Brangelina’s engagement will make their adopted kids feel safe and stable, experts say. We’re so happy for the soon-to-be newlyweds!
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie‘s marriage won’t only be good for them as a couple — it will be the best thing for their five tots!
“Marriage is an identity that the entire family identifies with, not just the couple,” Family Therapist Dr. Phil Dembo tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively. “For children, especially adopted children, being connected as a family identity allows for a feeling of safety and stability.”
Brad, 48, and Angelina,36, are the parents of five kids: Maddox, 10, Pax, 8, Zahara, 7, Shiloh, 5, and Knox and Vivienne, 3. A committed union between the two will be extremely settling for Maddox and Pax — considering they’re adopted.
“In the case of Angelina and Brad’s kids where half of them are adopted it can give them a more secure feeling that both parents will be around because they have this commitment to be together,” Christy Whitman , New York Times best-selling author and creator of The Enlightened Kid Program tells HollywoodLife.com. ”Children need a sense of consistency in their environment to feel secure within themselves. When a couple gets married it gives the kids a sense of comfort and security. It allows the child to feel that there are boundaries. Any fears of mom or dad not being around or leaving, because they are not married (when our society says they “should” be married) goes away,”
While details of their wedding are unknown, it is confirmed the two are officially engaged. And we’re happy to hear this will only mean great things for their kids.
What do you think, HollywoodLifers? Do you agree marriage is the best thing for their kids? Vote and weigh in below.
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alice
Posted at 3:37 PM on April 16, 2012
you could tell angelina likes to compete with jennifer aniston. just when aniston got engaged angelina too all of a sudden. she likes to still jen’s spotlight.
Courtney
Posted at 6:48 AM on April 16, 2012
Brad & Angelina are drama hounds you don’t have to be married to be stable loving parents/step parents ask Franco Nero he and Vanessa Redgrave didn’t marry until their son and her daughters from her first marriage were married/divorced with children and Natasha Joely & Carlo grew up stable happy and well adjusted. If you’ve ever seen Franco in interviews when Natasha’s name is mentioned he becomes very emotional because he loved her dearly even though she wasn’t his biologically and same goes for Joely. thankfully Angelina’s never had a miscarriage like Vanessa did in 1971 with her and Franco’s 2nd son. because now a days they wouldn’t get privacy to grieve for that like Vanessa & Franco did
Luanne
Posted at 6:49 PM on April 15, 2012
Michelle
Posted at 4:47 AM on April 15, 2012
Zahara is so beautiful! I wish they would dress Shilo like a girl. She always looks like a boy
wooly
Posted at 6:52 PM on April 14, 2012
Katie
Posted at 12:12 PM on April 14, 2012
I agree completely Janice. I can’t get above- Hi I’m Brad, I’m 50, meet my 6 kids and new fiance. Someone just got thrown a bone –I don’t care how big and sparkly..still a bone
Sarah
Posted at 4:09 AM on April 14, 2012
“Brad, 48, and Angelina,36, are the parents of five kids: Maddox, 10, Pax, 8, Zahara, 7, Shiloh, 5, and Knox and Vivienne, 3″
That makes 6…
Learn to count.
Andrey Min'kov
Posted at 5:41 PM on April 14, 2012
Yes, this is a serious profit for the capitalists. But I am against the victims!
samantha
Posted at 12:07 AM on April 14, 2012
really who cares if there married,i already thought they were married because they act like it and adopted some kids together and have kids together.and ps brad cut off your bears,you looked soo much better without it,you kinda look like a homeless guy,and cut the hair.i really dont know why im so mad about this,i think im on my period.lol
Janice
Posted at 10:23 PM on April 13, 2012
They have to marry each other. At this point in their lives and with so many kids nobody, nobody will marry them. Neither one has any energy to try anything new. You can see in their faces particularly Brad’s.
Alina
Posted at 5:36 PM on April 13, 2012
their parents’ wedding will give them a sense of stability and security??? I don’t think a wedding certificate grants a sense of family unity, from all the gossip reports this family has been a family long before the engagement.
congratulations to them :)
Andrey Min'kov
Posted at 5:09 PM on April 13, 2012
kalimero
Posted at 5:00 PM on April 13, 2012
engagement is in time when they have problem with Pax and his biological mother
blkpanther
Posted at 11:03 AM on April 17, 2012
Marriage is not security to children. Parents that love, respect & honour each other is more to a child then a big family wedding. This is Brads 2nd & Angies 3rd wedding. Why bother. I was 6 when my parents got married, all I cared about was the dress & cake. I hope they don’t make it a big deal, it would be tasteless, I sincerely hope Angies gains weight & doesn’t bother wearing white. Good luck to them.