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Twin mix up...what to do?

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Twinlife2 · 19/10/2024 08:50

For context, my girls are 4 and started school in September. Their teacher has asked a few times how to tell them apart (never me, either my husband or their grandparents when picking them up). This question always makes me feel uncomfortable as if people can stand there and scrutinise their faces to pick out defining features and I worry that these conversations will lead to insecurities in the future.

They aren't identical but admittedly do look similar. To the point, my daughter had an accident form handed to her with her name on it but it wasn't her who had had the accident, it was my other daughter. (It was a lunchtime supervisor who had filled in the form).Fair enough, it does happen. But when my daughter tried to tell the teacher that it hadn't happened to her, the teacher was dismissive and insisted it belonged to the wrong daughter. (They will always tell people who they are and not want to be mixed up).

It's parents evening soon and I'm wondering whether I should bring this up. Am I overreacting for thinking she should have been listened to?

I'm totally new to navigating this at school and any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you!

OP posts:
NoDought · 27/10/2024 18:03

This annoys me, surely by getting to know them and look at them then they can tell them apart. I have identical twins and they were given the same report in their reception year, I obviously complained and made it clear an effort was made to see them as individuals, the kids in the class could tell them apart so I’m not sure why she struggled so much. They will have a life time of being grouped together but it is so important to treat them as individuals.

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