Celebrities riff can teach us to love again

A report was recently released about Jon Voight's trouble with his daughter, actress Angelina Jolie. Voight has said that he has never met any of his four grandchildren, but he remains hopeful that broken bridges will be reconciled.

This report saddens me because whenever a child hates a parent, the child is hating half of themselves. Although Jolie mentions that Voight was never there for her as a child, if she denies him now, she is no better then him.

Rani Kulwant, mentions this in his article about "When Children Hate Parents":

"Children want their needs to be fulfilled. When they develop or grow they have certain requirements. If parents are unable to fulfill their requirements of love, money, understanding, and curtail their freedom too much children may develop dissatisfaction. This dissatisfaction may transform to dislike, and then hate."



Obviously Voight was unable to fulfill Jolie's need no matter how much she would cling to him. Eventually, it seems she just would give up hope, and look for fulfillment from another source. Whether that be Brad Pitt or her children, she will continue to be unhappy until she is able to reconcile with her parents. I wish her the best though, because all the good she is doing for others in poorer nations, should give her enough good karma to have a loving father and for her kids to have a loving grandfather.