OlderThu, 10 May 2007 at 3:37 pm
Papa Pitt Picks Up the Kiddies at School
After dropping them off earlier this morning, Papa Pitt picks up 5-year-old Maddox and 2-year-old Zahara (not pictured) after school at the US Embassy on Thursday in Prague, Czech Republic.
Gold star for Maddox!
Meanwhile halfway around the world, Brad’s green-housing project with Global Green started in New Orleans today. He told People, “The greatest victory for me will be when the first people move into one of these green homes – when they can put their key into that lock, sit down at the table, have dinner with their families and live their lives. That’s what we’re getting closer to with this announcement today.”
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Frenchy Says:
Why don’t people realize that Brad & Angelina provide stability for their children by being with them and having the same routines all the time anywhere they travel?
Bedtime at 8 is the same anywhere in the world. Cereal breakfast at 7 am is the same anywhere in the world. Lunch time, playtime, and Brad spending time before each child goes to sleep stays the same no matter where they are in the world.
Stability means establishing a routine and sticking with it wherever you are.
Instability can mean living in one area but changing up routines on a whim, inconsistent bedtimes, meala times. naps, strange new faces in your core family, etc….
I LOVE that the haters are DYING with Angie’s new interview!! Yeah, the haters don’t like and cannot accept this interview; because this interview shows how in love and happy Brad and Angie really are!!!!
Cliniqua - bravo! I luv your logic, expression and energy. Say it loud and say it proud.
Jemmarow Says:
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Nothing wrong with traveling. Military kids do it all the time, but they are rooted in one spot for at least three years. That is speaking from experience as I was a military brat. But these kids are moved around at least every couple of months. Not good. Why is that so hard to understand for some of you? EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS. Sorry but that is not enough time to make “lifelong friends” or learn a new language. Aren’t any of you teachers or social workers? Surely you know the effects of being uprooted so constantly.
#60 CLINIQUA Says:
Good job as usual. ITAWU.
so, Angelina said that Brad hadn’t given up about bio child, yep Angelina wacht out!!!!, Brad never given up, well, Brad knew and know how to make a beautiful babies, he will never give up for the second, third, fourth and so on
I like the part of RD interview that Brad gives Angelina compliment if she take care the kids all day, and my thoughts he says that in locked door when the kiddies in bed,
to Cliniqua,
please make a fanfic over this…..you have soooomuch idea of these threads
For those of you who feign concern over stability for the kids…STOP! B&A are doing their best for these kids given their circumstances. Just like you do your best for your kids given your circumstances. Don’t apply your principles and limitations on all others, especially to those who have very, very different lifestyles to yours. You think too much of yourself when you do that. And it shows how little you know of their situation. Mind your own business. Better yet, devote your energy to your kids (assuming you have any and actually know something of the subject).
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JMO Says:
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What lifelong friends can they meet at the age of five, three, two, or under one? And as long as the children are living in an environment were the parents maintain a level of stability, the children usually turn out just fine. Kids that come from a family of more than one kid tend to lean on each other which can bring the children close together as a unit. Also from what Angie has said in another interview…Maddox has had tutors…I think they take him to schools like the one in Prague to get him in a social environment with children his own age.
To be able to adjust to change is an important skill to have. I’ve seen many people who sticks to the old methods and dont want changes. These people are so set in their old ways that they cant ADAPT. Eventually they are replaced. I’ve seen many cases like that.
That’s why I admired the JoliePitt children. They are the lucky ones to have the opportunities to learn to adapt in different places.
Mad is only 5. When children are this young, the schooling is mostly learning to get along and be in a structured environment. From what I’ve read about Mad, he seems to be advanced in his math, reading and writing skill.
So, his going to different school, different country is just like going to a FIELD TRIP.
I’ve taken my children to the many east coast cities while my husband attended meetings. The teacher gave us a small homework folder. They werent missing anything. We visited many museums. It was like a field trip and they learned a lot.
Hey Lora, #44 — well I overheard two tweens talking in the store as well the other day, they just kept saying how ridiculous it was that these rags lied all the time, and mentioned seeing the romantic pics of Brad and Angie online. It’s clear that there’s a whole ‘nother demo getting their info from cyberspace and NOT from the old rags, old hags publish and their grandma’s read. LOL Oh, and the tweens also said, that Jennifer Aniston was very ugly and that no amount of public surgery could help, and that she should just go away. It was sad that they were so shallow, but hey…that’s what they said. :shock: :)
…as to #46 and other haters, I TOLD YOU GUYS that the particularly ugly rabid haters of Angelina would be pouring over her interviews, per their usual (yeah, they’re soooo not obsessed eh?) to extract whatever they can to beat to death. It’s typical of these jealous evil b*tches, that they have no shame, and infer things about a woman’s private intimate family life which they know nothing about. It’s convenient that they fail to mention that Angelina is a Mom with 4 kids, who was on location with Brad and who most importantly had a loving Mom who wasn’t necessarily keeping her apprised of when she would die, if she even knew herself. Marcheline had beat the odds for 7 years, and Angelina probably knew she was very ill and things didn’t look good, but many families don’t talk about ‘the cancer,’ they focus on the living. That is what AJ’s Mom wanted her to do. To have had AJ putting her life on hold, and hovering over her waiting for her to die, would have made her sicker. Most people who are sick and who love their families feel this way, and it’s selfish of their family to not heed their wishes and treat them like invalids not to mention, making them feel bad that they’re sick in the first place and responsible for their lives going on hold. She seems like the kind of loving mother who got strength from seeing her kids live, love and achieve great things.
