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Raising twins as twins would MARY AMOROSO Date: 08-22-2002, Thursday Section: HOME Edtion: All Editions.=.Two Star B. Two Star P. One Star B Column: THE PRESSURED PARENT

Twins. I seem to see them everywhere. Just this weekend, I spotted a pair of 7-year-old girls at the supermarket, a pair of 4-year-olds at church, and a pair of infants in their double stroller at the mall.

From 1980 through 1994, the number of twin births in the United States increased by 42 percent, from 68,339 to 97,064, and the twin birth rate (i.e., the number of twin births to total live births) increased 30 percent, from 18.9 to 24.6 per 1,000 live births, according to the National ...

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