Boy-Girl Twins: 5 Things Parents Need to Know
Out of all the twin types, boy-girl or opposite-sex twins have always been the most fascinating to me. After all, they get all the benefits of the twin bond without all the pressure. They have a play...
View ArticleWhat’s It Like Being Twins? The Yin and Yang of Twinship, Part 1
All their lives, my twins have heard me discuss the psychology and research surrounding the mystery of twinning. While writing my books and articles, I’ve talked with countless parents of multiples as...
View ArticleWhat’s It Like Being a Teenage Twin? Part 2
Over the Christmas break I sat down separately with my sixteen-year-old fraternal twin sons to ask them about their experiences growing up with each other. (You can read the first half of our...
View ArticleThe Evolution of My Twins’ Birthdays
When I was about ten years old, I was good friends with a girl in my class who was an identical twin. One summer, she invited me to her birthday party. I showed up with just one gift. I don’t remember...
View ArticleFive Reasons Why Your Twins Dislike Each Other
For the most part, my teenage twin sons get along very well. But like all siblings, they have their moments. Big, loud, smack-down moments. It’s never easy to hear them speak rudely to one another, or...
View ArticleWhen Your Twins Have Opposite Personalities
From the moment they were born, my fraternal twin sons have had very different temperaments. “Twin A” came out kicking and screaming. Literally. Minutes after he made his very loud entrance, the...
View ArticleDo Twins Learn to Share in the Womb?
This morning, as I listened to my teenage twin sons bicker loudly over who gets to plug his iTouch into the recharging dock first, I was reminded of an assumption we all have about twins—namely, they...
View ArticleThe Difference Between Twins and Singletons: There’s Strength in Numbers
With the end of the school year just two weeks away, my kids have been attending a lot of celebratory school banquets and parties lately. For instance, just the other day I drove my singleton son to a...
View ArticleDoes Having a Twin Lower Your Chance of Divorce?
A recent report by Ohio State University researchers found that people who have more than two siblings are less likely you’ll get a divorce than those who come from one-sibling or no-sibling...
View ArticleTeenage Fraternal Twin Girls Discuss the Twin Bond
Last week, I interviewed Kayla and Rebecca, a set of 19-year-old fraternal twins. Their responses to my questions about their early school years were both insightful and inspirational. This week, the...
View ArticleWill My Single-Born Son Be Close to His Twin Brothers?
Question: I just found that I am pregnant with a boy—our third. Our fraternal twin boys will be two and a half when the baby is born. I am experiencing some unwanted and unexpected gender...
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