Call Me John! Shiloh Jolie Pitt Wants To Be A Boy—Find Out Who Brad & Angie Turned To For Advice

"Shiloh is very headstrong, and has insisted on wearing boys' clothes for more than six years," the insider reveals. "Brad was concerned having two older brothers was perhaps influencing Shiloh, and wondered if she would do so if there were no boys in the family."

"Angelina is very accepting of Shiloh's choices, and Brad is as well," the insider says. "However, Brad wondered if Shiloh was just a tomboy and would outgrow it."

Since the celebrity pair is always uprooting the family to various movie sets, the kids have all been tutored, but there was concern that Shiloh wasn't getting enough social time with friends. "It's crucial at this stage in Shiloh's development that she be around as many other kids as possible. Being home schooled and tutored is keeping Shiloh's world very small," the tipster says.

"Brad and Angelina were only coming from a place of love and only wanting the best for Shiloh," a source reportedly says. "They want Shiloh to feel loved and secure."

After speaking with the specialist, "Brad was told Shiloh would have gravitated towards dressing as a boy, and being called John, even if her siblings were all girls," the source explains. "It's just the way Shiloh is, and there is nothing per se that they did wrong as parents."

But this announcement doesn't come from left field. In 2010, Angelina told Vanity Fair, "She (Shiloh) wants to be a boy. So we had to cut her hair. She likes to wear boys everything. She thinks she's one of the brothers." In 2008, Pitt told Oprah Winfrey that Shiloh wanted to be called John.

"The worst thing Shiloh's parents could do would be to force her to wear dresses and play with dolls," the source indicates. "This is the last thing Brad or Angelina would ever do and they felt better knowing letting Shiloh pick out the clothes she wants to wear, and just not making a big deal about it, is the best thing."