During their brief marriage, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie reportedly butted heads over the way they wanted to raise their six children.

People reports the exes had different expectations for how they wanted to raise their children – Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and 16-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.

The disagreements that arose due to this issue reportedly played a part in their split. While they were declared legally single in 2019, they are still embroiled in an ongoing divorce fight over assets and custody. 

An insider told the site that Brad, 60, sought to put more rules in place for the children while Jolie, 49, wanted their kids to ‘be more independent and responsible for their own schedules from a young age.’

‘During their marriage, they had very different parenting styles. Brad grew up with structure and wanted more rules for the kids,’ the source told the site.

During their brief marriage, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie reportedly butted heads over the way they wanted to raise their six children; Jolie pictured with their children Shiloh, Zahara, Vivienne, Maddox, and Knox

The disagreements that arose due to this issue reportedly played a part in their split; pictured 2012

‘Angie had a different upbringing and wanted the kids to be more independent and responsible for their own schedules from a young age,’ the insider added.

The source added that while the duo ‘clashed over this’, they still had the same hopes for their children.

‘They did always have the same vision for their kids’ future. They wanted the kids to thrive by experiencing the world first-hand and not only learn from traditional schooling,’ the source said.

Another insider added that the duo still ‘really care.’

‘They both care about the children,’ the second source said.

The movie stars met in 2004 while filming Mr. And Mrs. Smith and eventually wed in August 2014. However, Angelina filed for divorce in 2016 and they were declared legally single in 2019.

Jolie adopted Maddox in 2002, then Zahara in 2005, a year after she’d met Pitt while the pair filmed Mr and Mrs Smith. He was married to Jennifer Aniston at the time.

They then adopted Pax together in 2007, and had biological kids Shiloh, Knox and Vivienne afterwards. Pitt adopted all of the kids before they got married in 2014.

The latest report comes after People reported that Pitt has ‘virtually no contact’ with his older children.

People reports the exes had different expectations for how they wanted to raise their children – Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and 16-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne

Just a month after the actor’s daughter Shiloh, 18, filed to drop his last name, a source revealed to People that Pitt’s relationship with his older kids remains strained.

‘He has virtually no contact with the adult kids. His engagement with the younger kids is more limited in recent months because of his filming schedule,’ the insider shared.

The source noted that the couple’s custody agreement allows for visitation rights with the two minor kids.

‘[Angelina] has the kids most of the time, but per their agreement, he has visitation with the younger kids,’ the insider added.

The actor is on location in Europe filming his new racing movie F1, while Jolie lives in Los Angeles with their younger children; pictured 2019

The actor is on location in Europe filming his new racing movie F1, while Jolie lives in Los Angeles with their younger children.

In June it was reported that Pitt is ‘upset and aware’ that his daughter Shiloh filed to drop his last name from her own on her 18th birthday.

A source close to the Oscar winner said his erasure from his daughter’s life is just another indication that he has ‘lost his children,’ according to People.

‘He’s aware and upset that Shiloh dropped his last name,’ the source claimed. ‘He’s never felt more joy than when she was born. He always wanted a daughter.’

Notably, Pitt was already in the process of legally adopting a daughter who had been a part of his life for months before he and his then-partner Angelina had announced she was pregnant with Shiloh in January 2006.

Jolie had traveled to Ethiopia to adopt her first daughter Zahara in July 2005, and Pitt had come with her on the trip.

He was reported to be in the process of becoming Zahara’s adopted father in December 2005, a month before he and Jolie announced her pregnancy.

The movie stars met in 2004 while filming Mr. And Mrs. Smith and eventually wed in August 2014. However, Angelina filed for divorce in 2016 and they were declared legally single in 2019

‘The reminders that he’s lost his children, is of course not easy for Brad,’ the source continued. ‘He loves his children and misses them. It’s very sad.’

They added that the distance between Pitt and his six children ‘pains him.’

However, they noted that ‘he’s still happy with Ines [de Ramon],’ his current girlfriend.

Another source described as close to Pitt told the publication that the Tree Of Life star ‘still loves all of his kids tremendously.’

‘This whole process has been very hard for the whole family,’ they added.

If Shiloh’s request is granted — and there is no indication that it would not be — she will subsequently go simply by ‘Shiloh Jolie,’ rather than her original full name, ‘Shiloh Jolie-Pitt.’

People previously reported that Pitt’s youngest daughter Vivienne — who served as her mother’s assistant when she produced the Broadways musical adaptation of The Outsiders — had listed her name as ‘Vivienne Jolie’ in the Playbill for the show.

Jolie with Maddox, Vivienne, Zahara, Shiloh and Knox

The family pictured back in 2011

It is unclear if Vivienne has legally changed her name, but the minor would likely need either parental consent or extenuating circumstances to be allowed to do so before turning 18.

Zahara previously introduced herself as ‘Zahara Marley Jolie’ when she joined the Mu Pi chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at Spelman College late last year.

Pitt and Jolie’s oldest sons, Maddox and Pax, have reportedly not publicly used their father’s last name in years, and both have been openly antagonistic toward him.

Pitt and Jolie began dating publicly shortly after he and his then-wife Jennifer Aniston announced their divorce in 2005.

The Mr. And Mrs. Smith costars remained unmarried for years despite having multiple adopted and biological children together, but they got engaged in 2012 and finally tied the knot in 2014.

However, it was only around two years later when the Maleficent actress filed for divorce in 2016. She and Pitt were declared legally single in 2019 however they remain embroiled in a fight over assets and custody.