by Ari Yares | Sep 14, 2017 | 21st Century Learning, The Innovative Dad Blog
As an educator, I have always been a little skeptical about homework. Not that I think that it should be completely eliminated, but that I don’t think that we spend enough time thinking about why we are assigning it. As a parent, my emotional reaction to homework runs...
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...
by Ari Yares | Aug 16, 2017 | The Innovative Dad Blog
Recently, I wrote about my reluctance to have the news radio on when the kids are in the car. Like most parents, I have a strong desire to shelter my kids from the craziness of the outside world, but I also don’t want them to be caught like deer in headlights once...
