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 | Nov 5, 2018 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits, Reading
What does your toolbox for getting your children reading look like? Here are a few more strategies to help encourage reading at home in part two of this three-part series. Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X...
by Ari Yares | Nov 19, 2018 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits, Reading
Like most skills, reading needs to be practiced in order for fluency to be built. As parents, we are critical to helping encouraging the necessary reading practice and beyond that, a love of reading. Join the Innovative Dad for part three of this series on encouraging...
by Ari Yares | May 14, 2019 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits, The Innovative Dad Blog
“Use your listening ears!” That’s a pretty regular phrase in our house. But do we ever provide strategies to help our kids actually use those “listening ears?” Try this simple strategy to help improve listening as a way to go those ears...
by Ari Yares | May 7, 2019 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits, The Innovative Dad Blog
If you are like most adults, it can be difficult to show your kids that you have negative emotions. We seem to want them to think that as adults, we are happy all the time. But does that really make any sense? What would happen if we shared more of our full range of...
by Ari Yares | Apr 22, 2019 | Mindfulness, Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
We all get aggravated and frustrated from time to time. Here’s a mindfulness strategy that we can teach to our older kids to help them (and us) calm down. Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on...
