Even though Suri Cruise is barely two years old, her parents, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, treat her like she is an adult. That’s because according to Scientology, Suri isn’t really a baby - she has lived for millions of years. (If you could see me right now, you’d see that I am making that circular motion with my finger next to my head. You know, the universal signal for “batshit crazy.”)

She’s not yet 2-years-old, but Suri Cruise’s face is known the world over. Whether she is out shopping at high end New York stores, sightseeing in Paris or watching the Spice Girls in LA, her parents Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes treat her like a little adult.

That is because that is how they see her. As Scientologists, they believe their daughter has lived for billions of years and so she already knows all there is to know. Just like a grown-up she doesn’t even go to bed until 11 p.m!

For Suri there is hardly any discipline, a fascinating Star probe into her life reveals. But there are rules. Tom forbids television and because of anti-Scientology sites, when she is old enough, her computer use will be very limited. “The Internet has become a major source of problems for Scientology,” cult expert Rick Ross tells Star. When it comes to education, Suri will follow Tom’s other kids, Isabella and Connor and be schooled in the controversial church.

McDonalds is out, her diet is organic, with boiled barley juice one of its major ingredients. Her health is maintained not with medicine, but by herbs. Her friends are virtually all the children of fellow Scientology believers.

[From Star Magazine]

No McDonald’s or TV probably isn’t a bad idea. And we’ve heard about the barley juice before. There was a story that instead of breastfeeding Suri as an infant, Tom insisted that Suri be fed on barley water. At that time, I thought there was no way a child could be nourished on that stuff, but Suri looks very healthy, so maybe there’s something to that barley juice after all.

That part about no discipline is bothersome, though. I don’t know how you let a two-year-old run rampant in your house without at least the occasional “no” or “don’t touch.” Anyone who’s raised a toddler knows what I’m talking about here. If you don’t set rules and boundaries, you can pretty much count on having yourself a selfish brat.

I wonder - were Isabella and Conor raised the same way? Somehow I can’t see Nicole Kidman agreeing to the “no discipline” part. Which could partially explain why they are no longer together and her kids never see her. I’m sure given the choice, my kids would rather live with their good-time, no-rules daddy too.

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