Angelina Jolie is indulgent

To her kids, anyway

July 12, 2010 at 1:54PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Queen Jolie (AP Photo)
Queen Jolie (AP Photo) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

According to Reuters, some people with sad, hollow lives are actually spending part of their finite mortal existence worrying about what Angelina Jolie's kids are wearing. The four-year-old girl is going through a phase where she wants to wear boys' neckties and jackets, which leads some people to have opinions about it. You know, it's really not necessary to have an opinion about everything. On the other hand, you might have an opinion about her theories on parenting:

Gah. To repeat: Children should be allowed to express themselves in whatever way they wish without anybody judging them. Because that's such excellent preparation for real life, isn't it?

Then again, if you grow up the child of famous parents with lots of money, maybe it is. Reminds one of this, from last year:

People complained? But that was self-expression going on.

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