The Music Mom: Eileen Carey

5 unique ways to encourage your child’s creativity

Nowadays there seems to be so many obstacles to our kids developing and then expressing their creativity. From helicopter parenting to non-stop screen time, our kids are most definitely a creatively repressed generation. The good news is that they don’t have to be. Here are 5 unique ways you can encourage your child’s creativity.

Recognizing these 3 similarities between motherhood and musicianship will make you a rockstar at both

Your motherhood and your musicianship are similar in that they both require a crazy amount of creativity, an ability to focus on the big picture, and the shedding of blood, sweat, and tears. Recognizing this common ground between the two roles is the first step in becoming the best music mom you can be.

5 fun ways to make sure your kids create more content than they consume – and why it matters

With so much technology filling our everyday lives, one of the biggest challenges of modern parenting is making sure our kids create more content than they consume. Here are 5 fun and simple ways to encourage your child to be a creator.

Let it go: 4 ways to unleash the creative queen you really are

Here are 4 steps I’ve taken to enhance and unleash the creative queen inside me, even when all the world says moms like us should place our creative endeavors on the back burner of our priorities.

Raising a Poet Who Doesn’t Know It? 5 Ways to Unleash Your Child’s Creativity

It’s never too late to discover your child’s innermost artist, poet, or musician. Here are 5 tried and true ways to raise children who fully realize their creative potential.