The Educational Effective of Forced Separation on Twins

This is a very interesting research paper by Jamison J. Grimes of the University of Toledo. The qualitative study reviews existing research on twins in school and also interviews three sets of twins.

To no one's surprise, the research and the interviews uncover negative effects of forced separation of twins.

This is another study that questions why schools still routinely separate multiples, rather than taking their individual needs in account on a case by case basis.

The first few pages of the study are available for free. The rest of the study can be purchased at the site.

Twin bonds can exceed scientific explanations

You know how everyone assumes twins have some kind of special telephathy? I don't know it I believe our girls have that special ability or not, but I used to see it with an Aunt/Uncle set of twins.

It might be because they were so in tune with each other more than a special ability, but I always found it amazing.

A new study "Twin bonds can exceed scientific explanations" talks about this with pretty definite results.

Of course, just because there doesn't seem to be strong scientific results doesn't mean it isn't there does it?

No need to split twins for good grades: study

An interesting study done in Amsterdam's VU University.

Their conclusion?

"The choice of separation should be made by teachers, parents and their twin children, based on individual characteristics of a twin pair," the study concluded.

The Power of Two

This is an amazing story about the power of the twin bond. I'm sure you could apply this to higher order multiples as well. It made me appreciate our girls' twin bond even more.


The Power of Two
Separated at birth, twin sisters born in China never doubted that they were somehow part of a pair. Four years, two continents, and a high-speed Internet connection later, they finally met their match.

By Susannah Meadows

Expert Interview: Patricia Malmstrom

The interesting blog Multiples and More! has an interesting interview with Patricia Malmstrom. Her new book, The Art of Parenting Twins, includes information about all things parents of multiples need to know/consider.

Her explanation about why parents should consider keeping their multiples together in school is simple, yet enlightening. It's very close to the reasoning I gave our school district, so I'm glad to know I was on the right track -- even if I didn't really know it at the time. It's always good to have an expert's opinion on the matter.

Separating my twins -- What was I Thinking?

I thought this was an interesting post from the Silicon Valley Moms Blog about deciding to separate twins in school.

Separating my twins -- What was I Thinking??

It's a humorous look at what happens after you decide to separate your twins in school. I'm sure anyone with children of different ages can relate too.

Which Twins?

I set a Google alert to find stories about issues related to our campaign. Naturally, one of the alerts uses "twins" as the key word.

You know what I receive most of the time? Stories about the Minnesota Twins.

It just goes to show that what a word means to you depends upon your perspective.