Reality TV
UK charity 'Tamba' (The Twins and Multiple Births Association) claim that the entry of twins, Sam and Amanda, into the Big Brother house has re-ignited an old debate over whether twins should be treated as individuals.
'Tamba' say that parents have contacted them, expressing concern that the twins' depiction could be "damaging", although others have insisted they are just having fun.
'Tamba' director Helen Forbes said: "Our office and online message boards are buzzing with a discussion about the girls being seen as a unit rather than two individuals.
"These are parents of identical twin girls for whom the very notion of identical mini skirts and hair styles, not to mention same sounding names, spell twin-parental failure."
Linda Jones, of Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire, editor of a blog called 'Got Your Hands Full', designed for families with twins or more, said: "One mother told me she was disgusted with Big Brother and this was because she said she firmly believed that twins and multiples should be treated as individuals not as some kind of 'freak show'."
She added: "Her feeling was that Sam and Amanda were very nice girls but the way they were coming across could be seen as 'damaging' for twins and multiple birth families."
'Tamba' say that parents have contacted them, expressing concern that the twins' depiction could be "damaging", although others have insisted they are just having fun.
'Tamba' director Helen Forbes said: "Our office and online message boards are buzzing with a discussion about the girls being seen as a unit rather than two individuals.
"These are parents of identical twin girls for whom the very notion of identical mini skirts and hair styles, not to mention same sounding names, spell twin-parental failure."
Linda Jones, of Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire, editor of a blog called 'Got Your Hands Full', designed for families with twins or more, said: "One mother told me she was disgusted with Big Brother and this was because she said she firmly believed that twins and multiples should be treated as individuals not as some kind of 'freak show'."
She added: "Her feeling was that Sam and Amanda were very nice girls but the way they were coming across could be seen as 'damaging' for twins and multiple birth families."
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