I don’t even know. Life & Style has a sketchy history with their cover stories about Angelina Jolie and Shiloh. It began in 2010, when Shiloh got her little bob haircut and everyone freaked out because bob haircuts = lesbianism, obviously. And God knows, little girls should ONLY have long hair. There was significant backlash against Life & Style for basically declaring that Shiloh was a lesbian (because of her hair), but that didn’t stop the tabloid from running several more covers in the same vein, meaning that Shiloh has been “manipulated” into her tomboy lifestyle by her EVIL, horrible mother, Angelina. And now this – photos came out a few days ago of Angelina and the kids at the Farmer’s Market – see them here. Shiloh was working a new, shorter haircut. Which, obviously, is the direct result of Angelina’s awful parenting, which has obviously caused Shiloh’s lesbianism. Of course.
Shiloh shows no signs of changing her obsession with being a little boy and while Angeline thinks it’s great, is Brad worried about bullying?
Shiloh Jolie-Pitt showed off the cut while out with her siblings and mother, Angelina Jolie, on January 22. In the August issue of Vanity Fair, Angelina explains the short style, saying, “She wants to be a boy. So we had to cut her hair. She likes to wear boys’ everything. She thinks she’s one of the brothers.”
While Angelina seems all for the look, Life & Style reports that sources say Brad Pitt is concerned that other children will tease Shiloh. Poor Brad, it must be so hard for a parent to have to be concerned about his child being bullied!
[From Hollywood Life]
Yes, Brad is so concerned! He’s the good parent, you see. And when he finally leaves Angelina, he’ll bring Shiloh to Jennifer Aniston, and Aniston will magically convince Shiloh to wear her hair longer, and instantly, Shiloh will no longer be a lesbian! HUZZAH.
Seriously, though – LEAVE SHAX ALONE. She’s doing her own thing, Montenegro Style. The kid has an excess of personality, which speaks to her parents creating an environment in which their kids’ individuality can flourish.
Cover courtesy of Hollywood Life, WENN, Fame.
Why bring Aniston into this story? And then complain about how Aniston keeps the triangle alive? The gossips keep the triangle alive. This article being case and point.
Aside from that I doubt Brad cares about her hair cut. He should be more concerned with people changing Shiloh Pitt to Pilo Sh!t because in the end, that’s what kids will tease her about. That is, if she ever actually manages to meet any normal kids, which I highly doubt. They’re all home-schooled and only hang out with the children of other famous people.
LOL @ Pilo Sh*t- never thought of that.
That was a direct dig at Life and Style and In Touch for claiming regularly, when there is no real tea that Brad wants Jennifer back, he’s been in secret communication with his ex and he is still in love with her. The tabs do keep the triangle alive and CB and other gossips report that shit because they know it’s gonna be a hot topic and draw in visitors.
Capitalism + gossip= awesomeness. lol
OMG….Pilo Sh!t….that’s awesome
Oh, that’s just mean to put that out there. Now she’s going to get stuck with it and you’re the one who put it out on the internet. Seriously, don’t adults have a filter anymore?
No, they don’t. Take a look at America’s government. 😛
Wow, you must have it in for that kid to call her that and hide behind saying other kids will be calling her that. You just started it right here, on a public web site. Also, I don’t think the kids are home-schooled. They go to the Lycee Francais in LA and to other international schools wherever they’re living, which are all set up to run almost the same curriculum so that third culture kids like them are always on the same page wherever they land.
Brad himself said they were homeschooled. And I can guarantee you that they weren’t in the French Lycee while they were in London, because my kids go there.
Please get off your high horse. School kids DO NOT read sites like this. They’ve never even heard of sites like this.
There’s a British site called mumsnet which said, “you can’t call a kid Shiloh Jolie-Pitt; the spoonerism is Pile ‘O Jolly Shite” as soon as she was born. They also pointed out that “Sunday Rose” will be called “Sunday Roast”.
It’s not like it requires a rocket scientist. The joke on Shiloh’s name is 5 years old.
Its impossible to know at this early age whether Shiloh’s style is an expression of her own desires or her mother’s. Angelina isn’t evil, as u sarcastically suggested, but she is a master manipulator of her own and her kids’ public images. Remember how Maddox’s hair was faux hawked and dyed at such a young age? I sincerely doubt the little dude requested such a ‘do, pretty sure it was Mama Martyr’s vision of him as hipster boy, her fave pr accessory. With Shiloh, time will tell. If Brad’s concerned, it’s just because he suspects his wife’s influence over their kids might not be as healthy as he’d like.
My neighbors 3 yr old kid begged for the same damn haircut only his was red and they got it for him.Such crap .My own daughter was a awful Tomboy, short hair and jeans hated any thing foo foo.SHe was not gay when she grew up. Kids out grow things and change like the wind, AJ is not forcing her kid to wear weird hair cuts or to dress like a boy. People are so full of BS anything to cut up Pitt -Jolie and even making up that digusting name for Shilo.Any adult that would do that is nothing but a pig.She put that name out there for a reason because she is a hater. Hate all day long but leave the kids out of it and I doubt for one second that Brad is worried about his evil wife making his kid into a lesbian. VTW Shilo is not a new name I am 67 and I knew kids with that name when I was young and it is a beautiful name . Better Shilo than Apple and Blue.
Uh, my about to turn 4 year old insists on picking out his own outfits and makes me spike up his hair with styling putty everyday before pre school. At the same age, my now about to turn 10 year old insisted on wearing mismatched socks and clashing colours and leggings with tu-tus to school. I’m not saying Angelina hasn’t been an influence, but kids know what they like. Some are more vocal than others, but they do have their own opinions.
That is funny an clever!
Yes really, why bring Aniston into this? That being said, Shiloh looks terrible in that haircut. Seriously this whole wanting “to be one of the brothers” thing is getting outta hand. Shiloh is too young to be allowed to develop this personality. She is a girl, not a boy!
That’s ridiculous!!
I am a straight female, who was often mistaken for a little boy when I was little because I wore my hair very short and played baseball, matchbox cars, trucks and dug worms with the boys…this is completely normal!! As if the length of someones hair determines ANYTHING!
Who cares? She’s a kid! Amazing how freaked out people get when girls aren’t “girly” enough. She looks cute as a button!
Yes, quick, beat some gender role conformity into that child! How dare she act according to her own preferences instead of to society’s idea of what she should be?
Shiloh is “too young to be allowed to develop this personality”?! You don’t ALLOW children to develop personalities. They are who they are, and you love and accept them and help them figure out the world while letting them figure out themselves, OR you force them to be something you think they should be and give them a truck load of issues to deal with when they get older.
