Twin Valley Behavioral Health

In Entwined Lives, preeminent twin researcher Dr. Nancy L. Segal reveals how twins hold the keys to understanding our physical and intellectual capabilities, personality traits, social attitudes, and more. Combining the latest research with illuminating case histories -- including identical twins separated at birth and reunited thirty-nine years later -- she explores the roles played by genes and environment, and shows how nature's "living laboratories" provide vital clues to our behavioral riddles. In this unique book, you'll read about: -- The special relationship twins share -- The unusual language patterns of twins -- What twins tell us about cooperation and competition -- What losing a twin reveals about grieving -- Pseudo twins -- unrelated siblings who are reared together -- The role of fertility treatments in twin and "twinlike" conceptions -- How conjoined twins view their coexistence -- Twins and clones -- Twins in the courtroom -- Twinning in the nonhuman animal kingdom -- Facts and fallacies of being a twin From athletic prowess to marital stability to why we gain and lose weight, Entwined Lives sheds new light on the nature/nurture debate and will have a profound effect on the way we think about ourselves and each other.

"CONGRATULATIONS--YOU'RE EXPECTING TWINS!" Remember when you first heard the news? After regaining the power of speech, you allowed the joy and anxious anticipation to settle in. Though family and friends simply suggest buying two of everything, parents of twins (triplets, quadruplets, right on up) need more than multiple strollers. For along with equipment, they need more facts, more advice, more patience, more support. Now help is here with The Art of Parenting Twins. Whether you have just discovered you're expecting two (or more) babies, are about to give birth, are struggling through those incredible first weeks, or are engaged in the whirlwind of child-rearing, here are the answers and resources you've been looking for. Written by the president and founder of Twin Services, Inc., this complete up-to-date guide will give you the skills you need. The Art of Parenting Twins covers such vital issues as - Bonding with more than one baby - Breast-feeding techniques - Coping with multiples - Managing sibling rivalry - Helping your children achieve independent identities - Understanding the special twin relationship - Financing your children's future And much more--including the latest research on special health concerns, mental and physical development of twins, and social behavior.