Britney Spears: as a mum, you can never be enough for your kids

Britney Spears has revealed has told younger sister Jamie Lynn Spears‘ not to get stressed out about being the perfect mum.

Jamie Lynn gave birth to daughter Maddie in June, just two months after turning 17.

Britney, who has two young sons from her marriage to Kevin Federline, told Glamour magazine that it was “mind-boggling” to see her little sister pregnant but as a fellow young mum in the spotlight, she could offer advice: “[I told her] as a mother, the one thing that always goes through your head is, you’re never enough. You never can be enough - or do enough - for your kids.

“It’s a never-ending issue for me. I had to learn: Don’t beat yourself up so much… You have to take it one day at a time, do the best that you can and enjoy yourself.

“I notice that if there are some times I’ve been stressed, because I’m human and stress about things, that affects your kids. So you have to make sure you’re a happy mom so they can be happy.”