Oops! She did it again.Before the Christmas break, the Web site livejournal.com printed an article titled “She’s Bringin’ Slutty Back” referring to Britney Spears’ wild, new lifestyle minus a husband, Kevin Federline. By slutty, the headline refers to photographs taken of Spears getting out of a car – photos of her private region.

The photographs reveal a drunk Spears with fellow bad girl Paris Hilton. They leave nothing to the imagination; you can even see the scar from her cesarean section from the birth of both of her children, Sean Preston and Jayden James.

After the recent divorce from husband Federline, Spears is facing tough reviews as a single mother.

The new spotlight Spears has brought upon herself is one of many bad moves to add to her already-scandalous past.

The motherhood rap Spears created after the birth of her children was just beginning to repair her bad reputation. However, after almost dropping Sean, driving a car with him in the front seat and strapping him wrongly into a car seat, Spears has quite a few mistakes to make up for, especially when they are reviewed by the scandal-crazed media.

This new revelation of partying and panty-dropping will in no way help Spears gain the respect of old fans and the media.

Although Spears didn’t intentionally have photos taken of her private area, the mother of two should be adult enough to carefully watch her clothing and underwear choices, especially when she will be entering and exiting a small vehicle for the evening.

The problem is, Spears never intentionally does anything wrong. Problems keep landing on her lap unexpectedly. Being an extremely public figure, Spears should prepare herself for the hunger of the paparazzi and expect them to photograph her.

In a recent interview with Matt Lauer, Spears sobbed that she was just a “normal person.” However, 20 hit songs and millions of dollars later, she’s more than a normal person.

I almost feel sorry for Spears, but when you throw yourself into the spotlight and expect fame and fortune, having your photo taken everywhere you go becomes part of the job.

Spears should embrace the new journey she has taken by becoming a mother and keep her legs closed. After two children with a wannabe rapper, Spears has had her legs open enough.

Pop star mothers should not be out all night partying with heiresses; they should be at home singing their babies to sleep. If Spears wants to be treated as a respectable mother, she needs to clean up her act and realize the party is over.

Leslie Honey is a senior news-editorial journalism major from Longview.