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 Twinstuff.Com visitors know there is something special about being a twin or higher-order multiple. But how can parents explain to their young children that being a twin is unique and that people may ask "dumb" questions to their multiples? A new book now available online and in bookstores, The 48-page book covers many various aspects of twins: bonding, conception to birth, identical twins, fraternal twins, supertwins, nature vs. nurture and amazing twins, while also offering numerous profiles throughout the book of famous twins. Author Donna Jackson (the daughter of a twin), spent several years interviewing twin experts and famous multiples and has crafted a book which should appeal to all young twins and their families. One interesting essay updates the "Twin Rescuing Hug" twins, Brielle and Kyrie Jackson, who were born prematurely on October 17, 1995. After Brielle's condition became critical shortly after their birth, nurses tried the double-bedding technique in which her twin sister, Kyrie, was placed in the same incubator. The results were dramatic as Brielle quickly gained strength and the twins were discharged from the hospital about a month later. You may have seen the Internet version of this story distributed to you via email (with a famous picture of Kyrie hugging her sister in the hospital incubator). Jackson's book offers an update on the twins with recent photos. We learned several new facts in the book. One fascinating quote was from Dr. Louis Keith, president of the Center for the Study of Multiple Birth, who claims that "as late as 1975, forty percent of all twins were unknown." So we guess that our parents not knowing about having twins back in 1964 and our wives parents not knowing a few years later they were going to have twins wasn't that unusual at that time. Luckily, today's parents, thanks to modern advances in ultraounds and other techniques, don't face those type of problems. And a book like 'Twin Tales' will help them even more teach their twins about life as a multiple. |