Brad and Angelina's Strict Nanny Requirements

By Jo Piazza Posted Apr 19th 2011 05:15PM

We have always wondered how Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie appear to raise such a well mannered brood of six without going completely insane. The answer: nannies, a lot of nannies, an entire basketball team of nannies. PopEater spoke to one applicant for the Pitt-Jolie nanny job who said she was surprised by the strict requirements asked of the family's childcare providers.

Each child, we are told, is given their very own personal nanny, who is required to have a college degree in either education or child development and to speak at least two languages. In the case of Brad and Angie's adopted children from other countries, the nanny is question is expected to speak the language of the child's native land.

The job applicant must also be willing to travel. This is a biggie since the family splits their time between California, New Orleans, France and a number of movie sets on a yearly basis.

According to our source, the positions pay between $50,000 and $150,000 on a sliding scale to start. With six kids, childcare can easily run the Jolie-Pitts a cool million on a yearly basis.

The requirements make sense (and believe us we have heard crazier) since the family travels so often each caregiver will essentially be a one-on-one teacher for the kids when they aren't enrolled in school.

What we have to say is kudos to the Pitt-Jolie publicity machine for their careful pruning of these nannies from the official paparazzi shots the family releases to the press. You would think six extra well-educated bodies traveling with the fam would be easy to spot, but we rarely see anyone but Brad and Angie minding the crew.

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By alex smith

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the twins have moderate downs syndrome this gets more obvious the more pictures you see. When will this be revealed?

By Kookie

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Kids need parents, not nannys. And they do not need to travel all the time. They need friends their own age and a normal childhood. Or is this normal to Brad and Angie.

By genie

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I love that family. They are all awesome. I wish more kids could get that kind of opportunity. They are setting a wonderful example for mixed adoptions and adoptions in general. Not every one can afford the heart break and expense of in vitro , then why not consider unconventional adoption? What about the children in foster care? Older kids? Lots of non white kids are in our foster care waiting to be adopted. There are more white families wanting to and can afford to adopt. Love their family pics.

By Bubbles

If you are TOO BUSY to raise your kids - YOUR TOO BUSY. I have 7. Time goes by so fast and they are grown. Brad and Angelina just seem to collect kids. How much REAL TIME are these kinds of kids getting when their parents ALWAYS have one foot out the door. A nanny for every kid - give me a break - how about 2 parents available to their kids. This kids are collections just like their homes and jewelry. Sad.

By Kimiko

They're actors, Bubbles. Not just any actors at that, but actors who have the luxury of turning down work. They might actually spend more time with their kids than you do with yours.

By Dee

Don't forget, they "rescued" these kids from a life of poverty and hardship. Much better to have a nanny then to be neglected.

Wish they would adopt me!!

By DaytonaGary

Poor kids.What a circus

By tyler delgregg

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This is an odd family. There is a little bit of something that is quite unsettling.

By anderson

As always...PAX looking sour as heck.Im telling you he will be trouble later no matter who raises him. Pretty sad to adopt children to just let a bunch of different Nannies raise the.

By Joey d

I have never understood why these "celebs" go to other countries to adopt. I'm sure that there are enough children in this country that are in need of being adopted. It must be the "cool" thing to do, adopting from another country. I also guess that including the nannies in photos would'nt be too cool, after all you are trying to give the impression that you are doing all of the parenting.

By realist

NO...They waited for the Lil Dark one to be hidden..THEN Quickly snapped the Picture...

By Cate

Why on earth do they have to dress Shiloh like a boy all the time???!!!? She is a girl! and a pretty little girl at that, but since she's been a baby, all the pictures I ever see of her Brad and Angie dress her up like a boy! Why??? Vivianne, meanwhile, is dressed like a girl just fine, and usually Zahara too. I don't get it.

By Beverly

I sure can use a job as their nanny.I have raised 4 children and a grandmother.Never had a education in child care.It all came naturally.I have twin girls who will soon be 11 and great students.Why College I wonder?I speak all english and can handle an american child lol.I ran a daycare out of my home and got great references.Can travel.People have great jobs never went to college,Why as a nanny?

By josie

I think they have a beautiful family, Mom and Dad included.Even little Shilo is looking more like a little girl now, she is a cutie too. The first time I saw her in her baby photo, she had on blue baby pants, I thought they had a boy! Maybe Angie wanted to keep her boy like right from the start,thinking that would keep her strong and protected....

By rockhound34x

Calling Brad and Angelina "parents" is an exaggeration. To those defending them, saying they have to work, etc, so what? My mother raised four of us on her own. She worked full time, provided everything we needed, and made sacrifices. These adopted children will have more of a relationship with their nannies than they will of Brad and Angie. My mother worked tirelessly for years as director of Social Services in the city where we lived and if you do not think that is a hard job in a city of 1 million plus, you are out of touch with reality.

It was reported that Shilo dress's herself, well she didn't dress herself like a boy from birth or until she could pick out her own clothes. Someone put her in boys clothes from birth.

By Perriwinkle

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Maybe the reason we never see the 6 nannies is because there aren't 6 nannies! The way this article (and most internet "news") was written and not proof -read ("The nannie is question") looks like they're just spewing things out as fast as they can type them. IF they actually have 6 nannies then great, each child is well looked after. However, you can't believe everything you read, especially these days when they try to sensationalize every single story (or non-story) and facts are subjective and subject to interpretation. I wonder if a bunch of lawyers are writing for the internet now??

By Suzanne

Whoever the insensitive moron is who wrote this...... Does it matter to you that you are rude and insulting to large families? By implying that the only reason Brad and Angelina don't look insane is because they have one nanny per child..... So does that mean every other large family is insane? You jerk!

By chris

You would think with all the money they make, they could afford to feed their kids or at least buy clothing that fits. I have an El Ed degree, am a former nanny, and you could not pay me to work for people like this. It breaks my heart to think of what their life is like.

By Brandy

Proof reading would be nice! I think with six children and how busy they are, they have no other choice but to have nannies. I think it is very cool that they speak the native language of the child. These two have the money and they are spending it to make sure their children are educated correctly.

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