Jolie: "...you gotta try everything."

Being a blog that is dedicated to markets and social issues/observations, I was delighted when I read a fascinating article about how much cool stuff Angelina Jolie lets her children try.  This article was about the crickets (yes, the insect) that she now lets her adopted children/NATO regiment eat.     

http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/21/angelina-jolies-kids-eat-crickets-like-theyre-chips/?hpt=hp_t2
 
She cited some neat adopted mother's rule about letting her child - of foreign descent - embrace things from his/her original culture.

You don't say?

I wonder if she was using this rule when she decided to name her child, of Cambodian heritage, "Maddox?"  I also suppose that it's customary for Cambodian children to receive mohawk haircuts at the age of 2?

I'm sure that A.J. is a great mother, and this is all in jest - but seriously...let's rattle off a quick list of things that "Motherbear" Jolie has tried during her time on planet Earth:

1.  Loving Billy Bob Thorton. (check)
2.  Getting Billy Bob's name tattooed on her body.  (check)

3.  Wearing a vial of Billy Bob's blood - a likely biohazard - on a necklace. (check)

4. Loving women.  (check)

5.  Replace Billy Bob's name with Jenny Shimizu's in numbers 1-3...read aloud for full effect.  (check, check, and check).

I suppose that when your mother is Angelina Jolie, and she wants you to "taste the flavors" that life has to offer...you had better get your game face on...because mother means business.