I knew this was coming.

I had written here about the big Brangelina family and wondered how Brad & Angelina
managed to remain sane with 6 kids in the house. There are times when our only son
drives us up the wall and when my wife gets angry with him, I make it a point to tell her
why her idea of wanting another kid is not really a brilliant idea since she can't handle
even one without getting angry.

And as if Angie herself read my post on her, comes this latest news which says she is feeling depressed/stressed and needs time out from her 6 children and Brad Pitt. I knew this was
coming. Bringing kids into the world is the simple part. The tough part is taking care of them
and giving them the required time and attention. A kid is a human being that needs not only
food, clothing and shelter, but also looks for love, attention, time and companionship.

Having a brood of kids is not like having a few cars in the garage. With cars, you could just let
them stay in the garage for a long time without giving them any attention. But that is not the
case with kids. They need your attention and time. And just because you have a brood of 6
kids, you don't get any more than the 24 hours in a day that others get. Add to this your role
as an actor and the travel and stuff you need to do for that and it gets tough.

The articles also mentioned another reason for Angie getting depressed. It seems recently
Brad had been going out on too many boy's nights out which was not exactly making Angie
happy. I can understand him going out in his situation. With 6 small kids in the house, any
man would want to get out for a drink or two with friends. But since he is as much a party
to the whole idea of having as many kids as possible, it was not fair on his part to go out with
friends leaving Angie to cope up with the kids.

No wonder Angie is stressed out. I hope she comes out of it soon and is back to taking care of
the kids. And I really, really hope that they stop at the 6 kids they have instead of going about
bringing more kids into the world to whom they cannot give the required attention.