The way people insist on judging this little girl is disgusting. The first thing you learn about people after having kids is that everyone has an opinion on how yours should be raised.
what an idiotic thing to say. you clearly dont have children if you think you can have any sort of hand in developing their personalities. especially through hair cuts. manners, yes. personality? no. and what she wants and what appeals to her at this age has no bearing on what is going to be her taste and appeal to her even a year from now. grow up. its a hair cut. not a tattoo that says “butch”.
Pilo S*tt! That made me giggle.
Agreed, the haircut should be least among his worries.
I can’t believe “adults” like yourselves are going on the offensive against a child you don’t even know just because you don’t like her parents. I just hope your children never get picked on the way you’re making fun of that little girl.
truly. i wonder where the bullies in grade school learn that this is appropriate behavior? lets point and laugh at the girl with short hair, shall we?
When the tabs start focusing their gossip on a kid, we should know that all is not well in the world. Yuck!!!
Brad and Angelina constantly invite people to focus on their children. First, by selling pix of them to the tabs, then by publishing private photos of them at home to sell Benjamin Button and throughout the years by endlessly talking about them in interviews.
If they didn’t want people to focus on them, they wouldn’t be using them as part of their celebrity brand, CONSTANTLY. In fact it was Brad and Angelina who really started this celebrity baby obsession trend when Shiloh was born. Before that people were not holding auctions to see how much people would pay for the first baby photos. Unless your name was Kathy Lee Gifford, most famous people and the tabloids that follow them took the position that the kids were off limits. Brad and Angelina are the ones who changed all that.
Plenty of celebs children get photograph way more than the Jolie – Pitts gets but I never see their faces on a tabloid cover… And uhm plenty of other celebs sold pic of baby way before brad and Angelina… Julia Roberts twins just to name one … The tabs cover them cuz they stories like these sell. Period … If there wasn’t a market for this kind of crap stories like these wouldn’t exist
Katherine Heigl just trotted her daughter out on 3 different talk shows to promote her movie but no Tab Covers. WHY??? because the JP family sells magazines.
Hello Pop Rocks,
I think that there would be a tremendous amount of interest in the JP children regardless of what Brad and AJ say or don’t say. Having said that, I too think that they encourage this with the steady stream of info that they give on their family when they are promoting something. This seems so patently obvious that I don’t know why their fans deny it. If Brad and AJ wanted to keep their children’s lives private by saying very vague things like “I’m dedicated to my family” or “My children are the most fulfilling part of my life” then I could say yeah they just want to be honest about how they feel. I do feel that the info they give out has lead to the whole Shiloh hair/clothes/boy tendency comments. The whole world doesn’t need to know that she wants to be called “John” or anything else that personal about them. I know other “stars” share about their children too. I just thing that there is such a thing as oversharing. To me, they cross the line in a way that I wouldn’t be comfortable with.
Forgot to add in my post above that I see NOTHING wrong with Shiloh at all. Yes, to me, she looked better with the longer haircut. It was cute because she looked liked mini-Brad in “legends of the fall”. That said, who cares? As long as Shiloh is happy with Shiloh, that’s all that matters. She is just a kid and I wish people would stop talking about her “sexual orientation”! Believe me, at this rate, that little girl’s every move is going to be in the press so there are years ahead to talk about her preferences when she actually has one and shows it.
She looks so much like her mother.
I think she looks so much like Brad with the new haircut!
That’s a crock of bull. There’s a double standard for Brad and Angie the list of celebs who talk about their kids is nearly endless. The tabs try to lay this at AJ’s feet but when Shiloh was first spotted with short hair she was with her Father the blogs and internet went crazy and started labeling in the extreme. The tabloids make a living off of these kids and Suri. When the kids are visible the tabs are not that bad, it’s when they are not seen that the tabs get vicious and and make up crap like the twins being deathly ill. The VF article where the quotes about her style the writer even said he was asked by multiple ppl to find up what was with Shiloh clothes.
Yeah, didnt they hold a press conference in Africa after she was born. Yeah, I dont see every celebrity doing that. Its obnoxious.
and Knox has longer hair. what does that make him???
Damn right.
As children, my brothers always wore their hair longer than their mates while I had them very short for a girl. None of us is gay, but if we were that would not determine how we choose our hairstyle: it’s more of a family/individual thing.
I do know few women who are lesbians who wear their hair real short, but that’s not the tell-tale sign: they beep extremely loud on most people’s gaydar, mostly because of their behaviour (also, they “kiss and tell”).
I also doubt if she’d get teased. And I think she should wear her hair however she wants. This certainly falls in the “normal” range. However, when you combine that with how she dresses, it could be that she’s just a run-of-the-mill tomboy, but cross-gendered people are emerging earlier than before, because we no longer put kids in gender boxes (as much). Before I get hammered, I have a close friend whose daughter emerged as trans-gendered when she was eight. It’s not been an easy road for that family. But now, back to the snark!!
I got picked on a little when I had hair the length of Shilohs… but very minimally. And I didn’t have famous parents.
It’s occurred to me that she may be transgender. Or maybe gay. Who knows? Maybe she just likes the look. But the thing is, it is what it is. Angie can’t MAKE her one way or the other by hair and clothes, just like you can’t be MADE gay. There’s no sense in making the kid miserable if she hates dresses and girlie clothes. If this is her choice, I think it’ll make for a happier person in the long run to honor who she is rather than to try and remake her, as difficult as that may seem to be.
She’s just a kid and has plenty of time to grow into whoever she’s going to be.
Side note: I have always wondered about the Jolie-Pitt kids in that they never look happy or carefree. They always look stressed/worried.
Of course, they’re stressed, they have the damn paps in their face 24/7.
Or the damn world map in their brain. They never stay in one place long enough!
Really….can you produce the pictures please?
I will answer without the snark that seems to be a prerequisite these days when a person disagrees.
Yes. I feel that these pictures shown highlight what I’m saying, as does every pic of the kids I’ve seen. You can take my opinion or leave it but snark is not necessary, thank you.
“She’s just a kid and has plenty of time to grow into whoever she’s going to be.”
Too bad a person’s identity is almost determined by the time they are 3-4 years old; their personality has developed so much by that stage, that a huge transformation later in life is not likely at all. Don’t be surprised if she continues to see herself as a boy for years to come. Also, I believe that it has been her environment. A small toddler will not know how to break gender barriers naturally.
EmmaStonewannabe
do you have kids? because if you did you’d know that while their “personalities” are developed early, their “phases” are ever-changing and it’s VERY common for girls, with brothers, to want to dress and act like their siblings. And this changes later on.
