Jennifer Garner spoke about the challenges of being a working mom and dealing with associated guilt. The actress/director/producer and mother to three children shared that it’s easy to get overwhelmed trying to balance a career and family. She encouraged working moms to embrace the present moment and not constantly feel guilty.
Garner credited her positive perspective to her own mother. Despite her divorce from Ben Affleck, Garner and Affleck co-parent their children well. Affleck has praised Garner as a great mom. Both Garner and Affleck are now in new relationships.
Jennifer Garner opened up about being a working mom and how she deals with the ‘guilt’ that is associated with it in a new interview on Tuesday.
The Peppermint star, 51, admitted that it is easy to get ‘freaked out’ over trying to balance a career and raising a family, as she is an actress/director/producer and the mother to Violet, 17, Seraphina, 14, and Samuel, 11 , whom she shares with her ex Ben Affleck.
‘Working moms get such a bad… we get all freaked out because we’re told constantly “you have 18 summers,'” “you have this much time,” “time is fleeting,” and it makes you panic,’ she revealed to Access Hollywood.
‘So, if you come from a place of expansiveness instead of feeling just like “I can’t be a mom because I’m also working, and I’m supposed to be guilty all the time”, you better just lean into wherever you are any day exactly like right now just be here when your kids show up be there and we’ll have a great time.’
Jennifer said her positive perspective came from her own mother, Patricia Ann Garner.
Working mom: Jennifer Garner opened up about being a working mom and how she deals with the ‘guilt’ that is associated with it in a new interview on Tuesday
Co-parenting: The star admitted that it is easy to get ‘freaked out’ over trying to balance a career and raising a family, as she is an actress/director/producer and the mother to Violet, 17, Seraphina, 14, and Samuel, 11 , whom she shares with her ex Ben Affleck
‘My mom has always said to me “you’re their mom forever, don’t worry you can do your job. You’re their mom forever.
‘”I wish I had worked, I would have been a better mom. Your kids are going to be so proud of you,”‘ Jennifer explained.
‘She’s always given me that that kind of grounding in that sense,’ she added.
With such stable footing, Jennifer has been able to be a co-parenting champ with her famous ex.
Jennifer and Ben met on the set of Daredevil in 2003 and later married in 2005. They welcomed their big brood before splitting in 2015.
Despite the divorce, Ben has also been doing his best as a working father, telling the Today show in 2019 that he tries ‘very hard’ to be a ‘good dad’ to Violet, Seraphina and Samuel.
‘I’m lucky they got a great mom,’ he added at the time.
