Britney Spears has been taking parenting advice from Madonna.
Rumor has it the ‘Toxic’ singer consulted her idol when deciding whether or not to take her young sons, Sean
Preston, three, and Jayden James, two, on tour with her. 

“Madonna gave Britney some great advice about her kids.
Madonna told her, ‘Keep them close when you’re on the road. I have always
taken my kids on the road with me. It’s a life they learn to accept, as long
as they’re with their mom. You want to look back on those years and know
they are with you. They’ll look back on these years too and they’ll be very
glad to have those memories.’ ”

Britney – who is accompanied on her ‘Britney Spears Presents the Circus’
tour by her sons and ex-husband Kevin Federline, who has primary custody of
the children – agreed with her mentor’s view and hopes them seeing what she
does first-hand will impress them.
Britney, 27, said:

“I do think it’s all about history. What we as mothers
are doing is creating this history with our kids that we can look back on
and say, ‘Yeah, that was hard. But it was fun because we did it together.’
When they’re adults I want my kids to say, ‘Wow, my mom was working hard but
she was there for us.’

However, there are some parts of her show which the ‘Womanizer’ star won’t
allow her boys to see.
An insider explained to Britain’s Hello! magazine:

“She wants them around
all the time. Except maybe not for the parts of the show she thinks are too
suggestive. A couple of times along the way Britney’s mother Lynne has taken
the boys out of the arena when the show gets a little outrageous.”

What? Blindfolding men in leather pants and riding them into the air isn't that outrageous right? LOL!

What do you think about performers who make their children travel with them on tour? Which is the lesser of two evils?

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