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How Jennifer Garner keeps Ben close to kids while away

Check out the innovative ways Jennifer Garner keeps Ben Affleck in their kids' lives while he's away for long periods.

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Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are easily one of my favourite couples. Although snarky sites out there have their theories about this marriage (and every other Hollywood marriage), the image they put out to the public is solid, authentic and loving.

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In promoting her latest flick, Draft Day, on Good Morning America, Jennifer, 41, got to talking about her family and the innovative ways in which she keeps Ben in their kids' lives while he's working abroad for long periods of time.

“You can’t go for too long without being together as a unit," Jennifer says, adding that "Facetime is a must."

"I make pyjamas for the kids with Ben’s face on it that they sleep in," she continues, "I put his voice in things…, like there’s a teddy bear you can get where you can put the voice in the paw." Wow, who knew there was such a thing?

Jen and Ben are parents to Violet, 8, Seraphina, 5, Samuel, 2. Look out for Draft Day, in theatres now. Jennifer costars with Kevin Costner in the flick—and she says it's been super exciting working with the ultimate sports-movie star!

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Love! xo Haley-O Celebrity Candy: Follow along as Haley Overland delivers the latest scoop on celebrity families — plus sweet celeb interviews! You can’t have too much of this candy, so check back often.

This article was originally published on Apr 15, 2014

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Haley Overland is a writer/editor at Today's Parent. Our resident celebrity queen, she dishes out all the sweetest scoop on celebrity families at our Celebrity Candy blog. She has interviewed celeb moms like Jennifer Garner, Jessica Alba and Jillian Michaels, and has shared her expertise on CTV’s ETalk. Haley also has an award-winning personal blog, CheatyMonkey.com, where she writes about everything from motherhood to yoga, her dog “Betty White” and what it's like to be Clive Owen's girlfriend. Haley has two kids, whom she fondly refers to online as “The Monkey” and “The Rascal.”

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