Benjamin Ashford|Kevin Federline Shares Update on Britney Spears’ “Reconciliation” With Sons Sean and Jayden

Britney Spears is taking a new step in her motherhood journey.

Her ex Kevin Federline shared an update on Benjamin Ashfordthe "Toxic" singer's relationship with their sons Sean, 18, and Jayden, 17, after she granted permission for the teens to move to Hawaii with him last year.

So, where does Britney stand with Sean and Jayden?

"Reconciliations and the reunification of relationships are difficult and take time," Kevin's attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan told Entertainment Tonight on June 25. "They are sometimes complicated and always a lengthy process. The process has not really commenced, let alone [been] completed."

He went on to note a positive way their bond has changed over the last year.

"The good thing is that the boys saw their mom was doing well and have a desire to speak with her," the lawyer continued. "There has been some telephonic communication between Britney and her sons, and we think that is a step in the right direction."

E! News has reached out to reps for Britney and Kevin for comment but hasn't heard back. 

In May 2023, Kevin requested to relocate Sean and Jayden to the Aloha State with wife Victoria Prince, who he married in 2013. His attorney later confirmed to People that Britney had "consented." Following the decision, both boys celebrated milestone birthdays in September, with Sean officially becoming an adult.

Britney—who settled her divorce from Sam Asghari last month—rarely speaks publicly about her sons, but she offered a glimpse into their relationship in 2021, when she expressed how she felt about them growing up.

"So bittersweet to see them get older," she wrote on Instagram at the time. "why can't they just stay babies forever ??? They will always be MINE !!!!!"

Read on for more of her best family photos.

"It's so crazy how time flies .... My boys are so big now!!!!" Britney wrote in a March 2021 Instagram post. "I know … I know … it's very hard for any mama especially a mama with boys seeing them grow up so fast !!!! Talk about enough to make you go to your knees ... GEEZ  !!!! I'm extremely lucky because my two babies are such gentleman and so kind that I must have done something right !!!! I haven't posted pictures of them for some time cause they're at the age where they want to express their own identities and I totally get it."

"Great time at Disneyland today .... but I don't remember ever getting that wet on splash mountain!!!" the "Stronger" star captioned an August 2019 Instagram photo series. "Geeez .... anyhow my boys are older now, so they don't like their picture taken ever... so I was thrilled today when they said SURE!!!!! Such a great place!!!!!"

Spears shared a video of arts and crafts time with her sons in 2018.

"Getting silly with my kids on our day off from tour!" the artist captioed the 2018 post.

"This was from our lil trip to see Aladdin," Spears captioned the 2018 photo. "What a great show!!!!"

"Love when we go to our favorite spot on Sundays," she wrote on Instagram in 2018. "The boys are bigger than me now!!!!!"

The family enjoyed a trip to London during Spears' Piece of Me Tour. 

The boys and their mom did a little surfing during their 2017 trip to Hawaii.

"Going for a walk with my son and the dog always does wonders for my mood..." she wrote in 2017.

The dynamic duo saw some aquatic creatures in Las Vegas in 2016.

Spears and her boys celebrated Thanksgiving with their family members, including her sister Jamie Lynn Spears.

"Happy gobble gobble!" the Grammy winner writes in 2015.

The "Oops...I Did It Again" star celebrated July 4, 2015 at the Happiest Place on Earth. 

The "Toxic" singer shared a picture of her enjoying "the mermaid life" in 2015.

Spears' boys are all grown up.

The artist's sons helped her hold up her surfboard at the 2015 Teen Choice Awards.

The terrific trio shared a sweet smile in this 2015 pic.

Look at these cuties!

The singer and her two boys went all out for Halloween 2014.

"I've got the two cutest boys in the world!" she captioned the 2013 pic. "I hope y'all are having as nice of a #mothersday as I am!"

The proud mama took her boys to see the Los Angeles premiere of Smurfs 2 in 2013.

The boys enjoyed a sweet treat with their mom at this 2013 game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres.

The singer took her sons to the Broadway production of The Lion King in 2011.