Jennifer Garner has always moved with a unique combination of sincerity and truthfulness either as a caring mother in the movie screen or as a mother in real life of her three kids. The actress is now talking frankly again but this time concerning the ideals of beauty, beauty surgeries and the type of promises that she cannot make. In a society that tends to force most women, Hollywood being one, to freeze time, Garner is refreshingly grounded.
In a recent interview episode on the Not Gonna Lie podcast, Kylie Kelce, Jennifer Garner responded to one of the questions that many public personalities struggle with secretly, but hardly reveal. Her children have supposedly told her that she should implore them not to have a facelift any more. She did not say to them a resounding yes, but she gave them a considerate and very human reply. She replied, my children are all, Mom, promise me that you will never do a facelift. And I say, I am not likely to make a run to a facelift. She proceeded with utter truthfulness, and I will not offer that promise since it is me now, and I am not certain of how I will feel.
Such rejection does not amount to defiance. It is realism. Garner has already acknowledged that she had Botox injections once, but she has no intention of going back to it. Nevertheless, she has not eliminated the possibility of having bigger cosmetic surgeries in the future. Her attitude manifests something that most women have to think and say but are too afraid to do it in an industry where looks are under scrutiny at all times. The future is not very predictable and individual choices are subject to change with time, age, and situation.
Her words are very relatable. Most parents here offer promises to their kids whenever they are feeling loving that they end up finding out later in life that life changes the mindset. Garner appears to understand that the nature of identity is dynamic. The woman that she is now might not be the same woman that she will be in a decade. Instead of committing herself to an assertion based on the here and now, she opts to be flexible. It is a lesson of self-acceptance in an unobtrusive and very strong way.
With her ex-husband Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner has three children Violet, Fin and Samuel. Even with the publicity involved with their relationship over the years, Garner has had the emphasis on parenting. Whenever she is discussing beauty or growing old, she returns to the subject of her role as a mother. That bond does not seem to be an accident. To her, it is not only about Hollywood standards when she chooses whether to wear certain forms of appearance or not but also about what her children watch and get to know.
Garner discussed her passion in working with children of all ages in the same podcast talk. Her thoughts show that she is a woman who sees parenting as a practice and not a skill. She spoke about the closeness of that relationship, how I love it when it is a toddler, and I get to be the best friend of a toddler, or when it is a little kid, teen or young adult. I just I love them.” She said, “And they assist in giving me perspective as an individual parent. I am rehearsing that relationship, rehearsing the rubbing of it, and [finding] how I can bring that home and do a better job.
That notion of training to be a mother is noticeable. Garner does not portray herself as an ideal parent. Rather, she views all encounters as lessons. The friction that she refers to is not something she is afraid of. It is something she studies. That is a humble way of doing things, particularly in the age where it is often assumed that celebrity parents must look like they are as weightless as air.
Her counsel to Kylie Kelce, mother to four little girls growing up with Jason Kelce, was full of mild reproach and humour. Garner told one of the more surprising lessons acquired throughout her life. She replied that they reach a point with their kids, and I will not say that to you, because you have so long before you get this close, and it is not very nice, but they get to a point when you are not supposed to tell them everything. You know you are not to speak, went on, still somewhat resignedly. I do not know when that comes, but then suddenly it is not you and you are actually in trouble.
The nodding will be assured by parents of teenagers. At some point, a teacher no longer instructs much but listens attentively. The fact that Garner is not afraid to confess that she is also in trouble at times, takes away the celebrity image and the magic behind it and puts it in its place. This is not a lecture that she is giving. She is describing a reality.
More recently, Jennifer Garner has mentioned The Jennifer Hudson Show, where she was questioned as to what she does to gain the approval of her children as being cool. She reacted in a disarmingly self-conscious way. She said, “I am fully cringe. I am only embarrassing.” This was an occasion that described her publicity so well. She is not in the hunt of getting liked by her children via the disguise of someone that she is not. Rather she accepts the reality of becoming the embarrassingly average parent.
Combined together, these instances make a more complete portrait of Jennifer Garner. Facelifts are not only about cosmetic surgery when it comes to the discussion about the same. It is concerning independence, maturity and the freedom to develop. The cogitations about parenting are not acted anecdotes. They expose a woman who is always learning, changing, and adapting to the fact that she is not the one who knows everything.
Her denial to swear everlasting opposition to cosmetic surgeries in Hollywood where being young is like being money is sincere instead of avoidance. She does not support or criticize cosmetic beautifying. She is just admitting that decisions are a part of a person and that every decision can alter over time.
She has a veiled message to her children too. She sets a good example of decision-making by refusing to give unconditional promises. She demonstrates to them that self-care, appearance, and personal comfort are complicated issues. Simultaneously, as she does not hurry to the surgery, she indicates that one should not panic about aging.
