Spears' Mum Mystified By Daughters' Attention

Friday 28th November 2008 - 05:30:10

Lynne Spears is bewildered with the amount of interest in her daughters Britney and Jamie-Lynn - because they are just normal, homely girls.The Toxic hitmaker has enjoyed an enormously successful singing career, and her younger sister rose to fame starring in teen show Zoey 101.Both girls have become mothers, with Britney having two boys - Sean Preston, three, and Jayden James, two - with ex-husband Kevin Federline, while Jamie-Lynn welcomed tot Maddie with fiance Casey Aldridge earlier this year (08).And despite watching their fame grow, their mother and her friends are shocked - because they still see them as the little girls they saw grow up.She tells U.K. show Gmtv, "My friends and I talk about it and they go, 'What is the deal? What's so interesting about Britney? What is the deal with your daughters? I don't get it'' "People that have known us all our lives, they're mystified. They go, 'What is the deal?'" On Britneys troubles mother Lynne has downplayed the star's much publicised breakdown - comparing the Toxic hitmaker's troubles to a teenager starting college.The singer went into meltdown after losing custody of her two sons Sean Preston, three, and Jayden James, two, last year (07) - and was hospitalised for a mental evaluation in January (08).But mum Lynne is sure the star's problems were inevitable - because the singer was attempting to cut loose from her parents.She tells British morning show Gmtv, "I think there comes a time in a young adult's life where they wanna live their own life and mamma and daddy - they're not cool anymore.

"I think it was kind of that situation - much similar to a child that goes to college and they're really into their college life and they don't really come home a lot. If you can relate it to that."

Meanwhile Lynne has praised the star's parenting skills - insisting that despite the media circus around her, she is a "normal" mother.

The Womanizer hitmaker has two boys with ex-husband Kevin Federline - Sean Preston, three, and Jayden James, two.

And even though the singer is constantly hounded by the press, she makes sure she has fun with her sons when they spend time with her.

Lynne Spears tells British morning show Gmtv, "She's a wonderful mother.

She's funny, she's extremely affectionate. She's just a normal mother.

"Well, she is a normal mother but when you throw her in front of the cameras I guess everybody's going to act a little different. You're very guarded. But in the home where there's nobody around, she's very normal.".