Now a mom of three, Jennifer Garner has had time to come into her own as a mom. But like any other parent, there was definitely a learning curve in the beginning. In a new cover interview with Allure, Jennifer admitted to being a bit obsessive as a first-time mom — like many are.
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Jennifer is a mom of three.
She and ex-husband Ben Affleck have three children together: 17-year-old Violet, 14-year-old Seraphina, and 11-year-old Samuel.
And now that it's been nearly two decades since Jennifer welcomed her oldest daughter into the world, she's reflecting on what that was like.
Those early motherhood days were a challenge.
While talking to Allure, Jennifer reflected on the kind of pressure she felt when her first child was born.
"I was such a first-time mom. [My eldest daughter] didn’t have a shot. She couldn’t have a free thought — I was all over her. I was a nightmare for everyone around me," she said.
Eventually, Jennifer did manage to get into a groove.
Like all moms do, she eventually found her rhythm and relaxed a bit — and it sounds like she's been able to do that even more as she sees her kids getting older and turning into the people she raised them to be.
"Your kids will really figure out who they are and what they are when they’re older, and most likely they will hew toward lovely," she said. "I have a lot of faith in my kids. I don’t love every behavior all the time, always. It’s gnarly growing up."
She also talked about whether her kids will watch their famous parents onscreen.
For Ben, it's a yes, but for Jen, it's a no.
"They don’t mind watching their dad, but they kind of want me to be their mom. They don’t want to see me upset and women cry more in what we do. And they don’t really want to see me in a romantic thing," she admitted.
We get that!
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These days, her life is a lot calmer.
“The paparazzi have calmed down so much for me that I’m back to being in the world," she said. "I’m not getting chased into the grocery store to have whatever is in my cart photographed. Maybe my life is happily boring enough that there’s nothing to see here."
It really does sound as if Jen has managed to find peace and is living happily ever after with her kids — what more could anyone want?