Technically, Angelina could have been with Marcheline through Mr. and Mrs. and not worked, not traveled with Brad to Ethiopia, not adopted her daughter Z not fallen in love, and not had Shiloh….
Oh wait. I get it. THAT’S what you JEALOUS B*TCHES would have LOVED…Godd*mn that Angelina Jolie, she should have been SUFFERING not living her life and having babies. Muahahahaha!! I am so glad Marcheline was the opposite of you people, and really loved her daughter and wanted to see her happy, that probably kept her here longer than she would have been otherwise.
..wherever she is now, I’m sure she’s giving a hearty F.U. to all you haters who would have deprived her of her grandchildren with your faux concern that her only daughter wasn’t miserable and totally paralyzed by her illness so much so she didn’t live her life.
Knowing Angelina she tried to give her mother a good show and as many wonderful things as possible - she brought her Brad, which it’s said she loved like a son, gave her Z and Shiloh, and got to see her win awards from the UN, and complete a film near and dear to her heart.
Maddox has developed a lifelong friendship outside of the school environment. He’s friends with Adam Pearl, who is obviously more present in his life than anyone outside of the family realizes. There’s also no accounting for Maddox’s friends that we don’t see or hear about, celebrity and civilian. He has international playdates with these children and since their friendship isn’t contingent on what school they’re going to, he can see them anywhere at any time. With the family being in Europe now, they’ve probably set up more than one time where Adam and Maddox can come together and play.
The Jolie-Pitts understand that their lifestyle is unorthodox. Angelina’s already stated in a previous interview that at some point she expects her children to get tired of the moving, but until then, they’re just toddlers. The schools they attend are more like daycare. What’s most important to them is that Mother, Father and siblings are all together.
New Orleans project backed by Brad Pitt unveiled
Reuters
10 May 2007
NEW ORLEANS - The outlines of an eco-friendly residential development backed by actor Brad Pitt were sketched on Thursday in a New Orleans neighborhood hit hard by Hurricane Katrina.
Environmental group Global Green USA, which is building the project, said in a ceremony it would break ground shortly on the first of five homes and an 18-unit housing project designed to use 40 percent less energy than standard residence.
At a 1.25-acre (0.56-hectare) plot in the Holy Cross neighborhood in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward, the dimensions of the first home, set to be completed by August, were marked with bales of hay.
The narrow, two-story house will borrow from New Orleans’ traditional long, thin “shotgun” shacks but incorporate such things as solar energy panels and energy-efficient windows.
Pitt, who funded an architectural competition for the buildings and helped select the winning designs, was in Prague where his partner, Angelina Jolie, is filming a movie.
He said in a telephone interview he wants the project to be an example for building in a city still recovering from the 2005 storm, and in the rest of the world.
“Our hope is to use this as a template for other people who are rebuilding, a template for other communities in other parts of the U.S. and the world, because this is the paradigm we have to adopt,” he said.
“We have to adopt it to get off our oil addiction, we have to adopt it for our health, we have to adopt it for financial reasons and we have to adopt it for respect of the future of the people who inhabit this place,” said Pitt, who has a home in New Orleans’ French Quarter.
Global Green said the Home Depot Foundation had agreed to be lead funder for the $9 million project, which is expected to be finished by August 2008.
Separately, it said it received $2 million from the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund for a project to make New Orleans schools more environmentally friendly.
Pitt said the Holy Cross project was aimed at poor people, many of whom have been unable to return to New Orleans after fleeing Katrina.
It will include a community center that can provide temporary refuge if another storm hits, said Global Green president Matt Petersen.
Katrina caused 80 percent of the city to flood, and many areas, including the Lower Ninth Ward, are still damaged and mostly deserted
I sincerely hope that JJ will delete any sick posts pertaining to Angelina’s mother’s death. No one knows the details of her mother’s death and I think it is disrespectful for people to make any nasty comment on it. That’s totally crossing the line. Angelina has not revealed any private detail about it and that should be respected. By saying around GG was when her mother died is a fact, and she did not say she knew her mother was going to die or not, she simply said it was around that time that she died.
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CLINIQUA Says:
May 10th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
Man, I had to stand up and clap for that post. Great post.
