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I hope everyone had a lovely weekend. It’s official that Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and all the kids have left New York City. I assume this means that Brad has finished filming his scenes for Burn After Reading, though I could be wrong. However, the family has headed out to Los Angeles so that Angelina can begin work on The Changeling and I can’t imagine he’d want to be flying from one coast to the other on a regular basis.
I’m sure the entire Internet will be loaded down with people complaining that Maddox has no consistency in his education. On the one hand, I see where these people are coming from. After all, he does leave new friends behind when he has to switch schools, and I can imagine that must be hard. Still, the education itself is consistent since it’s always the same school (Lycee Francais), which was designed specifically for children of people who travel a lot, and he always has his parents with him. If he always stayed in one location, he’d end up being without either his mom or his dad for months on end, so it’s pretty understandable that they want to keep the family unit together as much as they possibly can. It must be hard making those kinds of choices, especially when people are contantly criticising.
I hope to be able to update you all with new photos out of L.A. as soon as possible.
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Sophia, traveling that’s a part of having the best education, learning other things thru actual experience. When they get old they will reflect on those experiences & none will ever compete with that, of course, being in the classroom, interacting with your peers are very important but being around with your parents, siblings & go from one place to another as a family are the best. For now, they travel as a family & being with love ones are the most important thing, I am so sure that they travel with tutors since they can afford it. We used to travel a lot, lived all over the world, my kids are well adjusted, 2 have graduated in college & the youngest one is still in college. They didn’t complain & they loved it, I’m glad they had the opportunity to meet other people from other countries & explore their knowledge about the world around them, they became so in tuned with what’s going on around the world, now that they are grown, we decided to stay in one place & enjoy each other, my eldest lives in Germany, my 2 sons still lives around this place. Brad & Ange’s children will be on their own once they grow up & for the parents, it’s time for them to sit down & lay back, they will retire one day but not at the peak of their career. God bless the Jolie-Pitt’s.
Brad and Angie know what’s best for their family. I hope they are having a peaceful couple of days off and we can see them in LA soon.
Please vote for Angie as star of the year
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movieawards/femalestar.html
let’s just respect brad and angie’s decision. i’m sure its the best for their kids and their profession. the important thing here is that no matter where they go – they always give education a priority for their kids regardless of the school.
Irma, you say “they are giving the best education they can give to their children.Traveling all over the world, showing the kids the different cultures, races, religions etc.. Those are the best things their kids can have.”
Yes, but not only.
Besides, how much do the kids (esp. the little ones) really get to see of the different cultures, religions etc.?? They see lots of airports, posh hotels, and even if they go out, they´re surrounded by security people and paparazzi. I bet they don´t get to see much of the above mentioned at all. So where´s the benefit for them as far as all the travelling is concerned?
Maddox is still VERY young, and it’s a little premature to be getting up in arms over his stability (or lack of) right now. He’s six years old – that’s an age of adventure, creation, playing with your brothers and sisters, dirt-bike riding with dad, learning to tie your shoelaces with mom.
Speaking from a developmental psychological perspective, the most critical period of social adjustment, when stable relationships with peers become important, is around 8 or 10 years of age. The importance of peers for most children tends to increase after that age. But of course, rules are made to be broken and there are exceptions to everything. There are as many different parenting styles as there are parents in the world, and what works for one child won’t necessarily work for another. Angelina and Brad KNOW Maddox, which is something none of us can say. I’m absolutely positive that they will do everything in their power to let him grow up as a happy, well-adjusted little boy, and same for each of their children.
I read a quote from Angie recently where she said that Maddox and Pax are so eager to travel that they’re always asking when they’re going to go somewhere new, lol. They get bored of being somewhere for too long, and want to tackle the next adventure.
Sherry, thanks for a wonderful site! It’s great to be able to catch up on the latest with this truly diverse and beautiful family.
I feel compelled to delurk and offer my two cents to this online debate on Maddox’ education. I grew up travelling alot, following my dad on his diplomatic career. True, we didn’t travel as much as the JP kids but every 2-3 years, we would uproot ourselves and enrol in new school environment. In the space of 7 years, my siblings and I had gone through 3-4 different schools. And believe me, there is NOTHING damaging at all about the whole experience. Sure I have to bid goodbyes to newly found friends and have to start the same procedure again and again, but I was able to meet so many different types of people and culture, it was a real eye-opener. To be able to see the world when you’re young is such an amazing and life-enriching experience. My english also improved, and I learnt to speak 3 other foreign languages (english is not my mother tongue). Learning isn’t just limited to the classroom environment. I envy the JP kids their opportunity and wish them all the best. With the education and upbringing they’re receiving, they will grow up to be culturally sensitive, balanced individual who will make a difference to the world, like their parents.
