As any parent — especially a parent of a teenager — knows, it’s not always easy walking that fine line between protecting your children from the harms of the world and allowing them the freedom to learn those lessons for themselves. Now, imagine being the parent of the most famous 15-year-old on the planet!

So how does country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, who finds himself in this very situation with his daughter, Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus, handle it all?

“It’s giving her room to be a kid,” he explains. “Room to be a young lady and to grow and find her own path and do things her own way.”

In fact, says Billy Ray, he hasn’t really changed how he views his relationship with Miley. “I’ve always tried to be her best friend,” he adds. “That’s what I continue to do now. She needs her space to do her thing, but I’m always there and I’m always a phone call away or a text. She always knows if she needs me, I’m there.”

As for how Billy Ray and his wife of 16 years Tish keep their relationship together, he puts it quite simply: “We take it day by day, step by step.” And while his answer elicits a groan of “That’s deep” from Miley, the 46-year-old continues, “I can’t make up some big, fancy answer because there’s really not one. I wish I had something really profound to say that ‘this is how we do it,’ but quite frankly we play everything in our world by ear. Miley and I both do — we play music by ear, when we take the floor as actors, we kind of go with our instincts a lot. That’s what we do in life also. We play it by ear.”

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Miley Cyrus has filmed a dance video - after she was challenged to a battle by the director of Step Up 2: The Streets.

Filmmaker Jon Chu and the movie’s star Adam Sevani posted a video on YouTube.com earlier this week in which they challenged the 15-year-old to a no-rules “online dance battle”.

And now the Hannah Montana star and her best friend/back-up dancer Mandy Jiroux have stepped up to the dare, recruiting the movie’s dance crew to join her in a choreographed performance set to Madonna’s hit single 4 Minutes.

In the video, Cyrus and her company of performers, dubbed the “M+M Cru”, are seen carrying out a series of impressive dance manoeuvres, including back-flips.

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“For now I’ll whip guys into shape for whoever they end up with later.”

Pop sensation Miley Cyrus provides a service for girls who get her guys.

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Is it just me, or does she look… um… crazy?

Miley Cyrus has taped a performance for TV hit American Idol, despite never having watched the reality show.

The Hannah Montana actress made the confession on Sunday at the filming of the second annual Idol Gives Back charity broadcast - to be aired in the U.S. on Wednesday, where she performed two of her songs.

She says, “I’ve never seen a single episode… Ever. I think it’s something you have to really get into from the beginning and I just don’t have time!”

But the 15-year-old did tune in to catch another reality TV competition her father, country superstar Billy Ray Cyrus, competed in last year: “I did vote for Dancing With The Stars.”

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20th Annual Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2008 held at UCLA Pauley Pavilion in Westwood, California, yesterday. In attendance were Miley Cyrus, Emile Hirsch, Abigail Breslin, America Ferrera, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ross McCall, Cameron Diaz, Brendan Fraser, Jodie Foster, Chris Brown, Jesse McCartney, Shia LaBeouf, Lil Mama, Nia Long, Hayden Panettiere, Ashlee Simpson, Rihanna, and Jordin Sparks.

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Miley Cyrus shopping at the beverly center in L.A. March 28th.

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