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Celebrity Moms
May 26, 2024
Even celebrities get emotional when their kids graduate — at any age.
As the 2024 graduation season commences, celebrities from Ludacris to Jennifer Garner are celebrating their kids’ achievements and sharing the milestones via social media, whether it be a preschool moving-up ceremony, a high school commencement or a college graduation.
Garner, for her part, shared her tearful reaction to daughter Violet’s high school graduation via Instagram. The emotional post earned many reactions from A-list moms across Hollywood, including Gwyneth Paltrow, who commented, “I’m sooooo with you.”
The Goop founder has previously spoken about her son Moses Martin’s upcoming high school graduation, saying she feels a “deep sense of impending grief” as she prepares to have both children move out of her house. (Paltrow shares daughter Apple, 19, and Moses, 18 with ex-husband Chris Martin.)
“On the one hand incredible sadness. A deep sense of impending grief,” Paltrow told The Sunday Times in March. “On the other hand this is exactly what should be happening. Your kids are supposed to be, you know, young adults who can achieve and cope and make connections and be resilient. That’s exactly what you want. And that means they leave the house.”
Scroll down to see stars who watched their kids graduate in 2024:
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Stars Whose Kids Graduated in 2024: Jennifer Garner, Ludacris and More
Even celebrities get emotional when their kids graduate — at any age.
As the 2024 graduation season commences, celebrities from Ludacris to Jennifer Garner are celebrating their kids’ achievements and sharing the milestones via social media, whether it be a preschool moving-up ceremony, a high school commencement or a college graduation.
Garner, for her part, shared her tearful reaction to daughter Violet’s high school graduation via Instagram. The emotional post earned many reactions from A-list moms across Hollywood, including Gwyneth Paltrow, who commented, “I’m sooooo with you.”
The Goop founder has previously spoken about her son Moses Martin’s upcoming high school graduation, saying she feels a “deep sense of impending grief” as she prepares to have both children move out of her house. (Paltrow shares daughter Apple, 19, and Moses, 18 with ex-husband Chris Martin.)
“On the one hand incredible sadness. A deep sense of impending grief,” Paltrow told The Sunday Times in March. “On the other hand this is exactly what should be happening. Your kids are supposed to be, you know, young adults who can achieve and cope and make connections and be resilient. That’s exactly what you want. And that means they leave the house.”
Scroll down to see stars who watched their kids graduate in 2024:
Credit: Courtesy of Jennifer Garner/Instagram
Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck
Garner and Affleck’s oldest child, 18-year-old Violet, has graduated high school. (Along with Violet, the exes also share children Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12.)
Garner celebrated her daughter’s major milestone by attending her graduation ceremony on May 20, sharing a carousel of photos from the event via Instagram. The highlights included multiple shots of Garner crying in different locations, from the ceremony to the airplane.
“Tell me you have a graduate without telling me you have a graduate. 🎓 (bless our hearts 🥺♥️🤣),” Garner captioned her post, which garnered support from other celebrity moms with kids who have graduated, including Reese Witherspoon, Ree Drummond and Kyle Richards, among others.
Credit: Courtesy of Ludacris/Instagram
Ludacris
Karma Bridges, daughter of rapper Ludacris and attorney Christine White, graduated Summa Cum Laude from Brown University with a bachelor’s degree in Documentary Filmmaking.
“Make Sure You Add ‘SUMMA CUM LAUDE’ When You Speak About MINES @karma.christine HONORS #prouddaddy,” Ludacris wrote via Instagram, alongside a carousel of photos of Karma posing with her dad and the family.
Credit: Courtesy of Jessie James Decker/Instagram
Jessie James Decker
The country singer and her husband, former NFL player Eric Decker, celebrated their daughter Vivianne’s elementary school graduation. (Jessie and Eric share 4 children: Vivianne, 10, Eric, 8, Forrest, 6, and Denver, who arrived in February 2024.)
“Our sweet girl Vivianne has officially graduated elementary school and will be a middle schooler come August🥹! I can’t believe how fast time flies,” Jessie wrote via Instagram. “We are so proud of our amazing girl❤️🥹”
Credit: Courtesy of Lindsay Arnold/Instagram
Lindsay Arnold
The Dancing with the Stars star and husband Samuel Cusick’s daughter Sage graduated from preschool. (Along with Sage, the couple also shares daughter June, who was born in May 2023.)
“1st year of Preschool graduation for our Sagey girl 🫶,” Arnold wrote via Instagram alongside a sweet snap of the whole family.
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Taylor Armstrong
The Real Housewives of Orange County alum opened up about facing a new chapter of her life as her daughter Kennedy, 18, prepares to graduate from high school.
“My daughter is graduating high school and it’s a little hard. She’s my only child,” Armstrong, 52, told Us Weekly in April, adding that she’s trying to “think about things” she can do after Kennedy leaves the house so she’s not “completely devastated.”
“I’m just trying to make sure I nurture my friendship garden so that we can all be in it together when our kids all go away,” she noted.