Sibling rivalry is one of those things you come to expect when you’re raising more than one child. You naturally expect some friction and competition as they grow up and while most do overcome it, some drag it on to adulthood. But what if you’re raising twins? How do you deal with it when one twin outshines the other? As a mother of twins, my sister experienced this when one of her girls started outperforming her twin at sports. Their mother eventually noticed that although both enjoyed the sports equally at first, one inevitably lost interest when her sister pulled ahead of her. This was causing a lot of friction in the household and where the twins once supported and encouraged each other, now they were constantly competing. To further compound matters, the one who excelled at sports also gained a new crowd to hang out with and her sister felt completely left out. Things couldn’t go on and a solution had to be found, for peace to reign once more in the house. Encouraging Individuality In Twins Thinking it over, my sister finally realized the friction between her twins stemmed from their shared twin identity. From a young age,...
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