KIRSTIN ASKS: Angelina Jolie You’re A Mom Of Six, Should You REALLY Be Traveling Around A Dangerous Place Like Pakistan?
I’m not faulting Angelina’s charity work, but should someone with the responsibility of mothering six kids really go to one of the most dangerous places in the world? Is her obsession with thrill THAT important?
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?
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Marcus
Posted at 3:19 PM on February 4, 2011
God bless Angelina
She is doing such a good job at keeping refugees in the news.
Because of her 3 children now have a wonderful life
I hope she adopts many more
Hifza
Posted at 1:38 PM on September 9, 2010
i m shocked at this article really. calling pakistan dangerous for a mom?! wht about all the kids and moms living in pakistan ? is it so dangerous tht we should all run away ? i am living a happy , peacefull life here. and u should think before saying something like this. angelina is such a great person and i admire her for the efforts she is doing for our country.
dee
Posted at 9:17 AM on September 9, 2010
The women saying Angelina should stay home and not take so much risks are able to do so, because of the women of the past, who were risk takers, and didn’t stay home and make babies and care for them. Dr. Jenn is a doctor, because women before her, took risks, and fought for the right to have a degree in medicine in a predominantly male world, where women once were only allowed to be nurses and carry bedpans. Ms. Jolie is not “subliminating” anything. Anymore than I subliminated when I served 10 years in the military. She is using her status, and money, in a positive way, as an ambassador to the UN, which calls for going where many don’t want to go, and giving back to the world, setting a better example for her children than the author of this rag column is doing.
zallen
Posted at 6:31 AM on September 9, 2010
Kiristin, firstly it’s a not one of the most dangerous places on earth, cuz if it were 16 million people won’t be livin’ there. Secondly she’s a UN goodwill ambassador not a ” hollybaby columist” so she better knows and can better deal with her business!!
Dave
Posted at 1:57 AM on September 9, 2010
Not my business whether she goes to Pakistan. If it were illegal, maybe we would have a say.
z
Posted at 12:33 AM on September 9, 2010
This is the dumbest standard I’ve heard of. Part of life & part of being a parent, is taking risks.
If parents can’t have a job that has risks, then we’d have a horrible shortage of armed forces, ER doctors, police officers, fire fighters, construction workers, window washers, crossing guards, short order cooks, etc.
And visiting flood victims is “thrill seeking”?!? If that is true the next X-Games is going to be in small town Kansas after a twister rolls down main street.
Alex
Posted at 11:21 PM on September 8, 2010
I am sorry but this writer is a Hypocrite. Instead of appreciating the great efforts Angela is making, and going to a country where millions of humans are without food, shelter and basic essentials of lives, and trying to highlight their plight and their everyday pain and suffering, this writer is clearly discriminating against these ordinary humans beings who unfortunately belong to a developing country facing multiple problems.
I always thought all Humans were equal, but not for this writer.
anina
Posted at 10:09 PM on September 8, 2010
Angelina Jolie date of birth — 4 June 1975. I think That Makes Her 35 years old, not 37yrs old. if you got her age wrong i can only imagine what else is wrong in your article.
saftgek
Posted at 9:30 PM on September 8, 2010
Ms. Jolie should dry up and blow away, so we do not need to hear from her or see her again! She is vulgar looking, possesses marginal acting ability, constantly makes herself look slut*y, and is a media wh*re.
Please, Ms. Jolie, go away and don’t come back!
Some Guy
Posted at 8:36 PM on September 8, 2010
Kirstin needs to mind her own business.
Asain-Angelina Jolie
Posted at 7:42 PM on September 8, 2010
This woman is over acting. She should looks on her own family or her own country instead of showing stupidity.
What is going to do there?
j whoopi
Posted at 4:00 PM on September 8, 2010
At best, this is a sexist and inhumane “article”. First off, if this were a man traveling, the question would not have been asked. If it were a soldier being shipped to Afghanistan, it would not have been asked. Basically, if it were anyone but her, it wouldn’t have been asked. She is a UN ambassador, and likely has better security than your typical soldier, and is more safe than if she was in LA.
