Should twins be separated at school and what effects or impact could that have on the twins? ?

Question

for my assignment i have to study what effect classroom separation has on twins.. it would be good if parents or twins or teachers or twins could answer this question :) thanx

Answer 1

The book "Raising School Age Twins" by Christina Tinglof has some great information on this subject.  The National Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs also publishes a great informational booklet about Placement of Multiple Birth Children in School.

My identical girls aren't in school yet but many of my friends with twins have gone through this.  I think that it really depends on the twins.  You should visit www.twinslaw.com which is a site that is advocating for parents to have an increased voice in the placement of their multiples in school.  This law was just passed in my state and I'm excited.  

Answer 2

My first year of teaching I had 2 sets of twins in the same classroom at the same time.  Here in California, schools districts usually have a policy on that and it is usually to put them into separate classrooms.  This is more to prevent cheating than anything else.

Then about 3 years ago my wife gave birth to a set of twins. Since then we have a lot of interactions with people who are a twin them self, or have in twins in their family.

Over the past three years I have learned, from observing, that twins hare very social able and shear a very special bond one another. Ours are not only very good at sharing with each other, but they also share well with other children as well.  Now they do have their sibling quails with big brother.

The impact of separation of our twins would not affect them. My experiences from my first year of teaching and conversations with those related to twins, taught us to plan for this situation.  I believe that my identical twin boys would not be affect too much because they have been situations, such as one being sick at home and the other separated care, couple of hours.  This is a natural experience that they will encounter throughout their lives. With lots of daily social interaction with their father and other children, they have become very confident individuals.  This observation has been confirmed by the preschool staff without any prompting from us.    

But when they come home they are very happy to see their twin brother, more than you or I would be.

This is because twins do share a very special lifelong bond between one another; they would easily be able to preserver a couple of days or weeks.



One factor that will be difficult for you to measure in your project is that of parenting styles. It would be interesting to see if a bond was formed between twins of parents that did not encourage such a bond. In other words, would that bond form naturally without any parental involvement?  

Answer 3

I have worked with children for over 18 years and have had many twins in the classroom, I believe that twins (especially identical) should have separate classes. This gives the children a chance to become their own individualal  person. It's bad enough for always being simply known as "the twins".  

Answer 4

It will ultimately depend on how each twin interacts in the classroom.  Here is a great resource pertaining to this particular situation…

http://www.twinslaw.com  

Answer 5

I beleive it should be the parents choice if they want to be split up when they are young, however as they get older it should be the childrens choice.

Answer 6

I'm a parent of twins and i tried separating them in grade 3 but they missed each other so much and got very distracted i suppose it depends on the twins my boys are very close i ended up changing there class.

and it depends on age my sons are nearly 15 now and they are in different classes and they are fine.

Answer 7

as a twin when iwas little i loved having my sister with me everywhere its lik your best friend. however as we got older i found myself more in competition with her. in grade 3 and 4 we were seperated into different classes and i found that i was much better working in the classroom when i didnt have the constant competitive mindset.

Answer 8

Mine won't be separated unless they want to be.

My near 3yos get anxiety when they are apart, and I would never knowingly split them up, where it would effect them. They are very happy being together.

They tried to split them into separate rooms at their old Daycare, but they had a fit.

I went to school with twins (Girl--Boy) and they were happy being together. They were incredibly close. They both did well at school, and were friends more than anything.

I think everyone is different though. I know my twin nieces are in separate classes. They both do well, but my boys are very attached.

Answer 9

I'm a twin and all throughout elementary school I was in the same classes with my brother, and thats the way I liked it. It changed once we picked our own classes though. Only sometimes we would be in the same class. But its nice to have a study buddy.

Answer 10

I have my twin girls in seperate classes I did it because I have one that is very competitive with the other one so she would shut down.  They have always been together but now my one that ws content to stay on the sidelines has now become a very independent little girl so it was the best for my two and our school district usually seperates them for this very reason. plus I believe that twins need to find themselves not just be an extention of their sibling

Answer 11

Twins should be in one school but shouldn't have all their classes together. If in different schools, better do it when they are older. If you separate them in different schools or different classes from the beginning, it's either stupid or would let them get used to being alone in the classroom which is good when they get older and act just like regular brothers and sisters with the only fact that they are one age. I think twins should have some different classes but share some of them too.