by Ari Yares | May 7, 2019 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits, The Innovative Dad Blog
If you are like most adults, it can be difficult to show your kids that you have negative emotions. We seem to want them to think that as adults, we are happy all the time. But does that really make any sense? What would happen if we shared more of our full range of...
by Ari Yares | Oct 22, 2018 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
Problem-solving work kids can be difficult when it starts and ends with strong emotions encouraging us to blame others. Help kids take ownership of their feelings while moving away from the blame game with this strategy. Share this:Click to share on Facebook...
by Ari Yares | Aug 13, 2018 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
Getting kids to talk about their feelings can be tough, particularly when they don’t have the words that they want to use. Instead of letting your child get frustrated with a limited emotional vocabulary, help them out with this strategy. Resources Coaching Your...
by Ari Yares | Jul 11, 2018 | The Innovative Dad Blog, Video
Emotional intelligence – psychobabble or important skill? Join me as I explore what emotional intelligence is, why it’s important, and how we as parents can promote it in our children. Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to...
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,...
