Brad Pitt & Britney Spears Need Parenting Lessons?

Poor Britney Spears - it seems as anytime she's out with her baby and a safety mishap occurs - there are snappers and video to document the event.  That's probably one of the reasons Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are in Africa, but unfortunately for Brad that hasn't really helped.

Brit and Brad Have Mishaps Documented

Rush and Molloy ask, has Brad Pitt been reading the Britney Spears Child-Care Manual?

It seems that Brad was photographed out for a bicyle ride in Langstrand, Namibia, with son Maddox Pitt-Jolie, 4, and daughter Zahara Pitt-Jolie, 16 months.  Baby "Z" as the couple refers to the little one was without a helmet.

R&M explain:

Maddox, who wore a helmet, peddled a tricyle. Zahara, who did not, rode in a blue papoose strapped to Brad's back. That's a no-no, according Debra Smiley Holtzman, author of "The Safe Baby."

"[Zahara] needs a helmet and closed-toe shoes," Holtzman tells Us Weekly, which features photos of the outing in its new issue. "And I highly recommend toddlers ride in a child trailer pulled by a bike. It's more stable and secure."

Baby Talk senior editor Christina Vercelletto agreed.

Makers of the baby-pack "specifically say, 'Do not use while riding a bike,'" Vercelletto told us. "[It] will affect your balance. The safest place for her would be in a toddler bike seat."

Pitt's rep had no immediate comment on the scolding. Maybe the kiddie-caboose hasn't reached Namibia, where Pitt and Angelina Jolie are awaiting their first biological child.

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The pictures first appeared in the News of the World Tabloid.  Just Jared has them here.

--Julie Pike