After this week’s adoption of Pax Thien Jolie, a friend of Angelina Jolie’s has revealed what life is like in the Jolie-Pitt household.

The friend told the Mirror: “They’ve always said that they want their children to be citizens of the world and they’re starting that education young. Angie wants her kids to grow up understanding the world they live in and she and Brad are starting where it counts - at home.”

“Angelina has decided she doesn’t want her children to be just American kids. They are certain that all the kids will get enough exposure to American culture just by living in the US and interacting with other American kids at school. [But] the children are being taught their own languages and about their own cultures as well.”

“Angelina makes a point to feed her kids all different types of foods. She goes to an Asian market in LA to stock up on noodles, dumplings, seaweed and sushi. She even goes out of her way to buy fruit native to Asia. Brad’s taken a few cooking lessons so he could learn how to prepare foods from different parts of the world.”

“They love eating together as a family. At tea time, [daughter Zahara] sits in her high chair, putting her hands in her spaghetti - her favourite dish - and it goes all over her, in her hair, all over the floor. She sits there playing with it while Brad and Angie just let her. They say, ‘Aw, Zee’s happy’ and leave her to it. They think it’s letting her be expressive.”

The friend added that Angelina and Brad are very keen to let their children “express their personalities” wherever possible: “Angelina says she doesn’t want to restrict [eldest son] Maddox in any way. He wears what he wants, no matter what that may be.”

“One day last year, Angelina took him along to a photoshoot she was doing in Paris to advertise sunglasses. Maddox decided he wanted to be a wolf. By the end of the day a bunch of adoring make-up artists had painted his face with make-up, streaked his hair white blond and painted his nails white and black to turn him into a wolf. He was running around and howling. Ange just smiled.”