by Ari Yares | Jun 26, 2018 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
Tattling is a natural reflex for children when they perceive an injustice in the world or when they just want to get a little dig in at someone. They often don’t understand the nuance of when it’s important to let an adult know about something and when it...
by Ari Yares | Jun 20, 2018 | The Innovative Dad Blog
Once you have kids, you start to realize how many things there are in the world that are geared toward nurturing your child’s brains and bodies. Especially as your toddlers transition to kids, and then tweens and teens, some of those activities can be great for doing...
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...
