Angelina Jolie is opening up about parenting in a rare new interview with L’Officiel, and her approach is refreshingly hands-off. She said one of the most important things she did was to“not get in their way,”letting her six children follow their own paths instead of the ones she might have imagined for them.
With Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, and twins Knox and Vivienne all now adults, Jolie says her role has shifted. She described how her kids used to need Mom when Mom needed to be Mom, and now they’d rather she call them from Tunisia after landing a plane to meet local artists. She also shared plans to live more nomadically, travel extensively, and spend more time doing field work with her foundation in Cambodia.
The interview arrives amid ongoing headlines about her estranged ex-husband Brad Pitt, with four of the children having taken legal steps to remove his last name. A source close to the situation said Jolie is focused on healing rather than fighting. Whatever your take on the family dynamics, her core message about raising independent kids is one a lot of parents will recognize.
What’s the best advice you ever got about letting your kids make their own choices?
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