As babies, your twins may have been fed, clothed and bathed together to help simplify an extremely busy parenting schedule. But as twins grow older, most parents don't want their twins to be carbon copies of each other. How can their individuality be encouraged, and what can you do to help build it?

Marty Kent of Boston Heights, Ohio is the mother of six, including two sets of fraternal twins. Her experiences in raising 11-year-old twins Rachel and Jessica and 4-year-olds Jared and Matthew have taught her much about individuality.

"I didn't really raise mine as twins but as individuals," Kent says. "Often outsiders tend to look at your kids as twins more than you do."

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