Theress a lot of heartbreak there.

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Jennifer Garner has always been open abouther laid back approach to motherhood.

“My mom doesn’t believe in guilt.

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It’s one of her foundational core things.

She doesn’t believe that guilt is helpful.

And so that’s not part of what she does,” she said.

Garner went on to explain that her mothers aversion to employing guilt was born from her own childhood.

Pat “had a complicated upbringing with regards to religion,” she said.

“There was a lot of heartbreak there.

“Part of her family had one belief … and part of her family did not.

“She taught Bible study at our church growing up for years and years.

It was like, ‘Let’s really grapple with this.'”