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Why Your Tween or Teen Melts Down At Home: Understanding the After-School Crash

Open-ended questions spark real conversations and deeper connections with your tween or teen

From building routines to balancing independence, these simple strategies help both teens and parents start high school strong.

Eye gazing is more than just eye contact—it’s an invitation to slow down, connect, and truly be seen. Whether practiced with a partner, a friend, a parent and teen, or even with yourself in the mirror, this simple yet powerful practice opens the door to presence, healing, and deeper connection.

From Big Feelings to Bright Futures: 7 Topics Every Teen and Parent Need to Know

4 Simple Ways to Reduce Teen Stress + How They Work

Raising teens and tweens isn’t about control — it’s about connection. At Kreate What U Want, we help parents understand the emotional world of growing kids so they can build trust, set healthy boundaries, and stay connected — even through the hard moments.

A guide for parents and caregivers to hold space, offer presence, and nurture expression during the most formative years of growth.

How Art, Mindfulness & Life Coaching at Kreate What U Want Help Teens Thrive

Recipe for a Healthy Relationship with your Child

Parenting Tips: Building Confidence in Tweens and Teens

Parents and Guardians: Do you want more connection with your preteen and teen?

An art activity to help release big emotions.

Check in with how you are feeling, draw your feelings as the weather

A suggestion on how to possibly wean tweens/teens off of video games and technology.

Reflection of relationships from my personal life to my professional life.

This is one way I know I'm doing something right as a mother to a teenager:

Open House Meet & Greet 3/30/24 at Kreate What U Want LLC Hello KWUW!! I am super excited to share that there will be a pop-up OPEN...

Kreate What U Want is now offering art-based summer camp for ages 9 to 13. Kreate What U Want’s art-based summer camp is free-flowing and...

Turning anxiousness into peace with positive affirmations and mantras. When we are in an anxious state, we are thinking about the future...

11 Nurturing Things Parents Can Say To Their Child To Boost Their Confidence 11 Nurturing Things To Say To Your Child To Boost Their...

Sharing what Kreate What U Want is all about... As a Kreative Self-Love Coach & Art Therapist at Kreate What U Want LLC, I offer...

In-Person Class: Tweens & Teens will learn about self-love & self-care through art and mindfulness! Tweens (ages 9 to 12) and Teens (ages...

Tweens ages 9 to 12 are welcome to join these two ART-BASED workshops that focuses on education, resources, tools, empowerment and...

Social Skills & Building Connection Art-Based 4-Week Workshop for Tweens and Teens Kreate What U Want is excited to share that there will...

We can learn so much about ourselves through the process of art-making! I am currently working with an 11-year-old client on setting...

Kreate What U Want is now offering TRAVEL-TO-YOU painting parties, classes & 1:1. Hello Kreate What U Want Fam!! I have some exciting...

Kreate What U Want will be presenting on self-love, self-care and the benefits of kreating art at this Ladies Night Out Ugly Holiday...

Kreate What U Want is now IN-PERSON and virtual! I am super excited to share that Kreate What U Want LLC will now be hosting IN-PERSON for...

Step-by-Step Adult In-Person Fall Painting Class with Positive Affirmation Activity, November 2022! I am so excited to invite you to my...

A Teen's Mom Learning Lessons. As a mother of a teen, it can be so wonderful & lovely but at the same time, it can also be frustrating &...

Tween & Teen 4-Week Art-Based Workshops coming up in October 2022: Anxiety-Healing, Sadness-Healing and Confidence-Building. Hello KWUW...

Tween & Teen 4-Week Anxiety-Healing, Sadness-Healing and Confidence-Building Virtual Art-Based Workshops starting this week: September...

Tween & Teen 4-Week Anxiety-Healing, Sadness-Healing and Confidence-Building Virtual Art-Based Workshops starting this July 2022. Hello...

Tween & Teen 4-Week Anxiety Healing and Confidence-Building Virtual Art-Based Workshops starting this June 2022. Hello KWUW Fam! As a...

Tween & Teen 4-Week Anxiety Healing and Confidence-Building Virtual Workshops starting this June 2022. Anxiety Healing 4-Week Workshop:...

Tween and teen in-person art class that is focused on building empowerment and connection to their inner self, along with showing...

4-Week Anxiety Healing Workshop for Tweens & Teens that include art exercises geared towards teen empowerment, learning about and...

Teens ages 13 to 17 are welcome to join this in-person, one hour art empowerment class that focuses on building connection with the self,...

Teens ages 12 to 17 are welcome to join this 4-week mindfulness group class that is focused on boosting the individuals social skills,...

A monthly workshop to explore deeper connections within yourself & with others on a spiritual level, channel your divine source of light!

4-week art mindfulness workshop for teens to help boost confidence and social skills while focusing on the individuals positive qualities.

Happy 1 Year Anniversary to Kreate What U Want LLC! WOO-HOO!!!! CONGRATS TO ME …. HAPPY 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY on the opening and maintaining...

7 Ways to Cope with Anger and Frustrations Each day is filled with such emotional surprises! One day can come with a mixture of...

Arts & Healing Workshop with Rise and Dianne Furphy

A strategy of visualization to help with relief of stress and/or anxiety: Any thoughts that come to your mind, do not judge them. Let...

This article promotes The Magic Retreat with Dana Barish for an uplifting 5 days in Swan Valley, Idaho. Join in on the magical and...

This article focuses on the benefits of mindfulness and 6 tips to bring you back into the moment.

This article provides an art/music exercise based on mindfulness. Mindfulness helps bring us to the present and back into the moment. So...

Build on internal strength with art exercise: Give Yourself a Hand