around the property of Brit pal, Adrienne Maloof-Nassif’s Beverly Park mansion. I didn’t get my first car until I was 18, and I still haven’t gotten a personalized license plate. I do have the Ed Hardy air freshener, though, so I’m not bitter.

The boys’ dad, Kevin Federline, threw them a pool party last weekend while their mother unceremoniously opened the MTV Video Music Awards, and surprisingly won three of them.

[Some details from People.com]

Photos from 9/13/08 credit: Fame

Britney Spears sons Sean Preston and Jayden James – who turn 3 and 2 this coming weekend – finally got to meet their new cousin Maddie. Jamie Lynn Spears flew from Louisiana to Los Angeles yesterday along with her two-month-old daughter and her mom Lynne. She then went straight to Britney’s house where the group hung out with K-Fed. Always a guaranteed way to class up an event.

Jamie Lynn Spears brought two-month-old daughter Maddie to Los Angeles Wednesday for the baby’s first ever play date with Britney’s two sons.

The 17-year-old flew from Louisiana – along with her baby and her mother Lynne (whose memoir comes out next week). The whole family then headed to Britney’s Studio City house, where the singer was enjoying a regular visitation day with her two boys, Preston, who turns 3 on Sunday, and Jayden, who turns 2 on Friday.

Britney’s ex, Kevin Federline, came to pick up his sons himself, and stayed for about an hour to take part in the reunion.

[From People]

X17 pointed out how much time Britney’s been spending with K-Fed lately, and wondered if there was any chance of a reconciliation. Normally I’d blow that off – and I don’t think the two being around each other with their kids means a thing other than they’re trying to be good parents – but supposedly Britney’s dad Jamie is somewhat into the idea. And Jamie has helped her out quite a bit so far, so somehow I give the idea (in theory, not as a result of them spending time together yesterday) a little more plausibility in the long run.

It must be awkward as hell to be around Britney and Lynne right now though. Lynne’s “memoir” (tell all) comes out next week, and according to several sources Britney is not happy about it. Not that she can be blamed – a lot of what Lynne supposedly writes about are personal family things that you’d hope stay between mother and daughter. But considering her grandsons are having a big birthday party this weekend, they’ll probably have to get used to the awkwardness, as they’ll be spending some time together.

Here’s Britney on what looks to be the set of a new video on Tuesday. Images thanks to Fame.