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Jennifer Garneris getting candid about why her children aren’t on social media.
The 50-year-old actress served as a guest on Tuesday’s installment ofTodayand told hostsHoda KotbandJenna Bush Hagerthat she challenged her teenagers to show her how social media can be beneficial.
“I just said to my kids, ‘Show me the articles thatprove that social media is good for teenagers, and then we’ll have the conversation,'” said Garner, who shares daughtersViolet, 17, andSeraphina Rose, 14, along with sonSamuel, 11, with her ex-husband Ben Affleck.
She added that she also told her three children to “Find scientific evidence that matches what I have, that says that it’s not good for teenagers. Then we’ll chat.”
As for how they’re coping without social media, Garner said, “My eldest is grateful.”
TheYes Daystar added that only time will tell if she has a change of heart with her two younger children.
“We’ll see. I mean, it’s a long haul,” she shared. “I have a couple more to go, so just knock on wood. We’ll see if I really hang in there.”
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Garner has not been shy when it comes to this particular stance.
In 2019, she shared why a then-13-year-old Violetwas not allowed to join Instagram.
“Without even having parents who are well-known, I worry about all kids having to deal with this new pressure,” Garner toldKatie Couricon on an episode ofNext Question with Katie Couric. “My daughter’s at an all-girl school, andit’s such a huge problem.”
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“She’ll occasionally talk to me about getting Instagram, and I can see why because I’m on there and it’s something kind of fun that I do, and I am modeling the opposite of what I want for her to do,” she continued at the time. “How often is that in parenting?”
“I just say, ‘When you can show me studies that say that teenage girls are happier using Instagram than not, then we can have the conversation,'” Garner added. “‘But everything you look at, I don’t see anything positive for you out there. You can look at mine when you want to, we can go over it together, but I just don’t see it.'”
Though Garner, who hasquickly become one of the Queens of Instagram, admitted that engaging in social media “makes you feel more connected,” she revealed that she joined the platform begrudgingly and has continued to do things in her own style.
“I have to be able to do this my way,” she added. “I went out there and did what felt right for me.”
source: people.com
