Ed Board normally makes a point of staying out of the lives of celebrities and respecting their privacy ( especially since that judge said that we can’t come within 15 feet of Johnny Depp), but for the sake of the children, we’re going to put principle on hold for a moment and dabble in social work.

Let’s cut right to the chase: Celebrities are weird people, and they shouldn’t be raising children.

We’ll refer you to the recent photos of Britney Spears with her infant son on her lap as exhibit A. Mrs. Federline drove away from a Starbucks while holding her son in her lap. With a net worth of $123 million, you would think the woman could afford a carseat … or someone who knows anything about taking care of babies.

Besides, her body guard was in the seat next to her. She could have at least put little Sean in the arms of someone who wasn’t trying to juggle the wheel (and probably a bag of Cheetos).

Nicole Kidman was on the right track when she hired a full time nanny to take care of her adopted children around the clock. Wait. She adopted kids so that she could leave them with someone else all the time.

Well, it’s a step in the right direction. Next time around she’ll at least remember to have the nanny sign a non-discolsure agreement.

At least she had the good sense not to let Tom watch them while she went to the grocery store — just kidding. If you’re going to staff out the children you may as well have someone else pick up the eggs and lunchmeat.

Seriously though, we fear for the safety of Tom and Katie’s ( or in the spirit of celebrity name amalgamation, TomKat) destined-to-end-up-in-therapy fetus.

Hell, we fear just as much for Tom’s destined-to-end-up-in-therapy, destined-to-be-ex-wife. Let’s face it, Tom’s gone off the deep end and he’s taking Katie with him. God forbid Katie should get post-partem depression.

While we don’t have any evidence that Angelina Jolie (or Brangelina – again, with the name thing) is a bad mother, we worry that she may have ulterior motives for taking in all these kids. Like trying to complete the entire children-of-the-globe set.

Not all celebrity parents are bad. Kelly Ripa spends a lot of time with her kids, and doesn’t believe in hiring nannies.

But, it seems the vast majority could use a minor surgical procedure to make sure they don’t bring any new beings into the world to traumatize because mommy didn’t buy them a pony.