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<blockquote data-quote="Darth K'Trava" data-source="post: 2056294" data-attributes="member: 20587">If the question comes up, then try to answer it in a sensitive manner. A child is going to be anxious of anything being wrong with them when they see all their peers as &quot;perfect&quot;. Some explanation at a younger age... probably 12 (a wild guess) and a more in-depth explanation when the child is in her late teens (to hopefully avoid the teen angst of the earlier teen years). It's a touchy situation no matter how you handle it. Any child (and most adults) don't want to hear that they were born with a defect. Although it does happen. I, for example, was born with an &quot;extra pinky&quot; on each hand (I STILL have the scars on my hands from that!) and an extra toe. All were removed. I know about it. But at least noone in school pointed out that for they didn't notice that... (whew!!)Smiling and blinking showed SOME brain function somewhere..... makes you wonder just how much cognizance that second twin had..... (even if it wasn't much)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Darth K'Trava, post: 2056294, member: 20587"] If the question comes up, then try to answer it in a sensitive manner. A child is going to be anxious of anything being wrong with them when they see all their peers as "perfect". Some explanation at a younger age... probably 12 (a wild guess) and a more in-depth explanation when the child is in her late teens (to hopefully avoid the teen angst of the earlier teen years). It's a touchy situation no matter how you handle it. Any child (and most adults) don't want to hear that they were born with a defect. Although it does happen. I, for example, was born with an "extra pinky" on each hand (I STILL have the scars on my hands from that!) and an extra toe. All were removed. I know about it. But at least noone in school pointed out that for they didn't notice that... (whew!!) Smiling and blinking showed SOME brain function somewhere..... makes you wonder just how much cognizance that second twin had..... (even if it wasn't much) [/QUOTE]

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