by Ari Yares | Feb 15, 2018 | The Innovative Dad Blog, Video
When violence enters the news — a school shooting, an attack on a community, an act that makes parents reach for their phones before their children wake up — the questions start almost immediately. Do I tell them? How much? What do I say if they ask whether it could...
by Ari Yares | Jun 11, 2025 | The Innovative Dad Blog
Parenting is definitely a journey filled with twists and turns, and sometimes, for me, it feels like I’m constantly navigating a new maze. Over the years, both personally and in my work with kids in therapy, one of the most effective strategies I’ve found...
by Ari Yares | Jan 4, 2022 | The Innovative Dad Blog
This past weekend, we watched the latest release on Disney+, Encanto. It’s a spectacular story of a family’s fight to survive mixed with a sweet coming of age story for an adolescent who just isn’t sure of her place. With music by Lin Manuel Miranda,...
by Ari Yares | Feb 1, 2018 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits, The Innovative Dad Blog
Looking for some practical tips for innovative parents? Here’s a quick parenting tip – try using progressive muscle relaxation with your kids to help them calm down at the end of the day. Check out this short video to learn more about how to use...
by Ari Yares | Jan 4, 2018 | The Innovative Dad Blog
When I was working as a school psychologist in the schools, I would frequently stop the students that I was working with to ask them how they were doing. I knew that I was risking falling into a classic psychologist cliche (“Now, tell me how you are feeling.”), but,...
