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09-09-2010, 06:48 AM
She can't just chill at home can she?
Disclaimer: I respect Angelina Jolie for her commitment to helping humanity… few people in the world have the capability to make that much positive change. That said, I have to ask — why does Angie insist on risking her life to help others when she has SIX kids at home?
The 37-year-old superstar and UN Refugee Agency Ambassador spent the day in Pakistan on Sept. 7 talking to the press and visiting a makeshift camp for flood survivors in an effort to increase awareness for one of the country’s worst-ever floods. Meanwhile, her six small kids — Maddox, 9; Pax, 6; Zahara, 5; Shiloh, 4; and twins Vivienne and Knox, 2 — were at home without their supermom, something that Angelina should think twice about, says one expert.
“I think that it is very admirable that she likes to do her charity work and give back, but I do think that when you have kids, much less six of them, sometimes you have to cut back on the risk-taking activities,” Dr. Jenn Berman, author of SuperBaby: 12 Ways to Give Your Child a Head Start in the First 3 Years, tells me. “She’s known for being [the ultimate] risk taker.”
Although Angie seems to put her passion for humanity before her family life, Dr. Jenn explains how her behavior is actually positive compared to her actions when she was younger. In fact, Angelina has been a thrill-seeker her entire life — when she was younger she acted out and did things for shock value (like make out with her brother on the red carpet at the Oscars)… and now she’s shifted her energy to a more positive outlet (albeit a potentially dangerous one).
“There’s a word for this, it’s called sublimation,” Dr. Jenn says. “She’s sublimating her energy into positive activities. When she was younger she did a lot of self-destructive activites and now she’s channeling it into good activities.”
Nevertheless, where do the kids fall in Angie’s priorities?
Disclaimer: I respect Angelina Jolie for her commitment to helping humanity… few people in the world have the capability to make that much positive change. That said, I have to ask — why does Angie insist on risking her life to help others when she has SIX kids at home?
The 37-year-old superstar and UN Refugee Agency Ambassador spent the day in Pakistan on Sept. 7 talking to the press and visiting a makeshift camp for flood survivors in an effort to increase awareness for one of the country’s worst-ever floods. Meanwhile, her six small kids — Maddox, 9; Pax, 6; Zahara, 5; Shiloh, 4; and twins Vivienne and Knox, 2 — were at home without their supermom, something that Angelina should think twice about, says one expert.
“I think that it is very admirable that she likes to do her charity work and give back, but I do think that when you have kids, much less six of them, sometimes you have to cut back on the risk-taking activities,” Dr. Jenn Berman, author of SuperBaby: 12 Ways to Give Your Child a Head Start in the First 3 Years, tells me. “She’s known for being [the ultimate] risk taker.”
Although Angie seems to put her passion for humanity before her family life, Dr. Jenn explains how her behavior is actually positive compared to her actions when she was younger. In fact, Angelina has been a thrill-seeker her entire life — when she was younger she acted out and did things for shock value (like make out with her brother on the red carpet at the Oscars)… and now she’s shifted her energy to a more positive outlet (albeit a potentially dangerous one).
“There’s a word for this, it’s called sublimation,” Dr. Jenn says. “She’s sublimating her energy into positive activities. When she was younger she did a lot of self-destructive activites and now she’s channeling it into good activities.”
Nevertheless, where do the kids fall in Angie’s priorities?