woah! I’m a VietNamese people.I think he is very very lucky, besh wish for Pax Thiên .

Ok, first of all, the place where he was at, even the headman there said that the child had tendencies to “try and get over” on his “foster moms” and he supposedly had to step in and tell the child to behave properly. (children tend to pout period, it’s normal!) he is going from an overly strict place, (even though the women there loved him, there is only so much love to go around!) to living like a little prince and having his own toys, clothing and space, not to mention traveling! his most favorite toy there was a little plastic piano. now, you know that children adapt and with all the love angie is more than likely to bestow on this child, i know that he will know that he is loved and is happy to be there, probably in 3rd heaven because brad and angie love their kids and it’s obviouos!!!

April: I never said you didn’t have a right to your opinion. I merely stated that I disagree with you and don’t understand how you can judge someone that you don’t even know.
You are the one calling people names (did you ever see me calling your posts ignorant as you did with mine).

Lauren: No one expects you to kiss the ground Angelina walks on. I’m not even a fan myself. What I was pointing out was how sad it is that some people are judging people they don’t even know. I never claimed to have personal inside knowledge into Angelina’s life – which is why I’m reserving judgment.
What I find funny here is that you’re telling other people to leave this site at the same time that you’re accusing other people of trying to be the moderator. You’re the one who seems to be playing moderator here.

I like the name and am very happy to see that angelina has been able to adopt again. Im not sure that changing the childs name at the age of 3 is too bad a thing. WE dont know what happens at the orphanage and perhaps, like lots of footage I have seen in the past, this boy did not get much attention there. I mean he may not know his name much at all if there is no interaction taking place. I am sure there was 90% more interation in our own lives at 3 years old than in his until now given the conditions he was probably living in and the many children to look after.

Calling him by a different name from the get-go would be confusing for the child, but there’s no evidence that this is what Angelina is doing. She could very well be calling him by his old name and slowly using Pax as a kind of nickname until it takes hold in his mind and becomes ‘his’ — we simply do not know.

gianna: Angelina and Brad are not the ones making a big deal out of this (look at what a low profile she’s keeping while in Vietnam, there has only been one picture taken of her). The media is doing that. They have tried to be very private about both the adoptions and the birth of Shiloh, but unfortunately for them they are followed everywhere they go and every little thing they do gets blown way out of proportion. The other celebrities you mentioned are not anywhere near as famous as Angelina and Brad are so it’s easy for them to keep a low profile about their adoptions.

As a person who is looking into adoption, I am very glad that celebrities are so open about adoption. I think it’s important for it to be talked about as openly as possible to not only raise awareness but to help to dispell the myths and stigmas that unfortunately still sometimes persist about adoption.

As for the claims that she is adopting just to get attention: it’s beyond me how anyone could claim to know her motivations for adopting when we don’t even her. I don’t even know how a person could feel comfortable accusing someone that they don’t even know of something so incredibly harsh. Good heavens this poor family can’t even breathe without being insulted, judged, and demonized by complete strangers.

Mary-Helen: Maddox does go to school. In fact, I believe there have been posts on this site of quotes with Angelina talking about him being in school. There have also been many pictures on here of Angelina taking him and/or picking him up from school.

Adopting is great, but why must she share so much with the public. Like where she wants to adopt next, how she wants to take some time off now, how she felt Shiloh was a blob compared to her other children at first. Just do it, and don’t say so much to the media. Seems she wants so much attention in life, and this is her new way of getting it. And I’m an Angelina and Brad fan, like them both as actors. But so many celebrities have adopted kids like Michelle Pfieffer, Sharon Stone, Lauren Holly, Meg Ryan, Valerie Harper, Jamie Lee Curtis, list goes on and on, but they just do it, and don’t make it into a big deal. And changing his name at 3 1/2 is not right, why couldn’t she just keep the name he was born with. I just hope she dosen’t keep adopting just for attention, and gives each of the children their own time and attention.

I honestly think they should’ve waited until Shiloh was @ least a year old before adopting again. Maddox has been through so many changes in a little under 2 years and he must be reeling. I also hate that Angelina has said she needed to adopt another boy so Maddox could have a playmate. Why not send him to school? I hate how the Jolie-Pitts never seem to be around other children and Maddox doesn’t go to school, even private one. I don’t think changing his name is so bad but I can’t help but feel for Shiloh, who will be pushed even farther down the list of priorities.