by Ari Yares | Jan 1, 2020 | The Innovative Dad Blog
Another year is in the books and it’s on to 2020! Give all of the jokes that I’ve heard in the last 24 hours about 20/20 hindsight and 20/20 vision, I thought it was time to look back on the most popular posts on this blog over the last four years of...
by Ari Yares | Sep 26, 2018 | The Innovative Dad Blog
By now, you’ve probably seen the enchanting video of a pediatrician distracting a baby from his injections by playfully poking and running the syringe (with the cap on!) over the baby’s body. It’s cute, adorable, and clearly effective. The baby is relaxed and the...
by Ari Yares | Aug 29, 2018 | The Innovative Dad Blog
With school starting, we’ve noticed the pace of our lives changing. While the summer had its own frenetic moments, the pace seemed lighter and less intense. Now, we’re thinking about carpools, after-school activities, and a myriad of other time commitments from...
by Ari Yares | Dec 21, 2017 | The Innovative Dad Blog
For a brief time in my life, I was a professional magician. It sounds more glamorous than it was. For a few years in middle and high school, I would perform magic tricks for birthday parties. With an old battered suitcase full of tricks and a podium I made out of an...
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...