What does having your own kids have to do with it? Of course kids go through phases. Um, yeah. But when a little girl tells her mom she sees herself as a boy (dresses as one and wants to be called boy names), that’s much different than a phase. (AJ said this in her Vanity Fair interview.) That is a gender identity issue.
Whatever toddlers know about gender differences is what they observe or are taught. Toddlers don’t give a hoot otherwise. Girls with older male siblings are frequently tomboys, and girls that are super girly are usually encouraged by their Moms or other example of “feminity” (not that that’s a problem). And of course it is most likely a phase – she’s, what, 5 years old? and lastly, what is she is g@y, who the heck cares! Anyone with sibs or kids knows exactly what’s going on here and it’s 100% normal.
emmastonewannabe: That’s a load of mullarkey. While many aspects of our personality and sense of identity are visible in a child, there are other aspects that come out as we gain experiences. The largest gain in identity development actually happens during adolescence. I’m glad that “who I am” was not totally determined when I was 4 years old or I’d still be a holy brat. Can you please link to relevent studies that show that the development of personality and identity is over by the time a child reaches 5 years of age? None of the theories I studied whilst attaining my doctorate in psychology said anything like that.
Paranormal and Shaz, I agree with both of you. Well said, thanks.
we haven’t seen fax for a while lol!
Can’t these magazines hire writers who are parents? or who have ever actually dealt with a real life 3-5 year old child? Kids that age like to do their own thing when it comes to personal appearance. And any normal parent lets them do so, within reason.
Seriously, why did YOU bring Aniston into this? You are always complaining about the triangle, and yet you perpetuate it.
Anyway, Life & Style is a joke and I’m pretty sure no reasonably intelligent person thinks a child that age is showing her sexuality by her haircut.
That was tongue in cheek- there will always be the triangle and we love it.
Ditto on everything you said. I didn’t even think about Aniston when reading this story until Kaiser brought it up, but she’s running a business and I get why she won’t let The Triangle die. Now watch the Loonies and the Hens tear each other up while Brad, Angie and Jen keep living their fortunate life.
This story is bs.
Let her be Shilox. Maybe she’s a tomboy. Maybe she’s even transgender. But whatever she is, it’s pretty clear that the parents are not forcing this on her. So leave her, and them, alone on this issue is what I say. They shouldn’t be judged for letting their child be who she wants to be.
And they really, really, need to stop trying to put a sexual identity on a small child. What the hell is wrong with those adults?
This child is strange and messy. She will be gender confused as a teen and Suri will grow up be a spoiled princess. Interesting times ahead.
i tend to agree. while i’m all for letting shiloh pick out her clothes and let her interests be male if she wants, why do they have to let her essentially morph into a boy at this age. kids shouldn’t just be able to do ‘anything they want” with their appearance. they’re still children.
First Of all, why shouldn’t kids do what they want with their appearance? They need to learn to express themselves and how to define themselves. Isn’t it better that Shiloh is able to do this (although not consciously at this age, obviously) rather than having her parents do it for her by saying, “No, you are a girl, you wear a dress”? I hope to raise my son and future children in a way that they feel safe asking for what they want to wear/play with rather than blindly conforming to our preconceived “appropriate” choices.
Second, how are they “morphing” her? Did they secretly get her gender reassignment surgery one day when the paps weren’t looking? She didn’t start this style until she was old enough to explicitly ask for these things, so I fail to see how her parents have influenced this, let alone forced it.
@ cici – I agree…children need loving guidance & discipline.
How do we know that she didn’t cut her own hair and it had to be cut short to “fix” it My cousin had the same thing happen when we were younger.
Cici, I agree. As long as I buy your clothes, I will tell you what to wear to a certain degree. These are the same people that get mad when you mistake their kids for the opposite sex. When she gets older, you can loosen the leash a little. Parenting isn’t a let you do what you want job. That’s for the grandparents lol.
Exactly. Her mom (or nannies, whoever) have given her an inch and they have let her take a mile.
im sorry, pants and short hair = boy? maybe take off your apron and take a walk in the real world every once in a while. personal style does not = sexual identity. and with a child as active as she seems to be a skirt and long hair would be a pain. parenting means many difficult choices and lessons. what your child wears should never be one of them.
I think Shiloh will grow up to be super cool and fun while Suri worries me. I don’t want to say anything bad about her but Suri seems to be the kind of child who will grow up to be a little monster, spoiled, entitled, princessy, she seems that she already knows too much for her age.
I agree! I also think Kingston Rossdale is a little sh it. He’s very cute, but seems like a total brat.
I think BOTH Suri and Shiloh need reining in.
Suri should not be allowed to dress like a 45year old hooker, and Shiloh should not be allowed to be a boy.
Moderation people. Jeans, tshirts, age appropriate shoes and dresses, fine. Heels, miniskirts and morphing your entire apperance into a boy when you aren’t, not fine.
Kids should have choices, like blue shirt or yellow shirt. Not “which pumps match this dress” or “I’m a boy and I’m going to wear boxer shorts and cammo.” They shouldn’t be worrying AT ALL about appearing as anything but LITTLE KIDS.
youd think @atlantapug, but then there are people like you who are making gender decisions for the whole world. girls cant wear camo? so she is allowed to wear jeans so long as there are flowers embroidered on em? no kid-friendly short hair either? seems a silly place to draw lines when you say kid should be allowed to be kids.
Pfft! I had hair as short as a kid, never wore a dress unless my mom forced me and never had ‘gender issues’ as a teen. I joined the military (another lesbian symptom) still had short hair and people all the time ASSUMED I was a lesbian. Nope! 100% straight, not confused, I am a woman who likes men. Not a lesbian I just wear the uniform.
Don’t judge a book by its cover people.
Also if (big if) she does turn out to be a lesbian, what’s wrong with that?
StacyP, I agree. People come in different types. Can’t judge a book by it’s cover, as you say.
When stories about their kids are in the tabloids, I don’t know how Pitt and Jolie restrain themselves from going over to the tabloid offices and opening up a can of whoop-ass on those writers/editors. It sucks enough when they write about you, but saying stuff about their kids – it’s just disgusting. They must want to hurt someone – I know I would.
I feel for them as parents in this situation.
oh, pu-leeze. these two pimp their kids as much as tommy girl et al. it suits them. or else we would know nothing at all about their little ones (traits, interests, preferences) in the interest of ‘protection’ and ‘privacy’. think of all the actors who flat out refuse to discuss their families in interviews (cheadle does it masterfully) and will only talk about the work they’re promoting.
i’m as poor as a little church mouse, but i’d bet my next two paychecks that these two are on a first name basis with a lot of the tabs’ writers /editors. s’all part of the Brand, m’dear.
