Emotionally Healthy Twins: A New Philosophy for Parenting Two Unique Children

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2008
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Most parents try to treat their twins as individuals, but most unwittingly undermine their best intentions because they lack a practical set of guidelines for raising emotionally healthy multiples. Drawing on her unique experience as a twin, the mother of twins, and as a psychotherapist, Dr. Joan A. Friedman outlines the seven key concepts for helping twins develop into self-realized, unique individuals and offers parents specific strategies for each stage in their children's growth. From how to set up the nursery to handling playdates and extracurricular activities, from deciding on same or separate classroom education to encouraging grandparents and other family members to think beyond the pair to see individuals, Emotionally Healthy Twins will become the standard reference for parenting twins.

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Most parents try to treat their twins as individuals, but most unwittingly undermine their best intentions because they lack a practical set of guidelines for raising emotionally healthy multiples. Drawing on her unique experience as a twin, the mother of twins, and as a psychotherapist, Dr. Joan A. Friedman outlines the seven key concepts for helping twins develop into self-realized, unique individuals and offers parents specific strategies for each stage in their children's growth. From how to set up the nursery to handling playdates and extracurricular activities, from deciding on same or separate classroom education to encouraging grandparents and other family members to think beyond the pair to see individuals, Emotionally Healthy Twins will become the standard reference for parenting twins.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 255
Edition: 1st Da Capo Press Ed
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
Published: 12 Feb 2008
ISBN 10: 0738210870
ISBN 13: 9780738210872

Media Reviews

Twins, Triplets, and More, 8/08
Well worth a read...Thought-provoking.
TwinsTalk.com, 8/27/08
An excellent book.

TWINS, October 2008
Will become the standard reference for parenting twins.

[A] wonderful resource. -- Staten Island Advance

An excellent book. --TwinsTalk.com, 8/27/08

Will become the standard reference for parenting twins. -- TWINS , October 2008

Will become the standard reference for parenting twins. -- Twins , July 2009

[A] wonderful resource. Staten Island Advance

An excellent book. TwinsTalk.com, 8/27/08

Will become the standard reference for parenting twins. TWINS, October 2008

Will become the standard reference for parenting twins. Twins, July 2009

[A] wonderful resource. Staten Island Advance

For anyone expecting or raising multiples, this book needs to be on their recommended reading list!...An important addition to the reading resources for anyone raising their multiples. MultipleBirthsFamilies.com [Friedman s] tone is both authoritative and kind. This book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the complex psychological issues that twins and their parents face Armed with excellent strategies, Friedman shares her experience and knowledge to help parents combat their misguided impulses. This book gives me hope that life will be easier for the next generation of twins. California Society for Clinical Social Work s Clinical Update newsletter Full of information and very handy and practical tips It is richly flavored with tips and tricks that are certainly very practical for the busy parents of twins...Friedman s book makes a valuable and novel contribution to the twin parenting literature and is one that I will recommend to other parents of twin and indeed to parents of multiple singletons. Twin Research and Human Genetics Offers advice to frazzled parents. Brooklyn Daily Eagle

[A] wonderful resource. --Staten Island Advance

For anyone expecting or raising multiples, this book needs to be on their recommended reading list!...An important addition to the reading resources for anyone raising their multiples. --MultipleBirthsFamilies.com [Friedman's] tone is both authoritative and kind. This book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the complex psychological issues that twins and their parents face Armed with excellent strategies, Friedman shares her experience and knowledge to help parents combat their misguided impulses. This book gives me hope that life will be easier for the next generation of twins. --California Society for Clinical Social Work's Clinical Update newsletter Full of information and very handy and practical tips It is richly flavored with tips and tricks that are certainly very practical for the busy parents of twins...Friedman's book makes a valuable and novel contribution to the twin parenting literature and is one that I will recommend to other parents of twin and indeed to parents of multiple singletons. --Twin Research and Human Genetics Offers advice to frazzled parents. --Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Author Bio

In her practice as a therapist, Joan A. Friedman, Ph.D., specializes in dealing with twin-related issues. She lives in the Los Angeles area with her husband and five children.