Jennifer Garner spoke openly about social media and her three children—Violet, Seraphina Rose, and Samuel—that she shares with her ex-husband Ben Affleck on NBC’s Today show.
Her most recent effort, The Last Thing He Told Me, premieres on Apple TV+ on Friday. She informed Jenna Bush Hager and Hoda Kotb that none of them were permitted on social networking sites.
‘I just told my kids to show me the studies that support teens’ use of social media, and then we can have the conversation,’ Garner remarked.
‘Find scientific proof that supports my findings and indicates that it is harmful to teenagers.’ Next, we’ll talk.
‘My eldest is grateful,’ Garner said of the choice. Samuel is eleven, Seraphina Rose is fourteen, and Violet is seventeen.
Garner stated that the younger two should not use social media. ‘Let’s see.’ It’s a long road, after all. Just pray for me, I have a few more to go. We’ll see whether I manage to stick with it.
Garner has long maintained strong beliefs about keeping her children off of social media, according to People.
In 2019, she discussed the reasons behind Violet’s Instagram ban at the age of 13, as she appeared on the podcast ‘Next Question with Katie Couric.’
‘I worry about kids having to deal with this new pressure, not even having parents who are well-known,’ she remarked.
‘My kid attends an all-girl school, and there are a lot of issues. Every now and then, she’ll chat to me about creating an Instagram account,
and I can understand why since I use it for fun and model behavior that is opposite of what I want her to do. How frequently does parenting go like that?
‘But everything you look at, I don’t see anything that will help you,’ Garner went on. I just don’t see it, but you can look at mine whenever you like, and we can discuss it together.
Even though Garner acknowledged that using social media ‘makes you feel more connected,’ she also disclosed that she reluctantly joined Instagram and has since stuck to her own agenda.
She mentioned her organic baby food firm, Once Upon a Farm, when she added, ‘I joined Instagram because of them.’
‘I did it kicking and screaming, but that was just part of the deal because I wanted to be involved with this company so badly.’
And once I completed it, I was confronted with a list of companies in Los Angeles offering to handle your social media accounts;
I simply said, ‘I can’t.’ This has to be something I can do on my own. I followed my instincts and walked out there.