Completely agree with your comment. Besides, if they were so worried about their kids’ privacy they would have tried to pass the same laws Princess Caroline had passed in Europe making it illegal to publish photos of celebrity children.
Brad and Angelina never even tried doing that. Instead they shut down an entire country, blocked reporter’s access to the country and only allowed the press to attend their half dozen press conferences while they were waiting for Shiloh to be born. And all the while pretending like they were trying to raise awareness for Namibia. Can’t really do that if you restrict press access. Also, not even the Queen of England ever shut down an entire country to give birth.
These two have done nothing but treat these kids as part of their public brand since the day they were born. And they talk about each and every one of their children’s personal habits in every interview, the more shocking the habit the more press attention they get. Never once have they said, our kids are off limits.
Truth! The tabs shouldn’t talk like this about a 6 year old but Angelina is the one who uses her kids to promote her ” brand” she’s ultimately responsible for putting her kids out there to be picked apart.
LOL- I just love these stories; they are so fun and ridiculous. And it’s even funnier now that they have Vivienne, who seems to be a total girlie girl… maybe Angelina will start forcing her to be a tomboy too! 😉
The “from dolls to dinosaurs” headline…what the hell is that? So she is/will be a lesbian because she doesn’t play with dolls anymore?
it is so refreshing to see a little girl who is not doused in ribbons, bows and dresses.
I know its wrong but she looks like a blonde little Chaz Bono in the short haired photo…lol (yep, I’m going to hell)
yup. enjoy the superior booze. 🙂
Chaz wish he look that cute
heh heh heh.
wish I had a picture of myself when I was 7 to flip out at the damn paps.
uh, I had a helluva lot less hair than Shiloh — because I had a tender scalp and hated to have my hair brushed and tangles pulled. short hair = happier little kid.
end of story.
Same here. I had around Shiloh’s length, maybe a bit shorter on the top. But apparently it was because I put up such a fit whenever my mother tried to brush my hair. I have fine hair (but a ton of it) and it knots like crazy. I did hate my short hair though. It sucks when all the other girls have long hair and you don’t.
First of all, this story is BS. Why would Brad care about this in the year 2012? The media continue to make a big deal about nothing, poor Shiloh has been attacked by media for her tomboyish ways – I doubt anyone else cares. Secondly, short hair on girls and women is nothing new, it’s been around for quite some time and the world continues to revolve. Thirdly, short hair is not indicative of gender identity or sexual orientation. And fourth, every kid will be teased for something – if not for hair, for their glasses, braces, habits, having famous parents, and just about anything else.
She and their other kids look pretty happy to me. They’ve had the paps in their faces their entire lives. Not that that makes it stress-free, but they look more like normal kids than a lot of the other celeb kids Tom Cruise I’m talking to you. The exception is Pricess Z who refuses to hide it when She is not amused.
I cannot believe they’ve made their cover story about a child’s haircut. Next they’ll be manufacturing some drama based on the older Affleck girl’s glasses — i.e. “Affleck family secret shame: Ben can’t take the fact that his firstborn is a four eyes.”
Or maybe only the Jolie-Pitt kids are coverworthy.
Seriously, this is a new low.
Lol that was too funny…
Yeah, Shiloh’s hair cut looks exactly like the one my mom gave me at Shiloh’s age. Short hair = happier, less frazzled mother.
Agree. My mom always want to cut my hair since my hair was thin and shorter hair made me look like a nice and “clean” child she said.lol
well her movie failed so she has to pull out the Shiloh is a tomboy card to garner more attention
Jolie knows the world is watching
Yeah, she knows people like you love to judge without even knowing her.LOL
Oh dear, Life and Lies please stop!
Shiloh looks great with her new haircut.
Its not the haircut they will be laughing at her for its her comedy name …
Shiloh Pitt …. pile o’ shit
I mean seriously, kids are cruel and they hand them that name on a plate!
I feel sorry for you Juicy Jackass.
Who’s she going to be teased by?!?! It’s not like they’re in once country long enough to go to school…although maybe Gwen and Gavin’s kid is a horrible bully.
MTE.
They are going to keep on messing with Brad & Angelina and he’s going to sue them into the ground. Rightfully so. Leave that child alone. She’s fine.
She looks like a little Julie Andrews. Gorgeous child. Please let’s not speculate as to the gender of this little girl. Please?
I’m speechless. I’m from the south and this is just beyond me. But the kids seem happy so I will not judge…I will not judge..I will not judge.
Who cares whether the kid is gay,transgendered or simply a tomboy? She is being whoever she wants to be, and I doubt her parents are forcing any of this on her.
co-sign.
word.
It sounds nice but never works in reality. You know that and I know that.
I love that haircut. My daughter was very much like Shiloh when she was that age. And whaddayaknow – she’s Ivy League bound in the fall.
Congrats on your daughter’s achievement! And when I see Shiloh I see a strong, opinionated girl who’s secure in who she is. A leader rather than a follower. My son is in middle school and I am amazed at how every single girl dresses identically (long flat hair, skinny jeans, Ugg boots). I would love to see someone not be afraid to express herself like this!
Yes! Congratulations Photo-Jo-Jo! Wonder where your daughter will go-go? Smith perhaps? No, let’s see…Mount Holyoke, right?
I am from the south, the swamps surrounding New Orleans. My youngest has the same hair cut, she wanted it for three years before I let her do it (she is seven.) Adults have more crap to say about it and everyone I took her to to cut it gave the child crap about wanting a boy hair cut, “You are so pretty and you don’t want to look like a boy.” Was a statement that many said… I was furious. Finally I took her somewhere and was like, “Not that I have to explain my parenting BUT my daughter has wanted a short hair cut for years and I am allowing her to have it. She knows some people might thing she is a boy and she knows that she is beautiful no matter what. Please give her the hair cut she wants.”
She also picks out her clothes and it’s a 85/15% split between boy clothes and girl. She likes dinosaurs and trucks and clothes she feels she can play in, but when the mood strikes she throws on a princess dress and plays with dolls. Funny thing is she doesn’t care if people thinks she is a boy but HATE when I tell people she loves all things Disney Princess, even though she does!
Aww! She sounds adorable. I think you’re doing what a parent should — not sweating the small stuff! Let children be! As long as she’s happy and healthy, her choice of clothes and toys matter very little.
