by Ari Yares | Jun 11, 2018 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
Most of us at one time or another have asked a child, “What were you thinking?” The problem is that most of the time they weren’t. Reflective thinking takes time to evolve in children, but there are ways that we can help our kids develop this...
by Ari Yares | Jun 7, 2018 | The Innovative Dad Blog
What would happen if you suddenly removed all of the toys from a preschool classroom and replaced them with boxes? Pandemonium, you would guess. The kids would be looking for their dolls, blocks, and trucks. It would be a recipe for an instant temper tantrum....
by Ari Yares | May 25, 2018 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
How we communicate with our children is incredibly important. For some, particularly for young boys, how we listen and engage with them can make a huge difference in how they behave. We can choose to help build them up or knock them down. Share this: Click to share on...
by Ari Yares | May 23, 2018 | The Innovative Dad Blog, Video
Let’s be honest. Whining makes us want to put our fingers in our ears and tell our kids that we just can’t hear them. The problem is that every kid tries this behavior and some of them turn it into an art form. What if we could figure what was causing the...
by Ari Yares | May 14, 2018 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
here are so many challenges to helping kids get their homework done. What if we could eliminate one just by making sure that they always have what they need on hand? Watch this video to learn more. Resources Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)...
by Ari Yares | May 10, 2018 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
Most of us go out to eat because we want a break from cooking or we want to try flavors or maybe just to taste something that we would not ordinarily prepare for our selves. What behaviors are we teaching our children when they are dining out? Are we placing a screen...
by Ari Yares | May 9, 2018 | The Innovative Dad Blog, Video
Did you know that it’s Better Hearing and Speech Month? As someone who works closely with speech-language therapists and audiologists, I’m excited to share about what we as parents should know about the development of communication skills. Watch this video...
by Ari Yares | May 9, 2018 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits, Reading
For most of us, long car rides with the kids are something that we dread just a little. Sure, we can hand them an iPad or put a movie on in the car to keep them placated, but we often feel guilty about doing that. Try this latest “Parenting Strategies to Kid...
by Ari Yares | May 3, 2018 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
Making friends and learning how to act in a friendship is an incredibly important part of childhood. Most of the time, though, we only talk to kids about friends when there is a problem and we never share about our own friendships? What if we did? Share this: Click to...
by Ari Yares | May 2, 2018 | The Innovative Dad Blog
I watched my kids get incredibly impatient the other day while waiting for a video to load on the TV. The message that the video was “loading” just stayed there and the longer that the video took to show up, the more irritated the kids got. My wife and I don’t react...
