Being blessed with twins can be a truly remarkable and joyful experience for parents. We have tried to list down several positive sides of being parents to twins, and how, by its nature, it substantially affects and improves the life of parents and their twin children:
Double the love: Having twins equates to a windfall of love that you weren’t expecting, and this love greatly helps in overcoming the obvious challenges associated with the labour of raising two newborns. When you get to cuddle and care for not one, but two precious bundles of joy, you would feel the stress and tiredness dissipating like ephemeral vapours.
Instant playmates: Twins get to have built-in playmates from day one of their existence. They always have a companion to share their childhood with, creating a special bond that lasts a lifetime. Seeing your twins interact, play, and learn together is not only a blissful experience but also a learning experience for adults to apply in their other interpersonal and social relationships.
Milestones and moments: Every big and small milestone or experience with twins gets amplified as you celebrate them and they cheer for each other. From first smiles to first steps, to first failures and wins, illnesses, and recoveries, you get to live a life twice, and after years have passed, you look back at these moments that gave you the chance of living these fleeting moments twice, essentially giving you two lives.
Efficiency and time management: Having twins would probably make for an interesting case study in human behavioral sciences as it overnight turns you into a master of multitasking and time management. Even if by necessity, you are forced become adept at coordinating schedules, feeding, bathing, and caring for two babies simultaneously. Over time, you can find this efficiency spilling into other areas of your life, making you more productive and organized.
Special attention: Being parents of twins often gets you special attention and service wherever you go. People get curiously drawn to twins, and cause your kinds (and by association yourself) to be the center of attention at parties, restaurants, and other public places. This can be a very wholesome and fun experience and gives you a sense of connect with the broader community of humans eager to help out. Plus, a little bit of extra attention never hurt anyone, right?!
Double laughter and entertainment: Twins seem to have a natural ability to entertain and make your lives a living sitcom. The way they interact, banter, fight, and share jokes creates an atmosphere of constant joy and amusement. The giggles (and occasional bawls and sniffles) of your twins becomes the background score of your life, which becomes music to your ears, brightening even the most challenging days.
Life lessons in diversity: Both the kids individually have their own distinct personalities, interests, strengths, and weaknesses. Raising twins gives you a life-lesson in celebrating and embracing diversity. You learn to appreciate and nurture the unique qualities of each child, and have them learn the same to extend this tolerance to the broader world, which fosters an environment of acceptance and understanding.
Deepened parental bond: Not just the kids, but the parents themselves benefits immensely in their interpersonal relationship through the shared experience of raising twins. By design, the shared responsibility, teamwork, and endless love required to care for two babies deepens your connection as partners and as parents. You feel like you have embarked on a joint adventure, with each one switching roles as the Hero and the Sidekick in each quest, cementing the foundation of your relationship along the way.
Twice the pride and accomplishment: The labour of your love bears double the amount of fruits as a parent of twins. You feel an overwhelming sense of pride and accomplishment by witnessing the blossoming of two individuals simultaneously, when at a point in life before becoming a parents, you considering taking care of just yourself as a huge victory. As your two children grow and thrive, your heart fills up with a deep sense of satisfaction on being successful at the most challenging task in the world. Every milestone that you reach, and every obstacle that you overcome feels like a double victory, magnifying your sense of fulfillment.