My girl friend and I have always maintained that Shiloh was planned. We said as soon as his divorce was final, was it in August or September help me with the dates, they threw the pills away and went at it like bunnies. They waited which should make those who say she got pregnant while he was still married really unhappy. Not only was Shiloh wanted, they showed respect and restraint to x who showed no respect to them. They are a couple who care for others feelings, even if that caring is not deserved.
Listened to her interview. Angie is very thoughtful when speaking. She conveys a depth and warmth that is not usually seen or heard in HW. These are good people trying to be better. Let’s not even dignify the haters on this thread. There is just too much goodness going on here.
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More on Brad Says:
May 10th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Thanks for posting the update on the Global Green Project. It is good that they have corporate and private sponsors. I am happy for the 9th ward of New Orleans.
head explosion!tsk!tsk!
truth Says:
True quotes: Angelina Jolie confesses that Brad Pitt completes her. Although she was happy as a single mother, she only appreciated the true joys of family life after finding love with him.She says,
Before I met Brad, there were many times I’d be up exhausted with my son Maddox in the middle of the night and there was nobody there who appreciated my efforts. When he said his first word, there was nobody that I could look at and explode in excitement with. It made me very close to Mad, but now there’s the joy of waking up and sharing the burden. I think, as a woman, having a partner who appreciates you as a mom and who is going to remember those things about you and your history with the children is very special.
hehehehe papa pitt,more bio please!
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JMO Says
I am a social worker. I don’t see a problem with what they are doing. First of all they are all so young and any friendships they have established at their age would probably dissolve as they got older. Secondly, they are with their parents, not nannies, grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. which helps to stablize any situation they are in. Third, it would be worse if they were left at home wondering and worrying about when they would be coming home, and questioning whether or not they loved them, and if they did why didn’t they take me with them
I thought the interview was very up close and personal to what they share and I thought it was really good until she got to the point where she blamed her bad mood at the GG on her mothers death. Shame on her. i don’t think that had anything to do with her mood, she could of stayed at home with her mother if she knew she was dying at that awards show. She didn’t, and not only that, she did leave the next day.
I think it is just awful that she used that for her excuse and it is so very disrespectful to her dead mother that she would put her mothers deal on the same level of her bad mood.
Other then that, I think it sounds like Brad and Angie have the complete makings of a marriage between them.
It was sweet hearing about the transition for Pax. That sorta conversation could be interesting for other parents that have adopted or are planning to.
It sounds to me like they have each and everyday planned for years to come.
Oh here ya go Angie fans, they just anounced she will be talking about life and answering important questions on E News. Startng now!!
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JMO Says
Sorry clicked submit comment by mistake.
I am sure they have consulated doctors, social workers, skilled professionals to get advice. No matter where they are AJ&BP are there to tuck them in at night. That is important in providing continuity, stability and continued trust. These are young children. If they were 10, 12, or older then there might be a problem. But at this age these children will be alright.
Doesn’t it seem funny that RD is this conservative magazine and yet it probably did the best and most honest interview without an obvious agenda of any magazine. You would think that from RD reputation the x would be better suited, but not. Peace.
Jemmarow Says:
((((bravo))))) great post. Thank you for sharing….we love sharing and learning.
The most important thing is the parents. If the parents are committed, loving, understand to PUT THE CHILDREN 1ST, and themselves (parents) second, those children will grow well.
We all know about the Pitt household, and we’ve all seen that when one parent works, the other stays home with the kids.
We know also that they travel to the 3rd world countries a lot. Anybody who’ve seen what the conditions of any emerging countries will come to APPRECIATE what they have. This is what Bill Gates said he would expose his children to other countries so that they would stay grounded.
In an interview with (B Walters or D Sawyer), asked why the Trump children were not in the news of partying . Ivanka replied, (similar words), “We were spoiled culturally and educationally but NOT financially”.
One of the most important life skill is to be able to ADAPT and to IMPROVISE. In life, when you work in the management level, and paid well to solve problems. Part of Brad and Angie’s philosophy of raising their children is like the training of a future CEO. I was very impressed when I read the people mag.
From people mag (end of year issue) p.74
“……In one place we stay, Mad has an Xbox. But we dont have that anywhere else. So, it’s exciting when he gets to play it, because he knows he cant have it all the time. Same with Z. We’ve tried to make them very adaptable, so when we go to a country like India or certain parts of Nambia, they’re happy to play with sticks and rocks outside-they’re happy to blend”.
No one can predict the future whether these children will be an actor/actress, doctor, lawyer, engineer etc. But I guarantee you that these children will grow up to be self-assured, independent, and responsible people.
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uh.. Says:
You are a fool. How dare you judge how another person reacts to her mother´s sickness. I usually ignore trolls but this one takes the cake. I hope you are never faced with a situation like that one, cause you only know how you will react when you live it. Back to ignoring.
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