Parenting School-Age Twins & Multiples
Parenting School-Age Twins & Multiples
NEW! From a mother of 10-year-old twins. your guide to navigating the issues of raising twins and multiples as they enter the school years.
For every multiple that graduates from nappies and cots to science projects and double-dating, theres a parent facing a whole new host of concerns. Based on extensive research and dozens of parent interviews. Parenting School-Age Twins and Multiples provides you with practical, parent-tested tips and advice to address the unique challenges of raising older multiples and help you and your kids thrive through the school years and beyond.
Real-world advice for when your twins' and multiples' concerns go beyond "Should they dress alike?" Should your twins be placed in the same class at school? Does one of your kids have a harder time making friends than the other? How healthy is competition among your triplets?
Christina Baglivi Tinglof, author of Double Duty and a mother of twins, expertly guides you through your kids' school years. from the first days of primary school to the always drama-filled years of high school.
Drawing from the latest cutting-edge research and hundreds of parent-tested tips, Tinglof offers proven advice to:
* Encourage individuality
* Foster positive sibling relationships
* Discipline effectively
* Deal with one child developing faster than the other
* Manage common speech and reading difficulties
Note: This book is written by a USA based author and as such will have references to school systems in the USA.
Valuable Resource for Parents of Pairs! When I was expecting our twins. Christina's 'Double Duty' was hands-down my favorite text. Now that our twins are five and a half and preparing to enter kindergarten. Christina's writing once again has become my go-to resource via her new book. 'Parenting School-Age Twins and Multiples.'
Skillfully weaving the latest scholarly research on multiples with invaluable anecdotal revelations from numerous twin-blessed families. Christina has created a resource our family will be referring to again and again in the years to come. The text not only acknowledges the unique dynamic within identical and fraternal twins' interactions and relationships. but addresses the additional components of gender match or difference.
With objectivity and respect for varied families and the individuals within them. Christina takes on the often touchy issue of school classroom placement, thoughtfully sharing both studies and multiple multiples families' experience (including her own) in a way that provides assistance. insight and validation. Can you tell we like this book? To date. I've been happy to loan (or give away) many of my books that I read while preparing for our lives as twin parents to others who've found themselves in a doubly-expecting situation.
Christina takes her latest book right on up through life with twin teens. so needless to say. 'Parenting School-Age Twins and Multiples' is a book we'd recommend (and plan on revisiting repeatedly!) for the long haul.
Cheryl Lage. mom and author of 'Twinspiration'. 07/30/2007