Jennifer Garner on why she says ‘yes’ to her children one day a year

Jennifer Garner stars in the new film Yes Day (Ian West/PA)

Jennifer Garner has said she spends one day a year saying ‘yes’ to everything her children ask for, including buying lottery tickets and junk food and camping in the garden, because there are “so many nos implied in a kid’s life”.

The 13 Going On 30 actress, who shares three children with ex-husband Ben Affleck – Violet, 15, Seraphina, 12, and Samuel, nine, adopted the tradition of a ‘yes day’ after reading the children’s book of the same name by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrator Tom Lichtenheld.