Okay, the travelling portion of our favorite family have been discussed before. It has been exhausted too at JJ’s site. I do not want to write another long explanation of their lifestyle and how they handle the education of their children. I am a school psychologist and have been with the department of education in California for 16 years now. Learning comes in many forms, such as private tutoring, home schooling, we even have wagons who pick up street children and homeless kids of school age and give them instruction in our county van, a type of alternative education. Brad and Angie of all people are the advocates of education and it is common sense they are aware of this “continuity” issue. At this age, their children have the basic curriculum in reading, writing and arithmetic. Socialization is important too. They make many friends in their travels. They can write to each other and practice rhetoric and composition. Most celebrities especially child celebrities went through private tutoring. Maddox, Zahara, Pax can have private tutors too but Brad and Angie prefer they socialize with their peers. As long as they are with Mom and Dad, they will be well adjusted kids for now. Peace.
Brad & Ange are giving the best education they can give to their children.Traveling all over the world, showing the kids the different cultures, races, religions etc.. Those are the best things their kids can have. I’m sure they have tutors, education is a priority for Brad & Ange so don’t worry about the kids getting enough education, they are in good hands, they have the best parents a child can ask for. I do miss the whole family, but I’m sure they are resting comfortably before Ange goes back to work. So proud of Ange being recognized as Film best actress . Oscar next year for sure. Love the Jolie-Pitt’s.
I guess the alternative to their nomad lifestyle is for either both parents to give up working in film or for one parent to go off for weeks and months leaving the other at the home base. Maybe as all the kids get to school age that will be necessary, but surely keeping the family together is the best choice they can make for as long as possible!
HELLO GOOD PEOPLE, STOP THE FIGHTING, JUST LOVE THEM WITH ALL YOUR HEART. NO MORE BAD MOUTHING TO EACH OTHER. BE GROWN UP. IN REALITY NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHAT IS GOING ON IN EVERY ONE’S LIVES/ NO MORE THAN BRAD AND ANGIE’S LIVES. TABLOIDS REWRITE EVERY THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN JUST FOR THE MONEY. SO JUST LOVE THEM PLEASE. BECAUSE I DO. CONGRATS TO ANGIE; FOR HER AWARD AS THE BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE. SHE IS GOOD ANYWAY. I LOVE YOU GOOD PEOPLE
Again, I think they are providing a lot of wonderful things, and who can judge what a lifetime of travel to exotic locals can mean for a person. I mean the Beatles have very little formal education and they were still incredibly smart people who learned everywhere they went. However, and Ligaya I’m not talking about opinion but rather educational research (I’ll put my ten years as an educator and hundreds of hours of inservices about educational success into my position on this) – the studies are sound and continuity is very important to learning.
moving always takes a toll on people, but i think angie and brad will always make sure that they do as little disruption as possible to their and their children’s lives. i’m not saying i’m fit to judge, but perhaps they are making their children aware of why they need to move all the time. and they did say that when the children are a bit older, they hope to stay in one place, that’s the reason for all the work now. let’s just hope that this family, despite all the moves, will be able to find peace and happiness always. they look like they’re working hard at it, let’s try and make it easy for them in any way we can, no matter how trivial it may seem.
THANK YOU SUSAN!
YEAH! CONGRATULATIONS TO ANGE AND HER FAMILY! I JUST GOT THAT INFORMATION, SHE IS SO A WONDERFUL ACTRESS AND BRAD IS ALSO A GREAT ACTOR, BUT BEST OF ALL THEY ARE BOTH GREAT HUMANITARIES,ALL THEIR KIDS SHOULD BE SO PROUD OF MOM & DAD.
http://justjared.buzznet.com/2007/10/15/angelina-jolie-outstanding-performance/#comments
Congratulations on Angie’s film award for best actress.
ALLABOUTME! YOU SOUND SELFISH? JUST KIDDING!
Immunisations do NOT cause autism and it is really irresponsible to suggest they do as people can be put off having their children protected from dangerous diseases like mumps, measles, whooping cough and polio.
“As soon as possible” is not soon enough. My world is at a standstill until I know where they are! Please, Sherry, hurry up. There is nothing more important that where Brangie is.
@ Carrie I agree too.
@ligaya This doesnt mean that AB are totaly wrong, nobody seid that. And I think nobody here is in the position to say that. They just want to be with their kids which is understandable and lovely… Stability from parents is important. But dont forget the social competence, its very important to learn that with classmates.
I think we have to wait. Because Ange said that they want to settle down. May they are working so hard now, just to take of some years in the near future to be there only for the kids. Is Madd in first class? Or still in preschool???
He ist still very young, of course friendships are getting more important in school. But its not too late. I thought Ange tries to arrange playdates, like with M. Pearls son, so he has the chance to develop an longlasting friendship.
Thank you Mavi for saying that. We don’t live with this family and we cannot state anything like the above based on photographs alone.
I work with children and it takes tests to determine any type of learning disability and those tests have to be given in person, not based on a few still photos. It is irresponsible to state such things that are not based upon fact, only opinion.
We have seen a very short snap shot of this family and all the judgemental comments are truly unbelievable. I did not know so many psychologists were on the internet that Maddox and his “stability” and Shiloh’s issues can be asertained from what we see in pictures only.
Just enjoy the pictures, since that is all they are.
Thank you for this site, which for the most part is very positive in the comments.