Britney Spears and ex-husband Kevin Federline completed their first parenting session yesterday.
The "Toxic" singer, who lost custody of her two sons, Sean Preston, two, and 13-month-old Jayden James to Kevin earlier this month, and her former spouse arrived at the Beverly Hills Hotel for their first Parenting Without Conflict meeting yesterday afternoon.
A source said, "Britney wasn't nervous about the parenting session. She was actually really looking forward to it."
Although Britney was initially excited about the meeting, she was seen crying hysterically in a hotel bathroom soon after arriving. The former couple - who had only previously seen each other twice since separating last year - met with a parenting coach for the two-hour session, who encouraged them to take part in 'polite requests' drills.
The coach also gave the pair advice on how a divorced couple should raise their children. Craig Ogulnick, a supervisor on the program, explained, "Instead of saying, 'You're always bringing the kids home late because you're an insensitive jerk,' we teach parents instead to say, 'When you bring the kids home late, I feel like you're not valuing my time, and I feel hurt or angry as a result.'"
Britney and Kevin are due to appear in court tomorrow for a progress review with Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Scott M. Gordon. The pair must also have completed three sessions of joint parenting counseling sessions.
The 25-year-old singer, who is currently under a court order to take two random drug tests a week, was seen carrying a packet of Provigil - a prescription drug used to treat daytime sleepiness and narcolepsy - as she arrived for her parenting classes.
One neurologist said, "Unlike a traditional stimulant with side effects such as hyperactivity and inattentiveness, the primary effect of this medication is only to help keep you from falling asleep. Somebody who is living a celebrity lifestyle, who frequently has to be up very early one day and then very late the next, could develop very disordered sleep patterns. This medication won't give you a 'high,' like a stimulant would."
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