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Family First: Ben Affleck Has His Hands Full (Literally!) While Out and About With His Kids in L.A.

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Jul 8, 2019 11:35 am·

By Jaclyn Roth

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Doting dad! Ben Affleck helped his son, Samuel, and his youngest daughter, Seraphina, carry their duffel bags on Sunday, July 7. The actor has been vocal about how much his kids mean to him, so it’s only fitting he spent the day with them. Scroll through the gallery below to see more of their outing.

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Ben Affleck With His Son Getting Out of the Car

Bonding Time

The 46-year-old wore a plaid shirt with jeans and held a coffee in his hand while he helped his son get out of his Range Rover.

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What’s Happening?

Hmm … was Samuel being funny or yelling something important at his dad? Either way, it seemed like Ben didn’t mind.

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Coparenting at Its Finest

Recently, Ben has been spotted with his children and ex-wife Jennifer Garner — they finalized their divorce in October 2018 after 10 years of marriage and share three kids: Violet, Seraphina and Samuel. In May, the Hollywood A-listers bought their daughter Seraphina some ice cream and before that, Ben and Jen sat side-by-side at a soccer game.

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Shout-Out to Mama

Even though the couple is no longer together, it seems like Ben still has a lot of love for his ex. “I’m lucky they got a great mom, and she helps out a great deal with making sure we coparent in as good a way as possible,” he said on the Today show on March 4.

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Doing Their Best

So, how do they make it work? “You have to be on the same page. You have to cooperate,” he told Today.com in 2017. “If you recognize that you both have the best interest of the kids at heart, it’s quite a special connection. We’re the only two people in the world who care this much about these three kids.”

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Dad Duty

At the end of the day, the handsome hunk adores his kiddos. “I hope I’m a pretty good dad,” he continued. “I certainly try very hard. Dads are so important to kids, and it’s our responsibility to be there for them, to be present, to be mindful, to be attentive, to be part of their lives, to be as in it as moms.”

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Ben Affleck With His Daughter and Son in LA

Favorite Thing

“The focus of my love. It’s what I love doing,” the dad of three gushed about fatherhood. “It’s what makes me happy, and the rest of the stuff kind of follows.”

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Funny Story

However, sometimes parenting can be rough. When Ben found out that his son didn’t love the New England Patriots, he decided to take matters into his own hands. “The game before … the World Series game, I took my kids to the game,” he told Jimmy Kimmel in February. “On the way to the game, I was kind of giving my kids a pep talk — and I was telling my son in particular, you know, ‘We’re really excited because we’re from Boston, and this is a big deal and the Red Sox,’ and I’m giving him the whole history.”

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His Worst Nightmare

“And he listens to me, and then he stops and goes, ‘Dad. You’re from Boston. I’m from L.A,’” he continued. “And I had a full existential crisis. ‘I failed, I’m a bad father, this is a disaster, I don’t know what to do.’”

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Ben Affleck Holding a Backpack With His Kids

Taking Control

So, the Triple Frontier star decided to decorate Samuel’s room with New England Patriots apparel. “My ex-wife thinks it’s creepy,” he laughed. “I think it’s appropriate for grown men to make totems and idols out of other grown men.”

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