It's clear she is very mentally unwell, sadly.
Given her high net worth and global fame she does have the capacity to do more damage to herself and others than any other average person on the street. She's very vulnerable to being exploited by others, too - that is partly what happened when she had her public breakdown, she kept firing her team and attaching to skeezy characters like Sam Lufti, who constantly sold her out to the paparazzi.
Britney's mum allegedly sold her out too, so I don't think she's a reliable source on this.
I think it must be extremely complicated. I always wonder why her hair is such a mess - she has enough money to have someone come to her house every day to do it if she wants! Those long extensions don't look cared for. I wonder if she's just not capable of caring for herself, even to the minor degree of her hair.
Perhaps her Dad isn't the best character. If he assaulted her son, that is unforgivable. But if she does need protecting, perhaps he is the best of a bad bunch? Who else would dedicate their life to doing this, presumably quite difficult, job?
But then perhaps it is never morally right to curtail someone's freedom to this extent.
On the other hand, I imagine if she was given that freedom, she would burn through her wealth in just a few years and damage her mental health even more through bad relationships and choices. Perhaps this is a way of safeguarding her so that her sons don't have to deal with her maximum level of chaos and have some chance of inheriting the money she worked so hard for.
It's clear she's been exploited from a very very young age and everyone involved should be ashamed. It's like some awful fairytale about what happens to young girls in the public eye and how totally their youth and beauty is consumed by both those around them and the public. If young celebrities aren't protected, they will suffer for it for the rest of their lives. That bloody schoolgirl video for Hit Me Baby - she was sixteen years old. Why didn't someone step in and say that they didn't want her to be this sexy schoolgirl character? She wasn't old enough to understand why this wasnt going to be good for her in the long run.