Kids change on the dime anyway. Every time I see my nephew he has a new saying. They go through phases and it’s too early to know what they’ll be like as adults.
She is a child my god leave her alone tabloids!! So many little girls who have brothers go through a tom boy stage. Why do we want to judge every move this family makes? I personally don’t like Bard and Angie together but their kids seem happy so just leave Shilo alone it isn’t her choice to be in the public eye.
montenegro style….hahahahahaha
cute.
PRINCESS ZAHARA FOREVER.
Who is going to bully her? They don’t go to regular school, they spend their time traveling around the world and not meeting regular kids. Unless one of her siblings is going to make fun of her, I don’t see what there is to worry about.
I think this is so cute. She’s such a pretty, happy little girl and I believe that no one should bad mouth a little child and what the child may want. I think that it’s hard for Angelina knowing she will take the abuse by letting her daughter make her own choices but the child will appreciate it when she is older. Since when does a haircut decide someone’s status and being?
Wow, let’s totally ignore the fact that Shiloh is the second coming of Charlize Theron meets Elizabeth Taylor (as Angelina Jolie has been described as equalling in beauty by people who have seen her in real life) and is going to seduce us of our money one day should she choose to become an entertainer. She will take ALL of our money and we will gladly part with it.
I’m kinda thinking someone (looking at you Shilo) got ahold of some sissors and this may just be a clean up job.
Either way it is cute and a breeze to keep up with it.
She is hitting the age where life is just too much fun for hair care (aka being an active kid and harder to wrestle into the shower.. ahh fun times)
This is not even a story she had her hair cute like that two years ago they let it grow out and it looks like she back to her old hair style which is a lot like her grandmother hair style.
Jane Pitt
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/grz02_GvrlH/Jane+Pitt+Knox+Jolie+Pitt+Italy/RArLD6LG9D7/Jane+Pitt
Thanks for posting the link. I thought of her Grand mother too when I saw her haircut. It is exactly how Jane Pitt wears it.
She really is an adorable little kid. I think a bigger problem for them will be when she turns into a teen. She’s going to be a stunner!
She’s a cutie pie. I hate that the media tries so hard to create controversy where there is none. She’s a tomboy and that’s perfectly normal. Lucky for her when she gets older if she decides she’s gay/transgender or whatever else her parents will be supportive.
One of the things I’ve always loved about this family is how playful and unpolished those kids are. I bet they have a lot of fun.
Much like Halle Berry, Mia Farrow, and Audrey Hepburn before her, this short haircut will undoubtedly ensure that Shiloh spends her entire life working in hardcore lesbian biker bars.
Thank you, i needed that laugh (=
My friend was totally like this when she was little; she says she always wanted to be a boy, played with guns, etc. She grew up, dated boys, had a baby and in her 30’s, came out as lesbian. Does this mean this will happen to Shiloh/Shax? no not necessarily but it might. I am sure Brad and Angie will be excellent support for her no matter what her sexuality blossoms into. But the issue here is we know gay people are treated differently by most people; and I am sure any parent would worry if they saw what we all are seeing with Shiloh… which is she is a little girl who looks like she wants to be a little boy.
RE: the issue here is we know gay people are treated differently by most people; and I am sure any parent would worry if they saw what we all are seeing
In this comment you are the one choosing to treat someone differently because of your assumptions about their sexuality.
Brad openly supports gay rights and said way before Shiloh was born that he would not care if he had a gay child.
Couching homophobia in ‘concern’ doesn’t change the fact that it’s homophobia.
Word.
@mln76
Well said!
I wish the tabloids would leave these kids, and all kids, alone. It’s just wrong.
I think Shax’s hair is cute longer, but if she wants it short, so what?! I do think men/dads get uncomfortable with this kind of thing while mom’s are more “roll with it”. How old is she? She looks TALL already.
She 5 and is very tall.
This story. 😀
Poor Brad, I expect that was why he was carrying that cane recently – he tried to stop Angie cutting Shiloh’s hair and she stabbed him in the thigh with her evil scissors. While cackling furiously.
What’s with all the “GAY” talk? Keep the sexuality BS and your hangups about it out of this she doesn’t even KNOW what that means or shouldn’t at this age. I was the same way at her age AND cut all my LONG hair off to look like my uncles while REFUSING to dress like a girl. This is not a big deal.
I’m not getting the whole ZOMG response to this. Maybe she asked for the haircut. Maybe she hates getting her hair brushed. Maybe she got gum in her hair. Whatever. She looks adorable. Rock it out Shiloh.
And as far as not letting kids call the shots – since he’s been little, hair and clothing is EXACTLY what my kid gets to call the shots on. Because other stuff is way more important (and now “teen argument worthy”) than if he wants to wear his hair long. A little empowerment goes a long way.
Yeah, how they wear their hair or what they want to wear (within reason) or what veg/fruit they want with dinner is much less important than the potty-training wars, and many more later-in-life battles to come.
In the grand scheme of things, it’s a pretty minor thing.
Exactly. As long as it’s weather appropriate and clean, it’s wearable. He’s now 17. Partial to long hair, jeans, and metal band shirts. He’s respectful as the day is long, works after school, takes college courses on the weekend, and rocks a 92 average at an engineering high school to match. I’m glad I picked my battles – and don’t judge books by their covers.
Yes, I totally agree. I stopped battling my sons over what they wear when they were in kindergarten, probably. Why fight over something so trivial when there are truly important things that we as parents cannot give in on? So my 10-year old wore shorts in a blizzard when he went to basketball practice last week. With a chaperone/driver (dad), he’s not gonna freeze to death!
Who will bully her? She doesn’t go to school. They don’t seem to have any friends, except with the ones that Brad and Angelina let them have.. If they mean the public, well then blame the damn parents for constantly PR’ing these kids out……….those children have absolutely no choice in the matter.
She’d better not be! No matter how you feel about celeb kids’ parents, the kids themselves should be OFF. LIMITS.
And as the proud mom of 3 kids, each one with “personality PLUS” (as it’s known in our house), and they were/are wonderful, lovely little characters who have brought immeasurable joy to our lives.
This whole thing is completely ridiculous. If she cut her own hair without permission then she has joined the ranks of many little girls. If she wants to be a boy then she has joined the ranks of many transgendered little girls/boys. Regardless, she is still a precious child who deserves respect. If she identifies as a boy, no amount of long hair or dresses (not to mention awful comments) will change her identity.
I don’t see anything wrong with the kids hair. She likes it short. So What? What I’m wondering about is Angie’s stomach. Did she forget to put on her girdle? That outfit is so unflattering.
