by Ari Yares | Apr 9, 2019 | Gratitude, Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits, The Innovative Dad Blog
It’s never too late to help your kids learn to be grateful. Gratitude helps them show appreciation and can help them be mindful of their own actions. Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window)...
by Ari Yares | Apr 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
We all want our children to behave well. But sometimes, our children’s behavior has a lot more to do with our own behavior than it does theirs. Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X...
by Ari Yares | Mar 25, 2019 | Executive Functioning, Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
Metathinking means thinking about thinking and this is a challenging skill for our children. It takes time and the development of some executive functioning skills to help build it up. Here’s a strategy to help encourage it along. Share this: Click to share on...
by Ari Yares | Mar 12, 2019 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
Planning and cooking dinner for a family can be stressful, particularly when your kids are spectators and not participants. Here are some simple ways to pull them into the process. Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on...
by Ari Yares | Mar 4, 2019 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
For parents, changing the clocks twice a year is a royal pain in the neck. It disrupts not only our own sleep cycles but our kids’ as well. With a little preparation, though, you can make it less rocky this year. Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in...
by Ari Yares | Feb 18, 2019 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
It can be hard to accept the mistakes that our children make. But in accepting mistakes, we can teach our kids how to use failure to thrive and develop perseverance. More Parenting Strategies Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits: Promoting Growth Mindset by Accepting...
by Ari Yares | Feb 11, 2019 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
Problem-solving isn’t a skill that just magically appears in our kids. It needs to be nurtured and encouraged. Otherwise, our kids will rely on us to be the solution to all of their problems. Here’s one way to coach your child to better problem-solving...
by Ari Yares | Feb 8, 2019 | The Innovative Dad Blog, Uncategorized
Getting kids to get their chores done can be a pretty big pain in the neck for parents. We want them to develop the work ethic that goes along with chores, plus sometimes we just want the extra help around the house. Yet, it feels like it might just be easier to do it...
by Ari Yares | Feb 4, 2019 | Mindfulness, Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
Sometimes, there is so much going on that we need to stop just to get our heads screwed back on correctly. Using this STOP strategy can help you and your kids do just that. More Parenting Strategies Mindfulness and Parenting: What’s the Story? Parenting Strategies to...
by Ari Yares | Jan 28, 2019 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
One of the hardest lessons that I had to learn as a therapist was to embrace silence when a patient wasn’t speaking. I had a compulsion to fill the space which meant that I was distracting the patient from whatever they were about to tell me. As a parent,...
