Overview
- Speaking at The Rip world premiere on Jan. 13, Affleck told E! News he wants to give his children room to choose their careers and joked he hopes they do not "waste their life acting."
- People reports the children as Violet, 20, Seraphina, 17, and Samuel, 13, while HELLO! lists the middle child as Fin, reflecting minor differences across outlets.
- Garner recently told Marie Claire UK that parenting older kids requires restraint, saying it is about letting them grow up and make their own choices.
- Coverage notes Violet’s growing public profile, including global health advocacy and study at Yale, while her younger siblings keep lower profiles.
- Affleck and Garner, who married in 2005 and finalized their divorce in 2018, present a united co‑parenting front focused on privacy and the children’s self-determined paths.