Britney Spears' 16 year old sister pregnant, mom's "Christain Parenting" book "delayed indefinitely"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Jamie Lynn Spears, Britney's 16-Year-Old Sister, Announces Pregnancy

Huffington Post | December 18, 2007 10:38 PM

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/12/18/jamie-lynn-spears-britne_n_77421.html

Britney Spears' younger sister Jamie Lynn Spears has announced in OK! Magazine that she is pregnant. Meanwhile her mom Lynn Spears' book on Christian parenting, due in Spring 2008, has been indefinitely delayed.

Jamie Lynn, who is the star of Nickelodeon's hit show Zoey 101, on which she plays a schoolgirl, turned 16 on April 4 and is a high school junior. She tells OK! Magazine, on newsstands in New York and LA Wednesday and nationwide Friday, that she and (possibly ex) boyfriend Casey Aldridge are expecting a child, that she is 12 weeks along, and that she is keeping it.

"It was a shock for both of us, so unexpected," she tells OK!. "I was in complete and total shock and so was he."

"As soon as I found out for sure from the doctor, I took two weeks to myself where I didn't tell anybody," she says. "Only one of my friends knew because I needed to work out what I would do for myself before I let anyone's opinion affect my decision. Then I told my parents and my friends. I was scared, but I had to do what was right for me."

As for Lynn Spears, Jamie Lynn and Britney's mom, she was shocked. "I didn't believe it because Jamie Lynn's always been so conscientious. She's never late for her curfew. I was in shock. I mean, this is my 16-year-old baby."

Jamie Lynn plans to raise the baby in her home state of Louisiana "so it can have a normal family life."

"I definitely don't think it's something you should do; it's better to wait," Jamie Lynn says. "But I can't be judgmental because it's a position I put myself in."

It is rumored she and Aldridge met in church and Lynn Spears says they've been dating for years. One report says the relationship started when Jamie Lynn was 13. Casey's father works in a paper mill in Tennessee. But, it is unclear if they are still together. A message on what appears to be Casey's MySpace page, updated Tuesday, lists his mood as "blah" and has the message, "ME AND JAMIE ARE OVER..... :("

Here is a picture of the couple a year and a half ago, when they were already serious. Aldridge is supposedly in college in Mississippi. In July of this year, the National Enquirer claimed the couple was pregnant, while other sites had the couple moving in together.

According to TMZ, Britney, mother of two kids herself, did not know her sister is expecting and is now frantic.

Update: A rep for Britney Spears tells E! News exclusively that the pop star has heard the news and "wishes her sister nothing but the best and asks for privacy during this time."

Nickelodeon released a statement to Extra saying:

"We respect Jamie Lynn's decision to take responsibility in this sensitive and personal situation. We know this is a very difficult time for her and her family, and our primary concern right now is for Jamie Lynn's well being."

Here is Jamie Lynn in September at a Teen Vogue event:



And here are Jamie Lynn and Britney at a 2002 awards show:

[formerrepuke]

1. ..will raise the baby "in Louisiana so it can have a normal family life."

[sasquatch]

2. That kid is more screwed than could be imagined

[Momgonepostal]

4. That made me laugh, too!

Louisiana notwithstanding, how can anyone in the Spears family hope to have a normal life?

[driver8]

15. That's exactly what I thought when I read that sentence! n/t

[skygazer]

3. Has anyone in this family ever heard of birth control?

:wtf:

[grace0418]

5. Even before her 16-yr-old got knocked up, who the hell would ever give Lynn Spears

a book deal to write about parenting? Have they SEEN Britney?! Unless the book was a what NOT to do book or a recipe for raising trashy, irresponsible imbeciles, I just don't see where the book company thought it was ever a good idea.

[BurtWorm]

6. Woohoo! Let's hear it for Christian parenting!

:woohoo: :applause: :yourock: :headbang: :hide: :woohoo:

[flvegan]

7. How old is Casey?

I read he was in college. She's 16.

:popcorn:

[LeftyMom]

8. Assuming he's 18, that's statutory in CA.

They generally only prosecute statutory cases out here for two reasons:

1. Persistent or powerful family of the younger female party pitches a fit.

2. Younger female party gets knocked up.

I know of cases where 2 leads to a prosecution when 1 is not the case, but they invariably involve poor families on aid and a minority boyfriend, so prosecution is unlikely but it's still illegal.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

10. He's supposedly 19.

http://www.popcrunch.com/who-is-casey-aldridge/

What we know so far:

* Casey Aldridge met Jamie Lynn Spears at church.
* Casey Aldridge is 19 years old. And he got a 16 year old girl pregnant.
* Some reports say he lives in Kentwood, Louisiana, where it’s illegal to even have sexual intercourse under the age of 17.
* Other reports say he lives in Gloster, Mississippi, where it’s illegal to have sexual intercourse under the age of 16.
* Our sister site, TV Crunch reports that he’s the son of a Tennessee papermill worker.

[BurtWorm]

12. The state should judge not, lest it be judged.

It should turn the other cheek. Amen.

[FloridaJudy]

9. "She's never late for curfew"

News flash: kids can have sex before 10 p.m.

That abstinence-only education works sooooo well....

[grace0418]

11. Sounds like Lynn Spears passed her genius genes onto her kids.

She's a regular mensa member.

[marzipanni]

13. Oops, life happens...

(from comments to the Huffington Post article) :
Maybe instead of penning a christian parenting book, Mother Spears can hit the campaign trail for Reverend Huckabee. After all, people like the Spears are his peeps. While they tell their kids that abstaining from sex is the christian thing to do, the devil makes them f like rabbits. Oh dear.

[driver8]

14. Jamie Lynn plans to raise the baby in Louisiana "so it can have a normal family life."

For some reason, I don't think there is anything "normal" about that family.

[MrScorpio]

16. Kid grow up fast these days

Oh yeah, and I suspect that she'll sport a nice pair of hip bumps down the road too