The Twins Haven’t Grasped the Concept of Sharing Yet 🤦♂️
Raising toddlers is never dull — especially when you’ve got two of them. For parents of twins, every day can feel like double the fun and double the challenge. And when it comes to sharing? Let’s just say… the struggle is real.
Meet Milo and Max, a pair of two-year-old identical twins with very different personalities but one shared passion: wanting the exact same toy at the exact same time. Whether it’s the red truck, the sippy cup with dinosaurs, or a single sock for some reason, if one has it, the other suddenly must have it too.
Their parents, Jenna and Mark, document their daily adventures (and misadventures) in a lighthearted parenting vlog. In one now-viral video, Milo is happily playing with a plastic drumstick when Max stealthily reaches over and grabs it. What follows is a hilarious game of “pass-the-drumstick” — tears, tug-of-war, and toddler negotiations involving grunts and flailing arms.
“No matter how many duplicates we have, they only want what the other one is holding,” Jenna laughs. “We call it the twin tug-of-toy.”
Child psychologists say this behavior is completely normal. At two years old, children are just beginning to understand the concept of ownership. Sharing isn’t instinctual — it’s a skill learned over time, with plenty of patience (and refereeing from exhausted parents). For twins, the challenge is magnified. They not only share toys, they’ve shared space, attention, and everything else since birth.
Still, small victories shine through. Sometimes Max offers Milo his blanket without prompting. Other times Milo gives up a toy in exchange for a snack (a strategic trade!). These moments give Jenna and Mark hope that the days of constant twin squabbles may soon turn into twin teamwork.
For now, they keep it all in perspective — armed with humor, a camera, and an endless supply of snacks to distract during standoffs. Because someday, the boys will laugh at these memories too.
As Jenna puts it, “They may not be great at sharing yet… but they’ll always share a bond no one else has. And that’s more important than any toy.”
