by Ari Yares | May 20, 2025 | The Innovative Dad Blog
That exhilarating swell of music, the powerful vocals, the sheer sense of adventure – if you’ve heard “Get Lost” from the Moana 2 soundtrack, performed by the incredible Awhimai Fraser, you know exactly what I’m talking about. It’s more...
by Ari Yares | Dec 13, 2024 | The Innovative Dad Blog
Imagine playing a challenging video game. You encounter a tricky obstacle, maybe a particularly fierce enemy or a complex puzzle. Do you give up? Of course not! You try again, maybe with a different strategy, or perhaps you even consult a walkthrough. In other words,...
by Ari Yares | Dec 10, 2019 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
As parents, we always want to swoop and solve all of our kids’ problems. The challenge with steamrolling everything out of the way is that it greatly reduces our children’s abilities to be resilient and develop grit. More Problem Solving Resources Coaching...
by Ari Yares | Nov 20, 2019 | The Innovative Dad Blog
If you are anything like me, you hate disruption. As parents, we rely on routine and structure to keep our families as smoothly functioning as possible. Disruption to routines, whether planned or unplanned, creates stress, headaches, and pain. It is, therefore,...
by Ari Yares | Feb 11, 2019 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
Problem-solving isn’t a skill that just magically appears in our kids. It needs to be nurtured and encouraged. Otherwise, our kids will rely on us to be the solution to all of their problems. Here’s one way to coach your child to better problem-solving...
