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Being A Twin Research Paper

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Benefits and Drawbacks of Being a Twin
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Benefits and Drawbacks of Being a Twin
Twins grow up with an intense closeness from their shared language, experiences, and feelings. The closeness of this relationship depends on whether they are fraternal or identical twins. Identical twins come from the same egg and are mostly similar in appearance and sex. Fraternal twins, on the other hand, come from two separate eggs, fertilized at the same time. Fraternal twins are not necessarily of the same sex and are not identical in appearance, behavior or temperament. Growing up as twins has both benefits and drawbacks that influence the way twins perceive their “twin-ness,” irrespective of the twins being fraternal …show more content…

Having been born on the same day and, lived most of their lives together, twins develop a life-long bond of friendship with each other. They share their deepest secrets with one another and are always present to give each other a sense of security in times of trouble. Lewin and Sharp (2009, p. 54) note that, during the elementary years of twins, the solid bond of friendship develops their self-confidence in each other as they know that their twin brother or sister is present to support and enjoy mutual victories and mistakes with them.
Being a twin attracts awe and admiration from people. It seems that everyone loves twins and whenever one spots twins on the streets, they want to talk with them and make friends with them. Twins revel in this “twinship” attraction of being indistinguishable through playing on the unsuspecting from their childhood stages. Moreover, twins brothers/sisters have used their similarity in appearances to bail each out of trouble and confront social issues like breaking a relationship, representing each other in meetings, pulling pranks on the unsuspecting and so …show more content…

Even though twins share a birthday and many striking physical resemblances, it does not imply that they are the same person. Twins are individuals with separate goals and interests, and different personalities. Overlooking these facts negatively impacts their self-image and self-identify development capacities (Eysenck, 2009). Klein (2003) observes that twins need to be treated as individuals if they are to grow and be able to function at their optimal state of development. Otherwise, the over-identification of twins would limit their capacity to form non-twinlike relationships and separation from each

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