by Ari Yares | Feb 16, 2018 | Video
Are kids today more or less stressed than their parents were growing up? Maybe. A better question might be what do we as parents do about helping our kids manage stress? Watch this episode of the Innovative Dad to learn more about the causes of stress and what we as...
by Ari Yares | Mar 20, 2018 | The Innovative Dad Blog, Video
The Parkland school shooting has put lockdown drills and active shooter planning at schools into the limelight. Planning for emergencies is important, but our kids can also find them anxiety provoking. Watch this Facebook Live video about how to talk to our kids about...
by Ari Yares | Nov 9, 2017 | The Innovative Dad Blog
Kids fall down a lot. They fall down because they trip on something. They fall down because they get distracted. They fall down because, well, they fell down. Falling down means tears when they notice that you are concerned or if you ask them, “Are you ok?” It’s as is...
by Ari Yares | Apr 17, 2016 | 21st Century Learning, School Psychology
In our kitchen at home, my oldest has started cooking which means teaching her how to measure her ingredients. Generally, this is an easy process because we know what the ingredients are and the kitchen is stocked with a collection of useful measuring tools. It also...
by Ari Yares | Feb 27, 2017 | The Innovative Dad Blog
“Mom! Johnny is doing [fill in the black with an obnoxious activity]!” Nobody likes a tattletale. Yet, it is a difficult behavior to extinguish in our children and often we’re not even sure that we want to eliminate it. After all, we want our children to develop the...
