Oh, and on a somewhat lighter note…I was reading the latest issue of US Weekly at the library on Friday, and they had an article about Angie’s recent interviews.

They mentioned her quotes about Maddox being the “professional big brother” and wanting more siblings (they probably got the latter part from the interview accompanying Knox and Viv’s first photos)…and I had to chuckle.

That’s because they went on to say that Maddox, “Could have another chance (at being a big brother) as early as January…” then finished the sentence with Angie’s quote about not being able to start the adoption process until the twins are six months old (which will be January, as they were born in July.).

Obviously they missed the fact that, even if Angie and Brad DO begin the adoption process in January, it will likely take close to a year for the process to be completed, just like with Pax.

Therefore, it would have been more accurate to say that Maddox might get another chance to be a big brother as early as the end of next year.

Honestly, it amazes me how all these tabs think Angie can adopt a child in a matter of days! I’ve never heard of anyone, celeb or not, being able to adopt THAT fast!

carie- Very well said, and thank you for mentioning the thing about the Gwen articles. I’ve been thinking the exact same thing! Granted, Zuma is only two months old while Shiloh is over two. However, the fact is that Shiloh wasn’t much older than Zuma when the “Where’s Shiloh?” debate started.

Anyway, here’s another double-standard that I don’t get: People criticize Angie and Brad for constantly “uprooting” their kids and not staying in one place so they can make friends, be on teams, etc.

Yet they also criticize Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes for rarely taking Tom’s two older kids with them when they travel. Why the double-standard?

Sadie and Maria, I think if they want to take the children around the world, it’s better to do it now, because they will soon have to stop. What can you do when you have older kids? Only take them on holiday, during school breaks. This is so different from living in a place. Their oldest child is 7, and I honestly don’t talk to the friends I had at that age anymore. It’s not when they have teens that they will be able to do that.

yeah, i found it interesting that the Matt Damon article is not getting a lot comments of people complaining that he shouldn’t, in the future, travel so much with his kids. Ironic, really.

Also, the Gwen Stefani articles. We have never seen Zuma, they are out and about all the time without him. Obviously, he’s with someone else. And that’s all fine and normal. HOWEVER, when AJ and Brad spent a lot of time with the kids, to give them special time after Shiloh’s birth….how many accusations were flying that AJ loved her adopted kids more, that she didn’t spend any time with Shiloh, that Shiloh was always with nannies, and not her mom? It’s all a double-standard, and, at this point, it’s just so obvious, and I give little credit and validity to most of the nit-pickers’ arguments anymore.

Also, comparing regular kids, or your kids to celebrities’ kids is kinda silly. Their lives are so insanely different. So what you think your kids can take or perceive, and what their kids is used to…it’s just not even remotely comparable. Celebrity kids’ lives are just vastly different. Look at how much they’re exposed to that your kids aren’t? Sure, uprooting your kids when they’re older would affect them. With celebrity kids, we’re talking about kids that are flying around from the moment they’re born, who are visiting movie sets, who are around diverse people from many countries all the time, who see assistants in and out, etc., etc. What’s normal to you isn’t normal to them, and it’s not all bad either.

Many people have already said that they lived a traveling lifestyle like this, and loved it. So some kids do and some don’t. Just because your kid doesn’t….doesn’t mean all kids hate it. And AJ and Brad seem to be pretty concerned about their kids…they are their life. They’ve stated they will settle down, based on the kids’ needs, so what more do you want from them?

Maria ,Angelina stated in an interview that the children are home schooled.

Of course the interviews are going to sound the same – ever notice other stars’ interviews sound the same too? They are all contractually obligated to promote and publicize their films, in other words it’s part of their job. The studios arrange the interviews, photoshoots, etc.

The interviews sound the same because the reporters all ask the same questions, with few exceptions. If I was interviewed about my work and family, there are only so many stories I could tell and so many ways I could talk about them.

On top of that, excerpts or the whole interviews are repeated endlessly by other media, legit and tabloid. No wonder we think we’ve heard the same thing over and over again – we have.

I’m so glad Angelina and Brad could give a toss about other’s opinion on how they should raise their kids, because if it was up to some of the more provincial proles, it’d be Nowheresville, Flyover Country for the whole lot. Because every kid would pick a soccer team over Adis Ababa, since they’re all raised to prioritize the mundane, or if they’re not, they should be. Not every family needs to fit into a neat little suburban mindspace in order to be considered “healthy.” Your way is not the only way or the only right way.
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Amen to that Enn. Amen.

Enn, do you have children? If so, surely you realise that suburbia may seem pretty boring to us adults, but to children it means so much more. Being able to partake in all those “mundane” things – yes, being part of a soccer team, having a special friend you go everywhere with, having a rapport with a special teacher at school or practising hard for the big dancing concert at the end of the year – these “mundane” things are everything to children. As adults, we may grow up and develop an appreciation for different cultures, we may think things like, “wow, I wish when I was a kid I had been able to see the world and visit the Louvre one month and the Met the next and run through a marketplace in Adis Ababa”, but young kids simply do not have the capacity to appreciate such things.
I remember visiting many historic places in England and Europe when I was 8, and my sister and I were bored out of our brains. We spent most of the time playing tag outside.
As much as my husband and I would love to visit Paris or Berlin again with our family, we know the reality is that until they are older, our children would far more enjoy staying on some daggy little farm down south where they can pet chickens and go for pony rides and run around with an army of other kids. Boring? Yep, for my husband and I, but children love that kind of thing.
I read a great article once where a child psychologist spoke about two versions of “childhood” – an adult’s version and a child’s version. With all the best intentions, Brad and Angelina are giving their children an adult’s version of an ideal childhood, no doubt about it. Time will tell if it works for them.
And by the way, I’m not an Angelina-hater. It doesn’t matter who they are, I don’t agree it’s good for parents to constantly uproot their children. That’s my OPINION. I mean, in 3 months Brad and Angelina have moved their clan from France to New York to New Orleans to Berlin. Most kids go feral after a weekend away! They say it works for them and good on them, but as a mother, for the life of me, I don’t understand how it could be beneficial for the kids to live like that. But hey, that’s just my opinion.

I finally read the article about Matt Damon here on the website and on the People website and I honestly don’t see how some commenters here can keep on insisting that he is doing exactly the same when it comes to the living/ traveling situation.
I’m not judging. Their families, their choices. But one family has a place where they keep returning after film shoots and they INTEND to take their children once they’re older to see the world. The other family with little children is almost constantly on the move, including going to not so secure places.
How can this possibly be the same?!

I also want to say that one of the things I love about Angie is that she knows how the media and the general public feel about her family…But she doesn’t let it bother her one little bit!

She also is who SHE wants to be, rather than being who the media and the general public want her to be!