by Ari Yares | Nov 16, 2017 | The Innovative Dad Blog
There had been something magical about watching my older children fall in love with the world of Harry Potter and Hogwarts. Over the last few years, we have been listening to Jim Dale’s delightful reading of each book, followed by viewings of each movie. Now, we have...
by Ari Yares | Nov 2, 2017 | The Innovative Dad Blog
My oldest recently discovered the following joke: “Pete and Re-Pete were in a boat. Pete fell in. Who was left in the boat?” The answer, of course, is Re-Pete and she immediately starts the joke all over again. Using the Repeat Back Repetition is an incredibly...
by Ari Yares | Sep 6, 2017 | The Innovative Dad Blog
Here’s a situation that shouldn’t be too difficult to imagine: Your child comes up to you asking for the permission form that you were supposed to sign. First, you have a blank look on your face. “Permission slip? I don’t remember a permission slip.” Then, awareness...
by Ari Yares | Aug 30, 2017 | The Innovative Dad Blog
Managing a family is hard work, but as I wrote previously, assigning one parent as the lead parent isn’t the solution for many families. The first step is having regular parent to parent conversations. Our kids have learned that many things in our family are...
by Ari Yares | Aug 23, 2017 | The Innovative Dad Blog
Until recently, I had no idea what a lead parent was. I knew there were families where mom was the primary point of contact and others where it was the dad. In some, it was either. I also knew that American culture assumes that mom is the one who really knows...
