Not All Twins Are Alike
Subtitle: Psychological Profiles of Twinship
Publisher: Praeger Publishers; Praeger
Published: February 28, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780275975845
Subjects: Child & developmental psychology; Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent; Psychology & Psychiatry / Child Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Developmental - Child; Twins; Psychology
Description: "Even twins are unique. Most people idealize twins, fantasizing a close, perpetually loving relationship. Yet Klein, herself an identical twin, demonstrates that twins have complicated and intense relationships that range from over-identification or excessive closeness to profound estrangement and conflict.

Most twins who are raised as individuals deal with the significant emotional pain of separation in adolescence or young adulthood, yet as mature adults can come to love and respect each other as individuals.".

"As Klein makes clear, the parenting that twins receive, as infants and young children affects the relationship that they have with one another and with the world they choose to function in. Because parenting is a critical determinant of psychological well-being, it should be treated as a serious but manageable challenge. This book is a must-read for twins, their parents, and scholars, students, and other researchers and professionals dealing with mental health and child development."--BOOK JACKET.