[celebrity children] Madonna's Bizarre Parenting Technique

From an interview in the November issue of Harpers & Queen, singer and alleged children's book authour Madonna says:

"I'm a disciplinarian. Guy's the spoiler. When Daddy gets home, they're going to get chocolate. I'm more practical; I worry about their teeth and make sure they're getting their schoolwork done."

The woman who made her name as a mass media idol, continues: "My kids don't watch TV. We have televisions but they're not hooked up to anything but movies.

"TV is trash. I was raised without it. We don't have magazines or newspapers in the house either."

While husband Guy Ritchie, who directed the minor works 'Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels' and 'Snatch,' treats the children to pizza and bike rides. "Guy is into doing wild stuff outside, taking them out on bikes," she says.

"He's good cop, I'm bad cop. The kids watch movies every Sunday, so if they're naughty, they get their movie taken away. If they're a little naughty, then no stories before bed."

But the 47 year old Madonna is strictest of all about Lourdes's clothes:

"My daughter has a problem picking things up in her room, so if you leave your clothes on the floor, they're gone when you come home," she explains.

Bad behaviour is repaid by chores. "Lola has to earn all her clothes back by being tidy, making her bed, hanging up her clothes."

As for the family diet: "It's whole grains, eating things by season, staying away from food that's been bioengineered in some way.

"[Our cook] prepares food like sushi or salmon. And vegetables. We don't eat any dairy here."

Is she is trying for shock value (again) as a way to promote her new album or does she honestly not see anything odd about her behaviour? Either way I sure am glad I was not raised by her!