How to even out background color

I have recently purchased Photoshop Elements 11, and I am having problems trying to make the background and foreground the same colour. I was taking photos of my granchildren in my friends studio and because of the lighting set up the bottom sheet looks grey against the perfect white background. I would like to make it all white but I am having problems with this. Any suggestions please.
Jim
Message title was edited by: Brett N

Jim,
I used the Selection brush tool to select the boy, and placed him on a layer (CTRL+J)
I used a levels adjustment layer on the background layer to lighten the entire background, yet retain the folds in the cloth on the floor. Otherwise, he would look as if he were floating in air.
I went back to the layer with the boy, increased the brightness & contrast with an adjustment layer.
Also sharpened the boy with unsharp mask
Added 3px black stroke

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