Britney Spears is a wonderful mum, says former assistant Alli Sims

Britney Spears‘ cousin Alli Sims has denied the recent claims that Britney is bad at looking after her sons, Sean and Jayden.

Alli worked as an assistant to Britney until recently and the pair were frequently photographed together until Alli quit to launch her own music career.

She told People magazine recently that the two hadn’t fallen out as had been rumoured: “I was just [working for Britney] for a little while, and we had a great time together.”

“I love her, Britney Spears’s beautiful inside and out. We’re still great friends.”

Britney Spears added regarding Britney’s parenting skills: “[Britney]’s a wonderful mom and she is so hands-on. … Britney Spears loves those babies to death. And they adore her.”

However Britney Spears’s now ex-husband Kevin Federline is still likely to challenge the Toxic star for custody of the two boys.

Kevin’s lawyer Mark Vincent Kaplan told Us Weekly that Kevin would like to remove the kids from the limelight: “He is someone who has gone out of his way to protect his kids as much as possible.”

“I don’t recall ever seeing a picture of him with his kids in tow out in public because he feels that could subject them to an unnecessary risk and doesn’t benefit them. His desire is that these kids have a chance to grow up free, in as normal an environment as possible.”

“He is a very focused parent who believes that any kids, but especially kids of this young age, need to have structure and consistency and that he has always provided that and wants to make sure that they get the benefit of that as much as possible.