by Ari Yares | Feb 21, 2018 | The Innovative Dad Blog
I can’t decide if I have a healthy relationship with Facebook or not. Like everyone else, I sometimes fall down the rabbit hole of my newsfeed, clicking on links with the same curiosity that I have with the supermarket checkout line tabloids (except somehow...
by Ari Yares | Feb 18, 2018 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
Looking for an easy relaxation technique? Try square breathing. It’s an easy technique that you can use to help your child calm themselves down. Watch this short video to learn how. Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens...
by Ari Yares | Feb 16, 2018 | Video
Are kids today more or less stressed than their parents were growing up? Maybe. A better question might be what do we as parents do about helping our kids manage stress? Watch this episode of the Innovative Dad to learn more about the causes of stress and what we as...
by Ari Yares | Feb 15, 2018 | The Innovative Dad Blog, Video
When violence enters the news — a school shooting, an attack on a community, an act that makes parents reach for their phones before their children wake up — the questions start almost immediately. Do I tell them? How much? What do I say if they ask whether it could...
by Ari Yares | Feb 7, 2018 | The Innovative Dad Blog
I don’t remember which show it was that we just finished watching, but there was an element of the plot that involved a bribe being given to an elected official. In exchange for the money (of course, it was in unmarked bills in a nondescript briefcase), the official...