She has probably done more for society and the world’s most needy in a week than the author has done in her entire life. The opinion of some condescending paparazzi who is only looking for shock value shouldn’t even be considered for publishing.
Thanks AJ, for doing what is right even when there are those like the author who only care about their own selfish needs and interests lying in wait to question your every action.
WTF
Posted at 3:51 PM on September 8, 2010
This article and its author is exactly whats wrong with America. Some one goes out of their way to help people that desperately need help and she is called out as not being a good mother, WTF.
I’m curious what the author is doing for Pakistan’s displaced or for that matter doing to make the world a better place? Hopefully more than writing crap like this.
Lola
Posted at 1:44 PM on September 8, 2010
Its better to do this than be like Jennifer Aniston where she doesn’t have kids, cares about her figure, and sits in her comfortable Hollywood home doing NO charity.
Anne
Posted at 11:22 AM on September 8, 2010
Angelina’s 6 kids are with their DAD at home in LA. Do you think DADS are not as important as Moms? Angelina’s kids/family is her #1 priority, she does not travel for humanitarian causes all the time like you are trying to say she does and ignore her kids. She only works like 3 months a year, most of her time is home with her kids. Moms do all kinds of work like in the military and diplomatic jobs, are you being critical of them as well? Her kids travel with her a lot, but not to places like Pakistan where there might be danger. So Moms are not supposed to care for others and try to help them? You are 100% wrong even asking this question.
Rainey
Posted at 1:15 PM on September 8, 2010
After reading the article, the writer isn’t saying Moms are not supposed to care for others, she’s saying is it right for a mother of 6 young children to put themselves in potential danger in order to help others? And, WHO said dads are not as important as moms? Did you even READ the article?
Pat Roy
Posted at 1:18 PM on September 8, 2010
Completely agree with you. Nothing Angie does is good enough for some. Doesn’t give enough to charity, puts herself in danger, isn’t a good mother. Some people see everything she does in a negative manner. Nothing will change their minds and that is OK, Somehow I don’t think she cares.
Dave
Posted at 2:00 AM on September 9, 2010
Not our business whether she goes to Pakistan. If it were illegal, maybe we would have a say.
dee
Posted at 9:29 AM on September 9, 2010
“didn’t stay home and MERELY make babies and care for them.”
Why doesn’t the author go after the women who are fighting for the right to be in battle? Ms. Jolie is merely going around talking to people.
Why doesn’t Kirstin talk about the NASA female flight commanders? What could be more risky than having your backside strapped down and locked on to a highly flammable several stories high tank of fuel and letting someone set it on fire so it propels you off the planet and into space, where no one can easily rescue you and you’re gone for weeks, months at a time? Does that make these women bad mothers? Should their parenting skills be called into question, like this author has questioned Ms. Jolie, who is merely walking around, speaking all the while safely guarded?
The author and the doctor have no idea how good they have it. That they have it so good and can take for granted the opportunities that were hard fought for them to be able to do what they do .. it’s sad they waste that opportunity by questioning other’s parenting skills, or have time to analyze someone else, while their own life contributions could be be as much as, or more, than those they criticize.
gbtw
Posted at 2:44 PM on September 9, 2010
jenn does charity stuff. i don’t follow her, but i know she does stuff with a kids cancer hospital or something like that, at the least. it’s hard to compete with angie though. imagine what it’d feel like if your ex was shacked up with the most beautiful woman in the world (arguably), had multiple kids with her, was traveling and buying mansions around the world with her, and in her spare time she was doing international ambassador and charity work? i mean, c’mon… yes, there is no comparison- but do we really need to rub it in. almost anything good jenn will try to do, or anything related to kids, angie has already one-upped her without even trying. don’t envy the position at all…
gbtw
Posted at 2:59 PM on September 9, 2010
well, it might be true that she has no power to do anything- but it is comforting and reassuring to people when they see that people see them and hear them and care for them. she brings all of that, and it’s her job as un ambassador to reach out to these folks. is the entire un organization an ineffective joke? some might think so, but i don’t. it could be better, but it does some good. i’m sure these people were all happy to see her and the press they are getting b/c she’s there. people in need always benefit from their cause being shown to the public- money is being donated b/c of angie’s face being flashed over there. i can guarantee you that.