BS
Girls cant have short hair? All girls with short hair want to be boys? This story is BS.
Shiloh looks like a Jon Voight mini-me. I was bullied for having short hair too. As soon as i grew my hair back..i was very popular and feminine. Children can be very cruel. I understand Brad’s concern..ever since Brad became a father I have grown to respect him and adore him.
This is sick and just beyond sad. Adults that need to constantly talk about a child as a back door dig at her mother.
MY goodness..The state of the world we live in..
But the most disgusting part is these magazines are for WOMEN. not men. WOMEN who are mothers, sisters, daughters, friends. NOW that is a level of sick I don’t want to think on further.
off this thread.
oh my…we’re in 2012 and we talk about an haircut as it could define a sexual orientation….really?
So many adult bullies, shame on you.
Bs.
My first thought was, “She looks adorable!” my second thought was, “wtf is wrong with people?” :L
BS. BS. BS. BS. BS. BS. BS. BS.BS.BS.BS.BS.BS.BS.BS.BS.BS.BS.BS.BS.BS.BS…
Let’s see
Johnny Depp moves out
Seal and Heidi divorce.
but the haircut of a 5 year old makes the front cover. Over stories that are about adults.
beyond reason. Who is buying these magazines
It is all frivolous, sometimes mean gossip. There is no way of saying some of it is tripe and some of it is news. None of it is our business and we are all just a little pathetic for clicking on it. Myself included. But for some reason gossip sites still get more hits and make more money than say “French Literature Today”. sigh…
First – as to the poster about adult bullies. this site is full of them has been for years. You suddently noticed now? That is what all tabloid web sites are all about – bullying.
Nemera: Johnny made the People cover last week – and Seal and Heidi made the People and US cover this week. They are not being left out.
What I find intersting is that the very people who are complaing here about taking about Shiloh will get on another post and critize Suri and Katie. What a bad mother she is and how Suri should not be heels, etc.
And Lisa I agree with on your last post – unfortunate thing is that you do this to other women all the time – non-stop. You only now are upset because it is someone you are a huge fan of. Your behavior is exactly the same about other celebrities. Sad.
Personally I do agree with Brad – if this is true – if she ever does go to school she has a good chance of being teased. And don’t think for a minute that because she is from famous parents it would make a difference. The rich type of schools these kids would be put in have kids with many famous parents and parents that could buy and sell Angie/Brad and their millions many times over. Those types of schools are nasty. I think that Shiloh is desperate to look like a boy. I just wonder why? I also wonder why Angie did not have her ears pierced when she was a few months old like her sister? Nothing wrong with being a tom boy – but Shiloh goes a bit further then this – she doesn’t just want to do things boys want to do – she wnats to be a boy. Interesting. I think that her little life will be a hard one – and I personally feel sorry for her. All the money in the world and famous parents cannot buy acceptance. If i did not know that shiloh was a girl I would be sure she was a boy from this photo. she has totally transformed herself into a boy. somehow I just find that sad – obviously being a girl is replosive to her. But why?
I was not talking about other magazine covers. I was speaking about this particular cover that features Johnny and Seal/Heidi.
a 5 year old’s hair cut trumped them and put them on the sidebar.
Your evaluation of Shiloh tends on the overly analytical and I find that really disturbing. Your ‘But why’. She isn’t even 7 years old and you’re analysing this child as you see her through the eyes of the media.
She is only a kid and she is surrounded by boys and she has latched on to the idea that boys do things that she is interested in (compared to girls). That doesn’t give people the right to assume that she has gender issues, as you do with your ‘interesting’ comment.
When I was 5 I wanted to be a pirate, and I also wanted to be Tarzan and I’d go around the neighborhood in just my undies and a stick (as a pretend knife) and try to climb trees, and I had short hair as well. And I was teased, but not because I had short hair, but because I was -back then- from a perceived ethnic minority. Now: I’m an adult woman, with long hair, I wear makeup and have no desire to have a penis.
Don’t presume a child is a potential transgender and Chastity Bono just because they’re going through a tomboy stage. Some young girls don’t like the feminine frou-frou and pink toy aisles – from a very young age. It doesn’t mean that they have problems.
But here’s another idea for you to chew on: have you considered that Shiloh, being the first biological child and (even though I don’t like the label) ‘Daddy’s girl’, idolises her father? Would that be strange to you?
The thing is, she isn’t surrounded by boys. She has two sisters and a mother and plenty of nannies that are female. It isn’t just the haircut which is fine. A haircut does not a tomboy make. It is her clothes, shoes, and mannerisms that are totally boyish. Her little sister had pierced ears when she was an infant. Why not Shiloh? she wore clothing with skulls on them as an infant. It just seems that her parents made a decision early on that she was going to be a tomboy and they molded her to fit that role. They decided Viv was going to be a girlie girl and she is treated that way. Strange family. It’s like they assigned roles to their kids and the kids were molded to fit those roles.
Maddox is the hip one.
Z is the Empress
Shiloh is the tomboy
Pax is the rebel.
Knox is the mini brad.
viv is the little girlie princess.
This is my opinion and i’m sticking to it.
Second that. Very sad indeed.
It’s hair. It’s goddamn hair. Hair doesn’t make anyone anything. Halle Berry has had a pixie cut for well over a decade. Is she a lesbian?
Tony Braxton has had a pixie cut for most of her career. Is she a lesbian?
Anthony Kiedis’s signature look was long hair. Is he gay?
The ignorance of some people astounds me.
Adorable kid. the rest of this story is a pile of bs.
Shiloh is starting to resemble both Chastity and Chaz Bono.
Hey most kids go thru phases of acting boyish or girlish and dress funny or in costumes, bad haircuts, good ones. Ain’t no big deal certainly not worthy of an article. Chaz Bono dressed girlish when he was little as Chastity so it means nothing.I’m sick of hearing about a bunch of overprivileged kids.
Honestly? I had that same haircut when I was her age… and it was pretty darn short up until I was 13. Was a tomboy? eh, not really, but I really didn’t care that much. I’m not a lesbian, and nor will I be because of a haircut.
Maybe people need to stop reading into the haircuts of a 5 year old girl, and worry about their own kids.
Too sad to see grown adults picking on an innocent 5 year old. Too say she is transgender or a lesbain is too ridiculous. I mean it realyy makes me very angry. How can you make these assumptions about a child. As someone said above chaz bono. She dressed girly as a child and look at her now. The girlie girl can end up being gay. She should not be jugged by her hair and clothing but she will as long as their are ignore bitches in the world.Why is this even a story and those trash mags are trying their best to get a story. The must be having financial problems becuz sane people do not buy or actually believe trash.
