Ben Yeo Renovated His Condo To Kick His 2 Tween Sons, Who Have Been Bunking With Him, Out Of His Room
The family-of-four have been sleeping together in the same room since the boys were babies.
While it is not uncommon for kids to sleep with their parents’ when they are small, few would hang around till their tweens. Not Ben Yeo’s sons Javier, 13, and Jarius, 10, though. The boys have been bunking with Ben and his wife Claudia Cheong, both 44, in their bedroom since they were babies.
Ben decided it was time for the boys to sleep in their own room.
The host renovated his 947 sq ft two-bedroom condo in the eastern part of Singapore last August, converting the playroom into the kids’ bedroom.
“They were very happy to sleep in the same room as us, but I kicked them out,” Ben tells 8days.sg. “How old already?! They are boys, so they should be more independent. How are they going to manage when they do National Service?”
He adds: “My older son is very timid and afraid of ghosts. The boys still prefer to sleep with us. It’s so bad that they refuse to attend school camps ‘cos they don’t want to stay out overnight.”
Despite this, Ben is happy to report that his sons took the eviction pretty well and have no issues sleeping on their own. “So far so good,” Ben shares with 8days.sg. "They did not complain at all," he says with a laugh.
“I feel they have grown up since they moved into their own room. They are more independent now.”
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