Jennifer Garner opens up about 'hard' part of letting her children decide as they grow, Internet calls her 'great mom'

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Jennifer Garner has opened up about the “hard” part of being a mother to growing children.

The actress shares three kids with her former husband, Ben Affleck. They are 18-year-old Violet Anne, Seraphina Rose, 15, and 12-year-old Samuel.

Jennifer Garner says she’s ‘so interested in’ her kids

In an interview with PEOPLE, the actress shared that she’s “just watching them in this new phase of life where they're figuring out who they're going to be and what they're going to study.”

“And I'm so interested in them. All the time, I'm interested in everything about them,” Garner noted. However, she also mentioned that leaving her children to decide independently has not been easy for her.

Jennifer Garner discloses what she avoids saying before her kids

The ‘13 Going on 30’ star told the publication, “I mean, my parents did too, and I'm so amazed by that.”

She continued, “I have a really hard time not saying, 'This is what I see you as,' and 'I think you should.’ I really have to sit on my hands.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Garner stated that she is happy to see all her three children are “really solid right now.”

Jennifer Garner expresses her excitement over her eldest turning 18

This came after in November last year, the ‘Alias’ actress revealed on ‘Live with Kelly & Mark’ that her elder daughter will be an adult soon.

When the co-host Mark Consuelos told Garner, “We hear you're about to have an adult in your household?” she replied, “I am. I'm about to have an adult.”

She further said, “Three days. I'm three days from my eldest turning 18. Can you guys believe that?” Garner also spoke about her feelings as Violet would soon start college and the way she’s handling the process.

“It is exciting. I can see the stress — even though the excitement and stress go hand in hand. But she's handling it like a champ and she's totally in charge,” she asserted.

“I'm not having to say, 'Are you doing this, are you doing this?' She's a self-starter. And I'm just proud of her no matter what,” Garner added.

Internet reacts

Meanwhile, Garner’s parenting has attracted some mixed responses online as a Facebook user commented, “She could do no wrong. What a great mom!”

A second user noted, “I love her. Ben didn’t deserve her.”

A third one commented, “Lots of women raise their kids and teenagers, why is she any different?”

“Amazing,” a fourth one stated.

A fifth one added, “Great.”

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