Raising three dyslexic sons was tough: Evelyn Tan

Singaporean actress-host Evelyn Tan has opened up about raising her three sons who were diagnosed with dyslexia.

- Farah Daley

Tan, 49, has four children with local actor-host Darren Lim, 51: daughter Kristen, 19, and sons Jairus, 17, Way, 15, and Elliott, 11.

Tan, who put her career on hold when she became a mother, decided to homeschool her children during their formative years.

However, she faced an uphill task when she discovered all three boys were dyslexic.

"It was really quite tough," Tan told The New Paper. "I saw other kids do well and thought that I, the homeschool mum, was the one who was teaching badly." Although homeschooling went smoothly with Kristen, Tan realised that Jairus needed more time to grasp concepts and found reading a little more difficult. He was diagnosed with dyslexia in 2016.