Angelina Jolie has revealed that she is "not one of those moms" who lectures her children.

The 36-year-old told reporters at the 23rd Annual Palm Springs Film Festival that she prefers to let her kids learn for themselves.

Angelina and her partner Brad Pitt are parents to Maddox, 10, Pax and Zahara, seven, Shiloh, five, and three-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.

"I'm not one of those moms who kind of lectures my kids," the Salt actress said. "But I do tell them, whenever I go on a trip, where I'm going and why."

"And on some occasions, they've come with me to different refugee camps. And they also go to their home countries a lot."

Angelina added that she has faith her brood will learn about life through their interactions with people around the globe.

"Hopefully they live in the world, and they see the world really as it is, outside of Hollywood," she mused. "If they really live in the world and spend time with friends around the world from all different types of backgrounds, they [will] just see things as they are."

Angelina said that she respects all of the different heritages her children have and took the opportunity for daughter Zahara's seventh birthday on Sunday to celebrate her Ethiopian roots.

"We make sure we're very aware of her culture and her heritage," the Oscar winner said. "She's an African-American girl, so we make that a part of anything she does. So that'll be part of her birthday."