Dr. Alaina - I’m not sure you can help me. My daughter loves to sing. It feels like she’s been singing since birth. I love my daughter, but I’m going to be very honest, she simply does not have a great - or maybe even good - voice. Her confidence was sweet and...

You are a parent of a creatively driven teen or tween. You are surrounded by art supplies, dance gear, costumes, journals, instruments, or any other tools of your offsprings trade. You want to support them, validate them, and encourage them. You are their biggest...

Last summer, after gathering ideas for the better part of ten years, I decided to write a book on parenting kids who are creatively driven. I wrote Parenting Talent: The Grown-Up’s Guide to Understanding and Supporting Creatively Driven Teens and Tweens from my...

Sometimes our creative arts loving teens may find that they are in a creative slump. When this happens, knowing some practices to help nurture and develop creativity can help. Here are seven behaviors of highly creative teens that you can foster to help your  teen...

Recently I was sitting on my couch grumbling to myself.  I was waiting for my son to give me a draft of an English paper that was due the next day. He’d requested I edit it, and I was frustrated that he had not in turn honored my request to get the completed rough...