Britney’s Attending Parenting Classes
Britney Spears arrived at the Beverly Hills Hotel Wednesday for her first Parenting Without Conflict session.
“She’s not nervous, she’s actually looking forward to it,” says a source close to the former princess of pop.
Britney’s ex-husband, Kevin Federline, was reportedly at the hotel as well, which totally makes since because the court ordered them both to take the class. And I doubt the court is about to conduct the class twice, just so they don’t have to see each other. I mean, right? They see each other all the time anyway, what with them having CHILDREN together and everything, so seeing each other in a classroom really isn’t that big of a deal. Or is it?
Although the program strongly urges that parents take the course together, it is not mandatory. The program, which is made up of six different sessions, teaches cooperative parenting and communication skills.
Part of the program is doing drills called “polite requests.”
“Instead of saying ‘You’re always bringing the kids home late because you’re an insensitive jerk,’” explains Craig Ogulnick, a supervisor for the program, “We teach parents instead to say ‘When you bring the kids home late, I feel like you’re not valuing my time, and I feel hurt or angry as a result.’”
The program is one of many requirements that L.A. Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon ordered the pop star to complete.
Both Britney, 25, and Kevin, 29, are required to appear in court Friday for a progress review.
By then, they must have also completed at least three sessions together of their joint co-parenting counseling, which is being held at a hotel as well, according to the source.
In addition, Britney must also complete three individual counseling sessions “to address parenting issues.”
As of now, Kevin retains full physical custody of sons Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1. Britney has monitored visitation rights, though as we all know, those are on-again, off-again.
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October 25th, 2007 at 11:21 am
[...] Britney’s ex-husband, Kevin Federline, was reportedly at the hotel as well, which totally makes since because the court ordered them both to take the class. And I doubt the court is about to conduct the class twice, just so they don’t have to see each other. I mean, right? They see each other all the time anyway, what with them having CHILDREN together and everything, so seeing each other in a classroom really isn’t that big of a deal. Or is it? (more…) [...]