Jolie backs 4-year-old in fashion spotlight
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July 13, 2010, Tuesday
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IT'S never easy being a style trendsetter, opening yourself up for criticism from the world's fashionista. But for a four-year-old, it might seem especially hard - unless your mother is Angelina Jolie.
Jolie, who is currently promoting her upcoming film "Salt," defended her daughter Shiloh's style choices over the weekend, calling them "fascinating" and saying she would not force any of her six children to be something they are not.
In recent months Shiloh, 4, has been pictured wearing boys' neckties, jackets, hats and other clothes that sparked headlines about the youngster being a bit of a tomboy.
"I think she (Shiloh) is fascinating, the choices she is making. And I would never be the kind of parent to force somebody to be something they are not. I think that is just bad parenting," she told Reuters in New York over the weekend.
Jolie, who is raising her kids Brad Pitt, said encouraging the kids' sense of self-expression was important for their upbringing.
"Children should be allowed to express themselves in whatever way they wish without anybody judging them because it is an important part of their growth," she said, before adding: "Society always has something to learn when it comes to the way we judge each other, label each other. We have far to go."
Indeed, Jolie said the crew grew uncomfortable on the set of "Salt" when she dressed in men's clothes for her role as a CIA officer wrongly accused of being a Russian spy. "The stunt guys I usually hung out talking to, didn't want to hang out with me. The girls didn't know how to respond."
Jolie, who is currently promoting her upcoming film "Salt," defended her daughter Shiloh's style choices over the weekend, calling them "fascinating" and saying she would not force any of her six children to be something they are not.
In recent months Shiloh, 4, has been pictured wearing boys' neckties, jackets, hats and other clothes that sparked headlines about the youngster being a bit of a tomboy.
"I think she (Shiloh) is fascinating, the choices she is making. And I would never be the kind of parent to force somebody to be something they are not. I think that is just bad parenting," she told Reuters in New York over the weekend.
Jolie, who is raising her kids Brad Pitt, said encouraging the kids' sense of self-expression was important for their upbringing.
"Children should be allowed to express themselves in whatever way they wish without anybody judging them because it is an important part of their growth," she said, before adding: "Society always has something to learn when it comes to the way we judge each other, label each other. We have far to go."
Indeed, Jolie said the crew grew uncomfortable on the set of "Salt" when she dressed in men's clothes for her role as a CIA officer wrongly accused of being a Russian spy. "The stunt guys I usually hung out talking to, didn't want to hang out with me. The girls didn't know how to respond."
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