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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I find fascinating is so many posters with twins just assume that because they have twins the competition or whatever you want to call it between the siblings is greater or more likely to cause problems than if they weren’t twins. However, I’m betting that a lot of the same posters only have twins and don’t have other kids, so how the hell do they know?

There is sibling rivalry and competition in every family with more than one kid. Kids just need to learn that if some kids work harder than other kids and do better in school than other kids that they will have more opportunities when it comes to college. I had four kids, and my kids all knew that. They did not blame each other or harbor ill will against each other simply because some got into better colleges than others. They knew exactly why it was happening. I find it very hard to believe that the situation is so terribly different for twins. If it is, the twins need to grow the hell up. [/quote]

So helpful LOL[/quote]

Thank you.  I mean, it’s true.  The idea that somehow it’s different and has to be managed differently when two kids who happen to be born on the same day and know each other well enough to know that one has better grades, test scores, etc. and is a stronger candidate for college admissions that the other is odd.  Every parent with more than one kid has to manage this.  If anything, the fact that twins are often so close makes it easier for one to support the other and not get too jealous or worked up over the other’s greater degree of success.

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You have no idea what you are talking about. [/quote]

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