Also, it hasn’t even been seven months since her C-section, and I don’t think Angie is the type to be irresponsible enough to get pregnant so soon after major abdominal surgery (from what I’ve read, women are supposed to wait at least a full year after a C-section before getting pregnant again. Granted, not everyone follows that advice! Britney Spears is a perfect example of that!).

That said, I doubt the kids would be looking so happy in public if they really weren’t. Like I said earlier, kids can’t fake emotions for the cameras the way adults can. As for Brad and Angie talking about their personal lives….I suggest some of you watch the videos of them being interviewed at the SAGs. In the one with E! in particular, it is very clear that they didn’t want to speak about their personal lives. They tried to steer the conversation back to their acting work (which is really what they should have been asked about in the first place. An awards show isn’t the time to be asking personal questions, IMO.), but the interviewer wouldn’t have it.

Also, while Johnny Depp may not talk about his personal life very much, there are plenty of other celebs besides Brad and Angie who do. Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck, Nicole Ritchie and Joel Madden, Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale, and Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are all examples of celebs who discuss their kids and personal lives in interviews.

To that same effect, the Jolie-Pitts also aren’t the only celeb family to movie around a lot. The Smiths (Will, Jada, and their kids), the Stefani-Rossdales, and the Holmes-Cruises all move around quite a bit as well. Matt Damon has also spoken about his family moving around quite a bit. Why don’t they get critcized for it?

Growing up with a ‘solid’ family all in one house and a consistantly stable education isn’t always ‘the ideal’ it’s cracked up to be.

Not only do the Jolie-Pitt children get to travel, but they also get two doting parents who actually notice all of their children’s individual nuances.

Just my two cents amongst the litany of arguments going back and forth here.

Nobody here has said anything even close to this, and you know it. If you were “making sense” as you apparently put a high premium on, you wouldn’t need to resort to theatrics like this.

All has been said that really can be said here. All I’ll add is that as per usual, whenever anyone expresses any sort of opinion that disagrees with anything they do, the Brangie brigade is all over them like a cheap suit, defending the family like they would a relative who’s been smeared. Brad and Angelina are far too busy uprooting their family every week to give a darn what I or anyone else thinks; judging by the short stories here, I guess the fans think they need to do the caring and explaining for them.

some of you really should be ashamed of yourselves.

The point the majority of people are making is that the lifestyle these two lead is typical of celebrities yet the same people all over Brad and Angelina’s every move are conspicuously absent when it comes to other couples like Will and Jada or Gwen and Gavin, who an earlier poster noted when they are on tour move around very frequently all over the world at times. Brad and Angelina employ a sensible plan of having only one parent working at a time. So the other is at home with the kids and somehow that means the kids have no stability? Home is where your heart is (corny as it sounds), i.e. wherever your family is. A home is not the same as a house. This family has both (many houses in fact lol).

Neither of them has denied they have help, dunno why people are making an issue of it. Nor do they incessantly complain and moan about privacy. In fact I find them to be very matter-of-fact and pragmatic about it. They accept the situation and on rare occasions express a wish that the paparazzi weren’t so intrusive. They’ve said in interviews yes we understand why the media are like this but can’t they use the long range lenses or take a couple of steps back rather than crowding round and shoving their cameras in my kids’ faces. If I had to deal with what they do I’m not so sure I wouldn’t be angrier about it all. Sure they’re celebrities and should accept a level of interest in their lives. However they should have to be ok with harassment, trespassers etc. Do you not think they are entitled to wish the paparazzi weren’t so crazy as to try and drill a hole through their hospital room ceiling to get a photo of their newborn twins or pose as medical personnel to get entry into the room when they’ve had to go to a different country with more stringent privacy laws? If you seriously think that’s reasonable then you must think it’s fine for photographers to hide in bushes on their land (that’s private property not just a bush outside their house), try to sneak in over the walls or get a helicopter just to take photos of them enjoying themselves outside.

I think the comparison with the lives these kids are leading does work well with military personnel, but also anyone whose parents move a lot. Normal kids cope with it, what makes you people think the Jolie-Pitts won’t, or will somehow undergo some sort of deep childhood trauma? In any case if they were in one place in one school, how do you know they wouldn’t be picked on because of their parents, or other kids wouldn’t just use them to get invited home to meet their parents or whatever. Point is they could have any number of problems/difficulties wherever they are, whether that is in one place or in several ones.

As for no one knowing what their life is really like, yes it works both ways. But people just making comments like when I see pictures of those kids at airports I want to reach out to them, that’s making a huge assumption based on a photo that doesn’t even back up what you’re saying. The pictures almost always show happy smiling kids, how does that work with the whole poor kids view of things? Z is the only one who doesn’t always look happy, but that’s because she’s usually giving the paparazzi evils and Brad’s said she’s afraid of them. Maddox too likes to give the paps the evil eye. Pax seems like a smiley chap, can’t be sure though but there might have been some scared of the paparazzi circus shots somewhere. I can only remember one picture of Shiloh crying and that was because she’d hurt her knee. As for the twins well their introductory photos didn’t indicate any unhappiness during their first 6 weeks or so with the family. I mean I dunno where’s the evidence that shows us we should be really worried about these kids?? When you show some rather than just speculating and accusing maybe other people will take another look and listen to what some people are saying seriously. Until then I’ll choose to be take a positive view and believe Brad and Angelina are doing a awesome job.

Also, Johnny Depp is a big star that has been able to get away and we rarely see pics of his kids nor does he go on national television and talk about “poopy diaper”, I am obviously talking to the wrong crowd, but constantly talking about their personal life is NOT the way to get privacy, who cares of the media and the world is interested, it is in their best interest to not discus private matters. You cannot have it both ways…. slam away, but only time will tell…
I have said what I had to say, this is my opinon and I am sure you have your own….
Enjoy the rest of the debate you guys