Jennifer Garner Reveals the Hardest Part About Raising Teens in Vulnerable New Interview

“Don’t lick your brother.” “Say, ‘Thank you.’” “Did you brush your teeth?” — as a parent of three kids ages 8, 6, and 3, I feel like I’m constantly giving them direction (on even the most common sense of things). Parenting kids in early childhood is truly deep in the trenches, and it can feel never ending. But what’s even weirder is not telling them what to do. That’s what Jennifer Garner is experiencing now as a mom of teens: Samuel, 13, Seraphina, 16, and Violet, 20, with ex-husband Ben Affleck.