Shiloh’s been rocking a shoulder-length for a year… did ‘the concerned’ breathe a sigh of relief? NO! They still claimed that she looked like a little boy. So why not opt for cropped, especially if it’s easier for her?
And for the record, maybe Shiloh’s decision stemmed from Zahara’s recent decision to get braids. Braids take hours to get done, no matter the age; maybe Zahara loved them, but Shiloh probably thought ‘THE HELL WITH THAT!!!’ and got a pixie. I think expediency is what Shiloh is looking for. I think about when she got the pixie the first time. I remember when Brad took her and Zee shopping; Shiloh picked her slacks and sweater, while Zee spent a lot of time picking out socks/stockings. And what was Shiloh doing while waiting for Zee to choose? She was curled up in Brad’s arms. Call me crazy, but already, Shiloh is making effective use of her time.
Kingston gets manicures.
the horror!
she’s a cute kid.
Shiloh is such a pretty girl but this new hair style is unflattering and doesn’t suit her at all. But if she looks it, what does it matter what anyone else thinks.
Who cares if it’s unflattering! She’s a kid! Ugh.
Michelle Williams and Carey Mulligan have short pixie haircuts, and I don’t see anyone complaining about their hair or saying that they must be turning into lesbians. It’s only because Shiloh is a Jolie-Pitt. If her parent’s were anyone else it would be a non-issue and definitely no magazine covers about her haircut!
Those kids are home schooled, no one will ridicule her. I had that same haircut when I was little, my sisters and cousins had it too. We had to get it cut because we caught lice at school. Shiloh looks cute.
Seriously? His wife would cut somebody!
Her original chin lenghth haircut was super cute. The one she has now is a boys haircut not like a pixie cut. Do you really believe this child asked for this cut anymore than the little Knox asked to wear his hair shouder length?
Jolie always has the need to be controversial.
I agree. I love her blond hair. I also had her new short cut when I was probably the same age – around 1st grade? I had long hair and my mother cut it off because I gave her hell when she shampooed it/untangled it and didn’t like it. She chopped it off, my grandmother screamed at her, and I ended up OK.
It’s always Angelina’s fault? Daddy Brad took Shiloh to the boys department to buy her clothes! Guess that’s also Angelina’s fault.
Yes I do have you seen her grandmother Jane Pitt has the same hair cut and has been wearing her hair like that for years, look it up before you talk.
How many other celebrities son have long hair way longer bronx mowgli wentz, Hank Jr, blanket jackson, otis tobias maguire, Zuma and james wilkie parker just to name a couple of celebrity kids sons all who have long hair some even longer than Knox hair do their parents need to be controversial.
@Taryn
You are so right. It’s always evil Angelina’s fault. Why just today, I had a bad day at work and I know Angelina Jolie is somehow to blame. Damn that Jolie woman!
Let’s blame Angelina for everything, going forward! We can call it the Angelina Syndrome. Definition: irrational statements formed by tabloid conjecture absent any real facts.
She’s so cute and she’s gonna be gorgeous when she grows up.
she is a sweet and cute lil girl and there is nothing wrong with having a short cut like that. I had long hair too when i was little and my mom had it cut short because it was easier for me to manaage and i cried whenever she brushed it when it longer because of the tangles. I`m sometimes feel so bad for these celebs because it doesnt matter what they do there will be some kind of article making up and saying negative things.
i gave my 6 year old shiloh lookalike daughter a very similar haircut after I saw the pictures. sooo supercute. with a face like that… I think short hair really really works.
I have a niece who refuses to wear dresses, loves sports, and has far more boy friends than girl friends. Will she be gay when she’s anything but a smarmy eight year old? WHO GIVES A SHIT?
Reality is, A. It doesn’t matter. B. She’s happy. C. I’m sure if either of her parents tried to encourage her to dress differently and grow her hair out, she’d probably fight it twice as hard. I think she looks cute, and I’m sure her parents will love her, regardless of what her sexual preferences are. Thumbs up to the Jolie-Pitts for encouraging their kids to be their own people under the microscope that they live under.
I wish the Rags would leave the children out of it and alone. Shi is beautiful
I don’t want my comment to be perceived as mean or anything, but why would she be bullied?
These children don’t appear to interact with any other children their age. They are spirited here and there, on planes, at the drop of a hat, they don’t attend a regular school and if they do attend a birthday party, as they did recently, the media is on them and the party is a controlled event (no outsiders it seems).
So I don’t see why she would be bullied unless it would be some stupid comment from a tabloid or a paparazzo.
The kid doesn’t go to school or have any friends, so who exactly is gonna be bullying her?????
Lol but your wrong on all count except the bullying.
I thought they went to an International school. Angie said it was ideal for their nomadic lifestyle.
…the sad part is, had I ever came face to face with this kid and not know who it is, I would’ve immediately thought that she was a boy(and isn’t that name unisex?).
Shiloh’s beautiful. Shiloh’s haircut looks similar to Grandma Jane’s.
I always say, leave the little ones alone…BUT
I have a thought/question.
When Shiloh was born, aj dressed her in boy clothes, in black and t’s, weird, a newborn baby girl in boy clothes…
when Viv was a baby, she dressed her girly and pierced her ears…
does anyone disagree with me that it’s beyond weird? seriously. comments?
and b4 the crazies come out, i’m not critizing, i just find this an interesting human study that i’ve not heard anyone touch on
There are actually tons of pictures of a young Shiloh in dresses. There are also tons of pics of Viv in dark clothes with a tougher style (the same goes for Z). As Viv aged she seems to have gravitated towards girlie clothes. As for the ear piercing some recommend piercing a girl twin’s ears in order to help people to tell them apart.
@Pop Rocks
They shut down the entire bloody country?! As is no fly zones and no one leaving and entering the country at all? Was there a coup d’etat? As Balki from Mepos would say to cousin Larry “don’t be ridiculous”. Tone down the hyperbole please, chica.
The fact is they were 2 PRIVATE citizens who chose to birth their child in Namibia. The press is the one that whipped everyone in to a frenzy about the pregnancy from the get go. I personally feel the Namibian government was right to deny visas to those who only wanted to cover a birth that was no one’s business but theirs. Why should the press be allowed to harass them at such a time?! They don’t hold any public office at all. They are not supported by the tax paying public like the British monarchy.
By the way,there was also only 1 press conference open only to local journalists after Shiloh was born.
The truth is Angelina and family left the US in January 2006 and spent the majority of her first pregnancy out of the country.
Stop making up “facts” out of your a$$.
