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Home and school are not the same

Competition between multiples is one of the most common reasons for separation. It is therefore worth considering where this competition occurs. In the Australian study, competition was much more often reported by parents than by teachers. More importantly, there was very little agreement over such competition ? it generally occurred at home or at school but not both.

Therefore just because multiples are very competitive at home, separation at school may be irrelevant to their behaviour. Alternatively, if the teachers complain about competition at school and it is absent at home, it is worth considering whether anything at school may be leading to such behaviour. Sometimes other children may encourage multiples against each other and will continue to do this even if they are in different classes.