Seeing the World Through the Eyes of a Five-Year-Old

When Brittany Tronscale's five-year-old son came home from preschool one day announcing he had a twin brother, she was a bit surprised. "At first, I thought he was joking, that it was some kind of joke between the kids," Brittany recalls.

No one could figure out why Miles kept insisting on this, especially since his mother didn't recognize this so-called 'twin.' "There were times I was sure he had invented an imaginary friend. Kids do this kind of thing all the time," she explains.

Then came 'Twin Day'—a special day celebrated annually at Miles's preschool to promote integration among children of different backgrounds and skin colors. "When the teacher announced that each child should pair up with their twin, Miles immediately partnered with his friend, leaving me dumbfounded. I took a photo of them, overwhelmed with emotion," Brittany describes.

According to her, as Miles ran towards his friend, she expected to see a child who resembled her son since they were supposed to be twins. In reality, Tanner looked nothing like his 'twin,' Miles. "Miles kept hugging Tanner and saying they were 'identical twins.' It made me laugh, but it also moved me deeply. The teacher sent me this picture today, and my heart melted. I saw two kids who looked completely different, but Miles didn't see it that way. He kept saying Tanner is his identical twin," she wrote on her Facebook page and added, "The world would be a much better place if we saw it like five-year-olds do," she concluded.