After one of the most famous breakdowns in history, Britney Spears appears to be bouncing back with the help of her family.

The Gimme More star invited all of her family to her sons' joint birthday party in Los Angeles, where the three Spears women were seen chatting affectionately on the curbside outside Britney's home.

This is a massive step forward for the singer who slapped a restraining order on her mother Lynne last year, and reportedly didn't speak to her sister Jamie-Lynn for months.

She is said to have also endured a tense relationship with father Jamie who currently controls her affairs.  

Yet it seems that daddy Spears' decision to step in and take control has been having a positive effect on his troubled daughter.

Speaking to the Daily Mail, Jamie describes how the pair have come to rely on each other: “We've grown a lot. I've been able to come back into my daughter's life, and that was an adjustment anyway, because I'm an alcoholic and it's the first time we've really been able to share.
 
“It's wonderful. It's new for both of us. She sometimes calls me 50 times a day and asks me things that light my life up. But, like all daughters, she is very cunning. So she gets what she wants a lot."

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