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Toddler

When the kids starts standing or walking, keep everything out of kids reach. Since its going to be twice care you have to be careful from the very beginning.

Schooling

When at school, you have a choice to put them in a separate classes or in the same. Some schools might suggest to keep twins in separate class or other might insist them to put in same. You will have to work out the best for your children. It might start with both of them in same, but should the need arise, for the sake of their individual development, feel free to move them to separate classes. It might be the other way round as well.

Let them choose the subject, sports of their choice, don't force them to do the things just because other one is doing.

Probably the most difficult part is for the parents to avoid comparing one with the other. Its very unlikely that both of them would have same level of competence and capability. Hence as parents you will have to put in efforts to identify separate growth areas for each of them.

"We had initially put them in the same class, but when we realized that one was being over dependent on the other, we did separate them. We now see an improvement as a result!"

Twins and Tantrums 
If your children start being prone to tantrums (which can begin anytime after about 15 months ) then try to work out what is the trigger for the tantrum and try to avoid obvious triggers. We have found that giving a patient hearing to them itself placates them quite a bit. However, if you were to turn a deaf ear to the same they keep on nagging about it, till you have heard it out properly.

If you say No to start off with, stick to it, otherwise your twins will think that No can be changed to a yes. One more important thing if one parent is saying no to something then the other parent must not fulfill the demand, otherwise kids know how to get it their way.

Honour your commitments and avoid playing favorite with one child.

"Probably one thing that we have definitely learnt out of raising twins is how to be a perfectionist in doing the same thing twice, whatever that thing might be!"

Twin Teens

"We are yet to get there, so really don't know what the future has in store for us. But on the lighter side, we hope it doesn't come to a situation where in they are both fighting to share the same boyfriend!"