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To Match or Not to Match
Should You Dress Your Multiples Alike?
By Amy Carey
Trish Adams, a mother of identical twin boys in Pawcatuck, Conn., agrees. She dresses her twins differently to help others avoid viewing them "as one kid with the same likes and dislikes." Multiples have their own personalities, their own interests and their own talents. The more people see them as identical on the outside, the more they may treat them as identical on the inside. "Dressing [my twins] the same prevents them from expressing themselves in individual ways," Adams says.
On the other hand, Fierro feels that fostering individuality in children goes much deeper than clothing style. "Personally, I don't believe that 'clothes make the man' – or the twins," Fierro says. She says that parents must spend time and energy getting to know their twins on a one-to-one basis, recognizing and drawing out their unique strengths and characteristics.
A few instances of identical dressing surely won't leave a permanent mark on your child's sense of himself. Continue to foster each child's unique interests and tendencies, continue to get to know him on an individual level and he'll feel good about himself no matter what he wears.
* Last name whithheld to protect privacy.
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