Helping Your Artistic Teen Plan for Success  Don’t Get Caught Off-Guard The time to start gearing up for back to school always seems to come faster than expected. After an initial few weeks of recovery and reset from the traditional school year schedule, and the...

If We Want Fair Pay for All Creative Artists We Should Pay Attention If you are the parent of a teen or tween who loves the creative arts, you should talk to your teen artists about the actors strike and why this strike matters for all artists. This is true even if...

Dr. Alaina - I’m seriously considering suggesting my kid sit out this year of musical theater. I know she will tell me absolutely not, but I’m really just exhausted by the stress and anxiety she puts herself through related to what I feel should be a fun part of her...

 How similar are you and your teen in personality? Are you a so-called Type A “no-nonsense let’s get it done as soon as possible” type who somehow, with some clear cosmic nod to humor, was given a Type B “meh, we have time, why stress it’ll be good enough” offspring?...

Helping teens navigate jealousy and jealous peers can be tricky. Imagine this: Your teen walks through the door in tears. You are stunned because today was supposed to be a great day. It's the first day of rehearsals for her new summer camp musical. She found out the...