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By Tina Sims Jul 14, 2008

In the six months since what many called a mental breakdown, Britney Spears, 26, has made remarkable progress with help from one person, her dad and legal conservator, Jamie Spears. He seems like a candidate for dad of the year as he has stayed by his eldest daughter's side through everything that has come Britney Spears way in recent months.

Britney Spears Trying to Break Free From Dad

Jamie has stood by Britney since her release from a psych ward, insisted she take medication to treat her reported bipolar disorder, and, with court approval, has run Britney's finances and day-to-day life. Britney has improved and certainly she is better off right now with her dad running things. But now a report from Life & Style claims that Britney is restless and wants to break free of dad.'

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The report notes that Britney has started to rebel against Jamie's rule in small ways. "She goes out for a drive, even though he's forbidden it," the insider says. "She refuses to be stuck in the house eating his diet - she wants to go to dinner, have free time, eat good food."

She's also been phoning and text-messaging her former boyfriend, photographer Adnan Ghalib, whom Jamie banished from the home, says a friend of Britney's. is Britney ready yet to take on her high profile world without her dad's strict rules?

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