Britney Spears admits parenting regrets years later: 'I failed'

Britney Spears has opened up about her regrets and the pressures of motherhood in a candid social media post. The singer, who shares sons Sean Preston and Jayden James with ex-husband Kevin Federline, expressed feelings of failure and apologized for past mistakes.

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Living in a country where people like my mother and father accepted that my children had secret lives was demoralizing to me. Honestly, I cried on my knees for two months.

Spears shared a photo of her sons on X, formerly Twitter, detailing her emotional turmoil. She recounted how her parents took her children to the beach without her knowledge, making her feel demoralized in a country where such actions were accepted. "Honestly, I cried on my knees for two months," she wrote.

Reflecting on her son's comments about faith, Spears admitted, "I believed I had failed as a mother at that moment." She extended an apology to her children and people in general for her past errors. "I miss the joy in my eyes, my willingness to please everyone, and my hunger for life when I was young," she added, feeling her younger self was exploited by an "ignorant system."

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I believed I had failed as a mother at that moment... I want to tell my children and people in general that I apologize for my past mistakes.

The singer's relationship with her sons has been strained since her 2007 divorce, when their father was granted custody. Federline has claimed the children avoided Spears due to her social media activity, while Spears asserted they were kept from her. She recently announced that her relationship with her sons had improved.

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I miss the joy in my eyes, my willingness to please everyone, and my hunger for life when I was young.