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,...
by Ari Yares | Jan 23, 2019 | The Innovative Dad Blog
Most of us at one time or another have announced to a group that we’re just playing the devil’s advocate. What we mean, of course, is that we are taking on a line of negative questioning designed to help test the strength of an idea. The origin of the devil’s advocate...
by Ari Yares | Jan 21, 2019 | Mindfulness, Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
Sometimes a simple strategy to can help you be more mindful and reduce your anxiety. Try out this figure 8 breathing technique to help your kids (and you) be more mindful and combat anxiety. More Resources Anxiety: What Is It and How Does It Impact Kids? 5 Steps...
by Ari Yares | Dec 31, 2018 | The Innovative Dad Blog
Looking back at 2018 as a parent, is there something that you had wished you did a little different? Is there a parenting strategy or skill that you wished that you had used a little bit more? Or a conversation that you wished you had with your child? The change of...
by Ari Yares | Dec 28, 2018 | The Innovative Dad Blog
With a new year almost upon us, many of us are thinking back on the kind of parents we were in 2018. Being reflective can be a little scary, but if we don’t look back, it makes looking forward even harder. The upcoming new year gives us an opportunity to commit...
by Ari Yares | Dec 19, 2018 | The Innovative Dad Blog
Nobel prize-winning economist Richard Thaler has described an interesting event early in his career revolving around a bowl of cashews and the insight that it provided. At a dinner party one evening in his home, Thaler had placed a bowl of cashews on the table while...
by Ari Yares | Dec 17, 2018 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
“Go and study!” is a very direct instruction, but it leaves out that most kids haven’t really been taught how to study. Making this more complicated is that not every method of studying works for every kid. And, of course, what role should we be...
by Ari Yares | Dec 4, 2018 | The Innovative Dad Blog
Like most parents, I have a habit that I really want to break – my relationship with my smartphone. Looking at my smartphone way too often, makes me worry that it impacts my parenting. I don’t know if I’m craving the dopamine hit that a new notification provides...
by Ari Yares | Dec 3, 2018 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
Language development is a hallmark of early childhood. We cherish our children’s’ first words as much or more than physical milestones like crawling or walking. Helping speech and language development is something that parents can play a significant role...
