by Ali Yares | Mar 25, 2025 | Anxiety, The Innovative Dad Blog
Anxiety is a normal emotion that everyone experiences from time to time. However, for some children and adolescents, anxiety can become overwhelming and interfere with their daily lives. If your child or adolescent is struggling with anxiety, there are a number of...
by Ari Yares | Feb 24, 2022 | Mindfulness
Grounding usually evokes images of kids sent to their rooms having lost a long list of privileges from screens to socializing for some challenging behavior. Generally, it’s something our kids strive to avoid and it’s a punishment that we reserve for...
by Ari Yares | Jan 12, 2022 | Coronavirus Resources, The Innovative Dad Blog
A school administrator that I recently spoke with jokingly shared that at least the school isn’t worried about lice spreading anymore since the kids aren’t allowed to be close enough for lice to spread. While this might be a silver lining (and I’ve...
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 | Jul 29, 2020 | Anxiety, Coronavirus Resources, The Innovative Dad Blog
This presentation was hosted by the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington at the start of the stay-at-home order in the DC metropolitan area. You can watch the video on the Federation website. Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share...
