According to Us Weekly, Scientology has some wacky rules when it comes to raising children. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes reportedly strictly obey L. Ron Hubbard’s rules for babies, including feeding her a mixture of barley water, milk, and corn syrup. Hubbard claimed this was healthier for a baby than mother’s breast milk. Umm hmm.

Suri is too young to take classes at the Scientology Centre, but the 18-month-old is constantly surrounded by believers, including her two nannies.

“Tom doesn’t like associating with people who aren’t Scientologists,” says an insider.

Additionally, Holmes, 28, and Cruise, 45, have a hard time saying no to Suri. But it’s not simply because they’re pushovers.

“It’s all about being positive and supportive,” says the couple’s friend (Hubbard advised parents to “try to be the child’s friend.”) As for discipline, one former church member tells Us that Scientologists do not scold their children, but instead explain that bad behavior (like throwing a toy) is the “wrong action.”

Cruise and Holmes, says their pal, are very lenient and do not like to give Suri too many rules: “Suri pretty much does whatever she wants, whenever she wants. If she fusses before bed, they let her stay up later. If they want her to go swimming and she cries, they’ll take her out. If she whines about food, they’ll ask her what else she wants to eat. They always want to please her.”

Five bucks says this kid grows up to be a stripper.

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