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Charlie Sheen is a parent to five children.

Their names aren’t even Robert or Maximillian."

Charlie Sheen smiling and holding Max and Bob Sheen

Max had more difficulties than his brother, including a heart condition called ejection fracture.

Luckily, both boys made progress in the weeks after their births.

However, about a year later, some believed the trauma exacerbated Mueller’s struggle with addiction.

Brooke Mueller smiling and holding young Bob and Max Sheen

“She resorted to the way she handled stress in the past.”

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young Bob and Max Sheen eating a meal with Brooke Mueller and Charlie Sheen

At the time, Richards was caring for the twins during Mueller’s difficulties with addiction.

Mueller went back and forth on the decision.

She purportedly resisted having her sons tested out of worries that it would negatively impact her child custody arrangement.

She refuted the claim that drugs had led to Bob and Max’s upsetting behaviors.

In addition, Mueller clarified that she did seek help for her sons.

“It’s one of the reasons why I moved to Utah,” sheexplainedon the podcast.

After the boys participated in a neuropsychiatric program, “There was nothing organically wrong with them whatsoever.

They had just seen and been through too much,” Mueller reported.

However, they still experienced some upheaval regarding their home life.

One of these instances occurred when they were ten and Mueller was reportedly being treated for drug addiction.

By the time the boys were teens, Charlie was their primary caregiver.

He offered a glimpse into his kids' lives, noting that they were into age-typical entertainments.

“They’re really cool, really smart, and really funny,” Charlie informedPeoplein 2023.

Over the years, the boys have made only fleeting appearances on their parents' social media accounts.

The post also included a link to a since-deleted Instagram account that Bob had at the time.

In March 2023, the twins spent time with Charlie Sheen when they went out for snacks together.

By late 2023, Charlie was celebrating almost six years of sobriety.

Happily, a month after the celebration, Mueller reported the family’s custody arrangement had shifted again.

“He comes over a lot, we go over there … we have a fantastic relationship.”