“I love being a father. It’s changed my life,” says Ben Affleck, dad to 2-year-old Violet. “She has the ability to make me smile and feel so good.

Ben Affleck’s a big kid with Violet

When I’m not with her for a while, all I want to do is go home, just to be around her again, IN TOUCH WEEKLY reports.” Well, around her and her toys, according to mom Jennifer Garner, 36. “He knows all of the games with dolls and ponies,” she says. “He gets down on the floor with her and he’s so big, he takes up the whole living room!” Ben even kicked a bad habit for Violet. “I decided to quit smoking when I found out I was going to have a child,” says the 35-year-old. “That was the thing that put it over the top for me.” “I can’t say enough about Ben as a father,” says Jennifer. “He was a great dad from the beginning.” “Parenthood — the whole thing is wonderful,” says Ben.

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