Ah, the sorrow of parents and would-be parents the world over in the wake of the news that the publisher has delayed release of a parenting book by Britney Spear's mother.

Perhaps it was delayed because Lynne Spears was busy negotiating a $1 million fee to a celebrity magazine to announce the pregnancy of her other daughter, 16-year-old Jamie Lynne.

We were so looking forward to the chapter on The Talk. Once again, parents will have to leave it up to the schools to teach all that stuff about avoiding pregnancy and diseases.

Then again, maybe the publisher had to change the title from Parenting for Dummies to Parenting By Dummies.