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In the Jolie-Pitt household, just as there is no shortage of children — there is no shortage of reasons to celebrate! During a Thursday interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper actress Angelina Jolie called the never-ending birthday party phenomenon she experiences with partner Brad Pitt “one of the great pleasures in life.”
“I do have the twins, and I just had Shi in May. We have so many kids that we just have year-round birthdays. It’s a lot of fun now ’cause the older kids are old enough to help plan the birthdays for the younger kids.”
Angelina conducted to the interview to help mark World Refugee Day, and she noted that some of her six children are from countries that have seen conflict. ”I usually just explain to them that there are other families in the world that aren’t as fortunate as ours and other kids,” Angelina, 34, said. ”And so I tell them that it’s important for all of us to do what we can and then go to these places and understand what’s happening.”
As a result, Maddox Chivan, 7 ½, Pax Thien, 5 ½, Zahara Marley, 4 ½, Shiloh Nouvel, 3, and twins Knox Léon and Vivienne Marcheline, 11 months, are being raised to think that humanitarianism is ”the normal thing to do.” She adds,
“Hopefully I’ll take them to as many countries as I can and raise them with an education of the world.”
The actress has already set this plan in motion, allowing Maddox to accompany her to refugee camp visits in Pakistan and Afghanistan. “I want them to see it as an area where they can go down the street and play football with those kids and get to know them and, as they grow up, see them as friends they spend time with,” she explains. “I hope if I raise them with a more accurate view of the world than I was raised with, then they will naturally be better people.”
Source: Anderson Cooper 360; Today
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