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 | Feb 15, 2018 | The Innovative Dad Blog, Video
Like many parents, I’ve been thinking about the school shooting in Florida. Sometimes the news is just frightening – for us and for our kids. We want and hope that schools are safe places for our children to grow and learn. When they aren’t, it can...
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 11, 2018 | The Innovative Dad Blog
Have you ever had one of those days where it feels like you are constantly nagging your children to get something done or to stop bothering his sister? Or maybe you are sitting down with your partner at the end of the day and you can only think of the million and one...
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,...
