Tips for Raising Twins From a Twin: Courtney Brinson on Personality Dynamics & Conflict Management

<p>#36: Join Jess as she talks with Courtney Brinson about what it’s really like to raise twins from a twin perspective. Courtney shares insightful advice for twin parents, especially around treating twins as individuals, navigating separation, and protecting sibling bonds without losing sight of each child’s needs. </p><p></p><p>KEY TAKEAWAYS</p><ul><li>Courtney shares her background as a mom of three, including having 3 under 2</li><li>She details how she kept her twin pregnancy a secret from her family and surprised them with a shock of a lifetime after her twins were born</li><li>She explains why raising twins has been deeply healing for her, especially given her own childhood and the bond she shares with her twin brother</li><li>Courtney offers her view that twins should be treated as individual children first, not as a single unit</li><li>She explains why separation decisions should be based on the children’s actual needs rather than blanket rules about twins</li><li>The conversation covers how to support twins who have different strengths, temperaments, and ways of learning</li><li>Courtney and Jess discuss the value of one-on-one time, both between twin siblings and between the older singleton child and each twin</li><li>Courtney reflects on competition between twins, especially when one child is stronger in traditional school settings and the other excels in more relational or emotional ways</li><li>The episode closes with a heartfelt reminder that giving twins each other is an extraordinary gift, even during the hardest stages of parenting</li></ul><p></p><p>CONNECT WITH COURTNEY</p><p>Instagram <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/courtney_brinson?stkn=NDE2OTVndmxvODhz" target="_blank"><b>@Courtney_Brinson</b></a></p><p>TikTok <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@court_brin" target="_blank">@Court_Brin</a></p><p></p><p>**This Fall Courtney Brinson is launching a first of its kind Twin Parent Coaching App designed to teach all of the intricacies of the twin behavioral dynamic, strategies on how to actually parent your set of twins customized to your twins ages and stages of development, and tactical coaching guidance customized to your situation on any daily questions you might need help on for your twins. All created from the insights of a twin who is now raising twins wanting to support twin parents in a way they’ve never been supported before!</p><p></p><p>You can join Courtney’s