Bringing up twins is much harder a task than parenting children who were born one before or after another. Namely, twins do look alike and may even resemble each other by their similar personalities. However, you should never treat them equally and you should take their uniqueness into consideration at all times. Nevertheless, you should not separate them from one another since twins usually create a strong bond between themselves. All in all, parenting twins is a tough job but, fortunately, there are tactics and techniques which can help you in the process.
The Relationship between Twins
Even though twins look identical to each other when they are small children, gradually, in time, they will develop their personalities and become unique individuals. However, a special kind of bond between them will remain, and this bond is so special that parents can rarely understand it. When the twin children start developing their personalities, there are great chances that one of them will be a more aggressive and a violent one, acting guided by emotions, while the other may present a more calm and obedient individual, being caring and playful. Thus, mothers and parents in general need to open their hearts to both of the twins equally.
Next, twins like sharing everything and they have no problems with that, which can never be said for single children. In fact, twins shared the same womb and thus have no problems in sharing all the other things such as food, clothes, toys etc. However, they need to have their own possessions too and their parents should teach them how to differentiate between the two.
Twins can often join forces against the parents and have no problems plotting a mischievous plan together. Thus, a parent needs to know his/her twins very well in order to find these matters out. Twins are partners in both fun and crime.
How to Be a Parent to Twins
The best way to parent twins is to create clear sets of rules which need to be obeyed. Through this method, in time, the children will learn how to behave and this will mean that the same rules apply to both of them.
As the twins get older, parents need to worry about many other factors, such as individual birthday parties for each child, different schools and other such choices. Since parenting twins can prove to be quite a difficult task, parents need to support each other and are often advised to seek help of a pediatrician or join the local twin parenting group. Do whatever you can to raise your twins as two unique individuals since they deserve to be treated that way.
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