by Ari Yares | Sep 10, 2019 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
Having your kid talk back to you pushes all of our buttons and we tend not to respond well. Yet, our gut reaction to their behaviors doesn’t help us correct it or prevent it from happening again. Check out these strategies for minimizing back talk and dealing...
by Ari Yares | Jul 23, 2019 | Anxiety, Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
It can be frustrating when your child has a fear of something that just doesn’t make sense to you. Yet, we need to realize that, for our kids, the world can be a big and scary place. Fears can develop in places where we wouldn’t expect them and making them...
by Ari Yares | Jul 16, 2019 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
It can be rough having those difficult conversations with our kids. We often start with the assumption that they will open up right away with us about all they know about complicated topics like sex, divorce, or drugs. But our approach, particularly how we ask the...
by Ari Yares | Mar 12, 2019 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
Planning and cooking dinner for a family can be stressful, particularly when your kids are spectators and not participants. Here are some simple ways to pull them into the process. Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on...
by Ari Yares | Jan 23, 2019 | The Innovative Dad Blog
Most of us at one time or another have announced to a group that we’re just playing the devil’s advocate. What we mean, of course, is that we are taking on a line of negative questioning designed to help test the strength of an idea. The origin of the devil’s advocate...
