Actor Peter Yu on treating his 2 sons equally: 'I will scold both of them regardless of who’s in the wrong'
The 55-year-old actor, who stars in a new local movie A Year Of No Significance, on why it's important not to practise favouritism when it comes to your kids.
Peter Yu, who stars in the new film A Year Of No Significance, believes in treating both sons equally and that means scolding both sons if one of them makes a fuss. (Photo: Instagram/peteryuhongrong)
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Local actor Peter Yu, 55, is the star of new Kelvin Tong film A Year Of No Significance. The movie, set in the '70s, sees Peter as Lim Cheng Soon, a Chinese-educated architect who struggles in the workplace as Singapore moves towards an English-speaking landscape.
Peter's character Cheng Soon also has to deal with a father who doesn’t mask his blatant favouritism for his younger brother.
In an interview with 8world, Peter says there aren’t many similarities between him and Cheng Soon.
Unlike Cheng Soon, Peter is bilingual, and did not live through the time when our country’s education system was segregated into English and Mandarin schools.
When asked if he felt any anger on Cheng Soon’s behalf, Peter said: “Of course. If I look at things from my character’s perspective, I would feel like my boss only values those who are educated in English, and that I’ve instead been tossed aside despite my work experience. They are handed opportunities, while [I would] slowly begin to feel suffocated [in the job].”
With regards to his family, Peter says he doesn't practise favouritism when it comes to his sons, Christian, 11, and Israel, seven.
He revealed that his wife is the biased parent, adding: “She said she felt ashamed after watching this film, and wants to make it up to our elder son. She herself knows that she’s a little biased [towards our younger child]!”
On the other hand, Peter treats his sons fairly so they don’t have to deal with any psychological pain growing up.
“I’ve never been biased, and my wife knows this about me very well. I treat both my kids equally. I will scold both of them regardless of who’s in the wrong.”
He explained: “It’s important that the brothers care for each other. If one of them kicks up a fuss, I would scold them both, so they know not to make the same mistake again.”
He added that raising kids is no easy feat. “We’re not perfect. As parents, we also have our shortcomings. We’re also learning, right?” he said.
This story was originally published in 8Days.
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