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Real-world advice for when your twins' and multiples' concerns go beyond "Should they dress alike?"

Should your twins be placed in the same homeroom 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 kindergarten 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

DESCRIPTION:

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 649.144
EAN: 9780071469029
ISBN: 0071469028
Label: McGraw-Hill
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2006-12-20
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Studio: McGraw-Hill


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• Emotionally Healthy Twins: A New Philosophy for Parenting Two Unique Children
• Raising Twins: What Parents Want to Know (And What Twins Want to Tell Them)
• It's Twins!: Parent-to-Parent Advice from Infancy through Adolescence
• How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
• Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too


CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: "A parent must read", says Tonia Tomlin author of Chaos 2 Calm
Comment: This is one of two books by Christina Baglivi Tinglof that I have read and loved it just as much as Double Duty! Deciding on your children's education is so important, not just picking out which school but also how your twins or multiples will handle situations. My husband and I have been working on enrolling our twin girls into full-time school and make the decision to keep them together or not has been a challenge. This book is helping us make a decision based on our children's personalities and needs. Any parent faced with the tough decision should read this book today!

Tonia Tomlin
Author of Chaos 2 Calm
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Invaluable Resource
Comment: I had given up finding books that pertains to raising twins in the bookstore ... they're all for infants, toddlers and preschoolers, which basically has nothing to do with issues that I face with my twins, even at the same age. The books I've found dealt with surface issues such as how to handle sleeping arrangements, bottle-feeding/breast-feeding and so on. Those books rarely talked about prematurity issues, when one has a disability and the other one doesn't and about preschool issues, such as developmental delays and so on. I didn't expect to find any other resource on raising twins after infancy till I heard this one mentioned in another book club.

It is with great apprehension that I picked this book up and I wish I had read this book when my twins were 3! My husband and I had gone back and forth about whether or not to separate them in two different classrooms and whether or not to keep them together or how to deal with certain issues that developmental delays bring. (No, she does not address that issue in here, but a lot of the issues she does address pertain to classroom separation ...) This book has brought a great sense of relief for this mom!

Here is a sampling of the issues she covers in this book:
Understanding the Intratwin Relationship
Developing Identity and Promoting Individuality
Double Discipline (always helpful!)
Multiples and Education

And more.

This is a book that I will not give up till my sons have their own children. It may be outdated by then, but I can assure you that the practical tips that the parents interviewed by Tinglof will still remain common sensical. Maybe you don't need this book, but if you're one of those parents of multiples trying to make sure you're making the right choices, this book is definitely for you. It might just enlighten your way or perhaps give you a different perspective ... whatever it is, it is just a practical book. A keeper.

8/23/08


Customer Rating:
Summary: Valuable Resource for Parents of Pairs!
Comment: 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.



Customer Rating:
Summary: Reassuring
Comment: Thank you for the reassurance that my girls are normal ... well normal twins. Twins are a totally different world, and I'm so thankful for this book. There is plenty of material out there for when the girls were smaller, but not so much as they are maturing. Thank you for taking the time to do all the research and put it together. It is a blessing.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Thank you, Christina!
Comment: I thoroughly enjoyed reading this volume cover to cover and taking notes as I went. Having made it to third grade, my resources were running thin. So glad to have the additional guidance needed for my almost 9 yr olds!

Fantastic job!

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