Helping Your Children Learn to Listen An old behavioral problem that has become new again. Why are parents, teachers, and friends are facing defiance? Social issues that include disrespect for parents, friends, and authority figures are more prevalent because of the rigidity of rules related to the coronavirus pandemic. The old more self-centered defiant behavior …
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Twinship Sometimes Feels Like a Scary Roller Coaster Ride
Twinship Sometimes Feels Like a Scary Roller Coaster Ride Insight into extreme anger, loneliness, and longing for twin closeness I have devoted many hours, days, weeks, and years trying to understand the love and loyalty, rage, guilt, and humiliation that twins have for one another. Fighting and even estrangement can make a twin relationship unbearable. …
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Understanding Separation Issues That Arise Between Twins
Understanding Separation Issues That Arise Between Twins, Their Friends, and Partners Helpful insights and advice Learning how to de-escalate the emotional disruptions that friends and spouses bring to the twin relationship is an important skill for every twin to learn. One hundred percent of the twins I have talked with openly share that friends and …
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Strategies to Work Effectively at Home During School Closure
Strategies to Work Effectively at Home During School Closure A project-centered approach. Parents and children are faced with a new and complicated challenge of developing homeschooling and online learning as this is now the only option for educating their children. Schools are closed at all grade levels. Parents are now substitute teachers. Children’s friendships are …
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When Twin Fighting Won’t Stop
When Twin Fighting Won’t Stop The most commonly asked question from twins who visit me online or in person goes something like this: “My twin and I have not spoken to each other in years because we cannot agree on how to get along. Our parents, siblings, and friends want us to get along, but …
Why Family Holidays Are Hard for Twins
Why Family Holidays Are Hard for Twins Rules for decorum and strategies to enjoy yourself Family holidays are hard for everyone because of the extra work involved from planning to cooking, cleaning, and travel. Expectations for harmony and good feelings about family members is complicated and understated, but always a criterion for a good dinner …
How Twins Can Help One Another
Some facts about twin conflict that need to be talked about openly. Popular culture and mythology suggests that twins have an ideal relationship. These stereotypical ideas have infected our meaningful understanding of twinship. In reality the opposite is true. Twins have a very difficult time getting along. More often than not, twins feel ashamed that …
Cost and Consequences of Getting Along with Your Adult Twin
the price that is paid for too much closeness with your twin is astronomical. As a society, we are interested in all different types of investments that will contribute to our overall mental and physical health and longevity. Twins, because of their early and profound attachments, face different emotional challenges than non-twins. Ordinary siblings separate …
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