I love Shiloh’s hair!
Leave Shiloh alone. I became soo annoyed when Chaz bono insinuated Shiloh was transgender because she wore tomboy clothes. Newsflash: a lot of girls dont like ruffles and pink! I had a bowl cut, liked to climb trees and get muddy, and I turned out as feminine as ever as I got older. I say let her explore her world as she sees it. I dont understand why they don’t sue. If anyone talked about my children in gossip and profited on lies there would be hell to pay.
Some of these comments make me so sad. I have 2 girls and they are like night and day. My littlest is a princess and couldn’t be more girly. My oldest, who just turned 8, is much more of a tomoboy. She likes her hair short, prefers boys clothing and would cry if I “made” her wear a dress. I have not “pushed” her into any specific gender roles, it is what it is and I will let her be who she is going to be. Yay Angie and Brad for doing the same! Until you’ve walked a mile in someones shoes… well you know. ;D
My daughter when she was little wanted to dress/act like a boy she wanted short hair and only wanted to play with cars dinosaurs etc and wear shorts shirts etc It did cross my mind she might grow up to be gay ( not that I would of cared mind you ) but at 13/14 it all changed she started dressing like a girl wearing makeup and spending hours in bathroom trying out new hairstyles and is so called girlie as they come and BTW I was the same as a kid as well and I’m straight also my 7 yr Old went thru a stage when he was younger wanting to wear jewellery and make up like mummy .
Is Shiloh extremey tall or is it this picture? I don’t like the haircut. It isn’t cute.
Short hair can be so cute if cut correctly. Your right, this isn’t one of those cuts. It is going to just stick up all over the place.
Listen I had short hair when young. My mother didn’t want to mess with long hair,I didn’t give it one thought. It was what it was. I trusted my mom. I doubt Shiloh cares about her hair either. I think she is fine when it is long.I see patterns in Jolie’s parenting style and her inability to understand child development. SHE attributes levels of development to Shiloh to cover up that this desire to have children who are different be a reality. That is where the problem is. Not the mere fact that Shiloh has short hair. People can see her motives.Thats the crime. Forcing this on a child. It will become who he child is . One only has to look at the first photo ever of Shiloh to see what Angie was going to do with her. I mean Viv was called so female at 2 weeks old. Do you all have selective hearing. So she fits with your idea of who you want her to be?
She is a mother who defines her children based on her needs.
Meltdown over a hair cut. Wonder if those same people has same concern for kids in ‘Toddlers and Tiaras’ . Or just a way to attache Angelina by proxy?
Her Daddy has long hair like her mother. No confusion. Her brothers have long hair too.
No kid will bully this kid in life. Adults on the internet prehaps, but she will be taught not to pay attention to them. She seems to be a tough one with her own opinion. She knows she is a girl especially while helping change the twins diapers. One had something EXTRA the other did not. I bet she knows the difference.
Holly’s daughter was with them again. She is the twins age.
Shi, was holding Knox’s sweater because he had a stuffed animal in his hand. Cute. These kids will do fine and if that is all Brad has to worry about in the world/life, he IS truly blessed.
She’s a kid for ffs. She doesn’t need “fashionable” haircut! She needs to be climbing trees, playing football and having fun and not worry about what others think she should be. What she needs to be is exactly what she wants to be, whether it was right or wrong for someone else.
There’s nothing more stupid than thinking there’s only one mold girls and boys fit when they are kids. Oh yeah, there is: forcing kids into those molds. If she doesn’t want to be fake disney princess barbie bs, then good for her! I’m sure her parents will tell her how to deal with the situation if she’s ever bullied.
I’ve always felt there were issues between Angelina and Shiloh. Even after birth, we barely saw a picture of the two of them together. Postpartum, whatever, who knows? The two oldest are all boy and the adopted sister is a little princess. Maybe Shiloh just associates with the boys more easily. I’m sure she felt love from the boys and just loved them back. Whose idea was the newest haircut?
Wow… I have NEVER replied to any internet post. I typically (and laughably) usually scroll through some “dirt” before I go to bed. It’s “fun” writings about famous people that live interesting lives, and I find myself being amused by the ridiculous speculations. However, I can’t help but be absolutely disgusted by some of your comments. Are you seriously attacking a child? Have you no shame? It not only makes me nauseated to think some freak would take such entertainment so seriously, it makes me fear for children in any household in this world that adults would be so judgmental and out right nasty. Shame on you! I should be educated enough to understand your sad and desperate cries of obvious unhappiness, but a small and pathetic side of me is angry and left despondent by your awfulness. YOU are the parents of bullies… you are the definition of hate. In another life, before I found education and love, I would want to smack you (hard) in the face. Now (thankfully)I just feel the need to write a silly post and hope that one day you realize how hateful you are. So now I will go back to a much lighter note, where I continue perusing the internet for some light hearted gossip before I curl up with a book. Good night fellow gossip hounds, and hopefully one day you won;t find yourselves (or your children) being judged with such hate.
I like that Shiloh’s parents seem to be allowing her to dress in a way and style her hair in a way she seems comfortable with, rather than “omg we gotta run out and grab a ton of dresses and curl her hair and all this crap because she’s a girl OMIGAWWWW.” To people who think it will make her a lesbian – um, did you know you sound really simple? And to people who think it will “confuse” her – I’m pretty sure she’ll at least be clear on one thing – that her parents regard her as a real person who can make her own choices, rather than some pet, doll accessory. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I have no problem with little girls dressing up all feminine. But I think it should be their choice.
Oh, RJ, I think I like you a lot!
My daughter is of mixed-ethnicity, and her longish hair was a source of tears, trauma, and much trouble. So she decided she wanted it short, “like Halle Berry” she would tell people (she was 5). It was her choice, with my permission, and made life SO MUCH EASIER for both of us.
When she got her ears pierced, it was her choice (and my permission) and we got it done. (Again, at 5 or 6.)
When she showed up at dance class (at 4) she was the ONLY girl NOT wearing pink. She wore bright red tights and a purple leotard, and announced to everyone that she did not LIKE pink and would not WEAR pink. (“Pink” was said with utter disdain.)
Parents need to let their kids be who they are. Within reason. (No putting the cat in the dryer or trying to “fly” by jumping off the roof with a sheet tied to around your neck.) 😉
What i don’t realize is if truth be told how you’re no longer actually much more neatly-preferred than you might be now. You are so intelligent. You realize thus considerably in relation to this matter, made me in my view believe it from a lot of varied angles. Its like women and men are not interested until it is something to accomplish with Girl gaga! Your own stuffs nice. All the time handle it up!