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By Brenda A. Henderson, Ph.D. Nicole peeks around her mother's side to watch Rachel chatter with the cashier in the grocery store. While at a family gathering, Jordan quickly agrees with…

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Dec 2021

Pregnancy & Birth Twins Basics

Multiples Pregnancy Bed Rest: What to do if you’re sent to bed

When Kelli Campbell, of Dallas, Texas, learned she was carrying twins, she figured she'd have to slow down a little, but she never expected to land on the couch for…

ByAmy Tracy 0Comments

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Dec 2021

Family Life Parenting Twins School Years

How to plead for the same classroom

By Sharon Withers Many school administrators and teachers today are quite willing to listen to parents and make decisions on keeping twins together in a classroom on a case-by-case basis. Yet…

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Dec 2021

Family Life Parenting Twins School Years

Separation: Excerpts from the Experts

Although the elementary school that Cyndy Salamati's twins attend offered her the choice of separating or keeping her boys together, she was surprised to learn that many schools around the…

ByCyndy Salamati 1Comment

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Dec 2021

Family Life Parenting Twins School Years

Standing up for your decision

Where did the separation policy come from? Extensive TWINS Magazine research into the academic foundations of separation rules failed to uncover studies or citations supporting separation of multiples in school.…

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Dec 2021

Family Life Parenting Twins School Years

It’s Your Decision

What's the best choice for your multiples when they start school? Should they be placed in the same classroom or separated? "I know it's easier for you to have your boys…

ByElizabeth Blevins 1Comment

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Dec 2021

Family Life Parenting Twins School Years

Breaking the Barriers: The Secret to Controlling Your Twins School Placement

by Rachel Franklin, M.d. My twins, Jack and Emma, start kindergarten this fall. Like every other parent of a new student, I recently stood anxiously in line for threee hours in…

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Nov 2021

Twinning

The Importance of Forming Your Own Identity As A Twin

TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS: NOT YOUR TWIN Many twins unsuspectingly have limited access to their inner life because of the expectable emotional disruption triggered by growing up alongside a same-age…

ByDr. Joan A. Friedman 0Comments

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Nov 2021

Community & Stories

Twins to graduate from Basic Combat Training Battalion at Fort Sill

Story courtesy of Fort Sill Public Affairs FORT SILL, Oklahoma (Nov. 15, 2021) – Pvts. Broughton and Brendan Beggs are the youngest of nine siblings in their family from Coeur d’Alene,…

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Aug 2021

Family Life Parenting Twins School Years

Parents Share Effects of Separating Twins in Middle School

THE QUICK FIX: A SIMPLISTIC SOLUTION A father of 13-year-old identical twin boys contacted me about one of his sons. He and his…

ByDr. Joan A. Friedman 0Comments