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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
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Jennifer Garner Says Her 17-Year-Old Daughter Is Grateful She’s Banned from Social Media

Jennifer Garner

Jennifer Garner—whose latest project, The Last Thing He Told Me, drops on Apple TV+ on Friday—got candid on NBC’s Today about social media and her three children Violet, Seraphina Rose, and Samuel, who she shares with ex-husband Ben Affleck. None of them are allowed on social media platforms, she told Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager.

“I just said to my kids, ‘Show me the articles that prove that social media is good for teenagers, and then we’ll have the conversation,’” Garner said. “Find scientific evidence that matches what I have, that says it’s not good for teenagers. Then we’ll chat.”

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