How to age well: actress Charlie Yeung says giving birth at 42, to twin boys, has kept her feeling youthful
- ‘Being with kids brings happiness,’ mature mum Charlie Yeung Choi-nei says. ‘Our interaction with them makes us young’
- Other things the Taiwanese-Hong Kong actress, who now lives in Singapore, does to stay young? She takes walks, swims, enjoys the outdoors and cooks
Although she hasn’t had an uninterrupted night’s sleep since the premature birth of her twin boys in 2017, actress and former singer Charlie Yeung Choi-nei says they have given her a new life full of hope and joy – and she feels younger than ever.
“They became my first priority in life,” she says. “I am an only child and I was also born prematurely. My mum gave me lots of nutrition, and [I did lots of] exercise. My husband and I decided to do the same for the boys. Very [small] and incubated for a month, they showed lots of determination to fight for their lives.”
Yeung – now 47 – says she has learned to never underestimate her children.
“They learn fast. My boys get back up on their own after stumbling and, when school was closed during the pandemic, I was worried that they might be too impatient to sit through online classes at home. But they can, and they find the experience novel.”
Yeung says she has developed new hobbies which have brightened up her life as a full-time mum.
