Britney A Bad Mom For Smoking In Front Of Her Boys?

Sassy Smith — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:34:00 GMT

Britney Spears was photographed recently, sunbathing and spending time with her boys - Sean Preston 2 1/2 and Jayden James 1 1/2 - and the celebrity mom is often, as she is in the recent pics, smoking in front of her kids. Does that make her a bad mom? According to an article from the NY Post, she is. What do you think? Yes, that's a lighter and a pack of cigarettes in Sean's hand....

I'm a non-smoker, so I'm not sure how objective I can be about this. Personally, I wouldn't smoke around my kids - I'm a worrier by nature and having one more thing to be concerned about (second hand smoke and the possible health consequences) is not something I want to have to think about.

However, do I think someone is a crappy parent for smoking in the vicinity as their child - no. The article from the NY Post says, in part:

"It's bad enough that Britney Spears can't even keep a lid on her nasty cigarette habit long enough to avoid lighting up in front of one of her young sons, Sean Preston, 2 1/2. But then to leave her dirty cancer sticks and lighter within easy reach of the toddler?

The curious youngster went to pick them up from a table ashtray at her Beverly Hills home Sunday, as his bikini-clad, part-time mother took a long drag on her Marlboro.

Fortunately, Spears finally sprang into action and snatched them from him.

Still, she left the child to be exposed to her unhealthy, secondhand smoke.

"The pictures are sad on many levels," said Dr. Jonathan Field, director of the allergy and asthma clinic at NYU Hospital.

"We think of people who smoke as outside the norm, so just seeing a picture of someone smoking is odd - seeing someone smoking in front of their little child is shocking."

Countless studies have proven links between secondhand smoke and a laundry list of childhood maladies, including ear infections, SIDS, bronchitis, asthma and other respiratory ailments.

After seeing the photos, Russ Sciandra, the American Cancer Society's point man on tobacco policy, ripped Spears as a bad mom and bad celeb.

"Parents who smoke are a poor role model for their children," he scolded. "Celebrities who smoke are a poor model for everyone's children.""

So what's your view? I mean she was smoking outside - certainly not as bad as if she was in a vehicle with them or in a room in her house. Does smoking equate crap parenting?

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