Regarding the comments about getting the kids out of their routines: I imagine that can be difficult, although it seems they’ve all been travelling a lot since they were young, so perhaps they are somewhat used to it. In my opinion, though, it’s better to travel with the kids than to leave them at home with the nannies or relatives or whoever all the time. (Not to say that wouldn’t be appropriate on occasion, though.)

I agree with the others that it is a world of difference between normal travelling parents and Brad/Angelina. Yes they do have the paps but that’s what their entourage of bodyguards and security is for! They don’t have to deal with the paps directly and they have not only nannies but assistants who would obviously carry all their luggage etc. and do anything else for them so all they have to do themselves is help watch the kids. But yes it is dreadful that they may have to (gasp) carry their twins from their private jet to a waiting blacked out luxury chauffeured SUV 50 yards away.

Try taking kids through the NORMAL route through the airport at rush time and on the plane, bustling crowds nd tutting passengers and all. Now THAT will garner my respect.

Listen, I am sorry if I have offended anyone. I just get a little annoyed. I do not think that they aren’t hands-on parents. I do VERY MUCH SO think that they are very involved. I just think that there is a world of difference bewteen celebrities with 6 children vs “normal” people. We don’t have all the extras and the help – maybe not necessarily with the kids, but with meals, laudry, housekeeping, etc. etc.

LolaCola- True, they don’t have to deal with checking luggage and stuff, but they DO have to deal with something us “normal” people don’t have to: The paparazzi.

That probably DOES make even boarding a private jet challenging for them.

Amy- ITA. Don’t believe everything you read in the tabloids! Also, to those who think they aren’t hands-on with their kids, just watch any of the several videos out there of them with their brood.

Before anyone says anything, I also don’t think being hands-on is “just for the cameras”. I just watched a very recent video of Angelina, Brad, and the boys (minus little Knox) from a few days ago when Mad and Pax were playing at the park…and I’m not kidding, it was just like watching a homevideo of my own family when my brother and I were kids (minius the paps and such, obviously!)!

They have 3 nannies, according to Angelina, not 20 or 50 or whatever number somebody wants to throw out there. Bodyguards are there to protect their property and keep the paparazzi away from them not to change diapers. I really don’t understand why people insist that Brad and Angelina have nothing to do with their kids. If that was true the kids wouldn’t be happy and confortable around them.

Traveling with six kids is hard compared to traveling with 3 but Olivia is right. Can anyone here possibly tell me that jumping onto a private jet right off the runway is as hard as checking in, loading luggage, unloading luggage, with six kids and hundreds of people around you as the average person would have to deal with. Not to mention the plane ride. I didn’t realize why people hate babies on planes so much until I took a trans Atlantic flight this summer.

Lis – From all the accounts I have read from people who know this couple they are definitely hands on and do not have an army of nannies. But Angelina has also been humble enough to say in her TV interviews that she is a very blessed and lucky woman, and she has nothing but admiration for working mothers who don’t have the money or assistance that she does.

Are you kidding? They have more nannies than they have kids…and body guards, and assistants, and so and so on. I think it’s great that they have such a big family and enjoy being parents, and their kids seem happy too, but they’re hardly living in the ‘real world’. Most people don’t have millions of dollars to afford all the luxeries and amenities, not to metion a personal staff. I just get annoyed with the celebrities who act like they’re the ones doing everything themselves…

What a great family and wonderful parents. One irritating thing about when we hear about this family, why do you call a family with more than two children a brood. Brood is so insulting to both the children and parents. Call it what it is– A FAMILY!