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...at least that's what my friends tell me. According to Twins Magazine, 120 sets of twins are born in the United States each day. Luckily there are some terrific sites for parents of twins and other multiples (triplets. etc. . . .) online.

ParentsPlace.com has the best selection, in my opinion, of information on twins and multiples of all the general parenting sites. It hosts the site for Twins Magazine which includes the table of contents for each month's issue as well as selected articles from that issue.

One of my favorite sites is The National Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs, Inc.. The National Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs, Inc. (NOMOTC) is a network of local clubs representing over 21,000 parents of twins and higher multiples. It's run entirely by volunteers and Linda Dreyer (their national past president) has done managing and designing the site. (Until last year, NOMOTC was hosted by ParentsPlace.) The most popular feature at the site is the expectant and new parents area, where parents can get help locating local support groups. It's a great place where parents are helping other parents. (They even have an annual convention each year!)

Parents of twins, and expectant parents of twins, tell us that NOMOTC is the best twin resource online and on the ground.

As much as I love the NOMOTC site, I have one I like even more—Twinz Unlimited. Twinz doesn't have any chatrooms or discussion boards. It just has interesting information about twins, parents of twins, famous twins and my most favorite—cartoon twins. In case you didn't know, Marge Simpson has twin sisters, Patty and Selma Bouvier. More multiples? What about Huey, Dewey and Louie? And, for all the members of our children's generation, there are Phil and Lil DeVille, from Nickeloedon's Rugrats show. This is a great site to visit with your children.