Barbara Harcavi

Lots of parenting experts use the term "quality time" or “one-on-one dates” with children… But instead of taking your child once a week...

As I am already in the teen years with my 3 boys, I would like to write a few of my personal insights on “RAISING BOYS”…. 1. Boys who are...

Yes making changes in your parenting IS HARD WORK, but it will be beneficial on the long run. Parenting is taking care of “the long run”...

“Try to imagine a woman whose husband tells her: Honey, I’ve got new better-looking wife coming along, and you’ll be moving to a room...

1. MEN particularly connect to the Adlerian approach, because it’s a very practical and logical method, with lots of explanations on how...

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel”. Maya Angelou...

“Just when the caterpillar thought her life was over, she began to fly”…. I hear lots of parents talk about the fact that, after...

“One day your child will make a mistake or a bad choice and run to you, instead of away from you, and in that moment you will know the...

We cannot protect our children from life. Therefore, it is essential that we prepare them for it – Rudolf Dreikurs How do I “prepare my...

When you keep criticizing your kids, they don’t stop loving you, they stop loving themselves. According to the Adlerian theory criticism...

4 tips: 1. READINESS – We start the process of potty training when OUR CHILD is ready (and not when WE think it’s a good time). How do we...

When you set firm boundaries to your children, you are telling them: You can go up until here, because over there it is dangerous, and I...

Remember, you can always control YOUR RESPONSE to a situation, or to your child. How? By preparing ahead of time! 1. Prepare YOUR CHILD...

Parents come to me because their child is misbehaving, hitting, pushing, “just not listening”, nagging all the time, too sensitive, too...

Five ways to build a stronger sibling bond: 1. COOPERATIVE TASKS – Give them joint projects or assignments, like tidy up together, plan a...

How much time are you spending on screens? How do you care about your body? Do you always say hello to your neighbors? How do you handle...

"A Misbehaving Child is a Discouraged Child" (Richard Dreikurs) I have written a lot on the importance of ENCOURAGEMENT, and its...

Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy. Robert A. Heinlein We love our children so much, and we certainly want them to...

So many parents ask me about the PRINCIPLES I work with…? Parental coaching is mostly about OUR DAILY LIVES as parents, and about THE...

Parenting is the easiest thing in the world to have an opinion about, but the hardest thing in the world to do. Matt Walsh Breastfeed...

It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings....

ONE SIMPLE RULE : “Never do for a child what he can do for himself” (Rudolf Dreikurs) Do not feed a child that is able to eat on its own....

When little people are overwhelmed by big emotions, it’s our job to share our calm, not join their chaos. (L.R. Knost) When my child has...

“There’s a Crack in Everything, that’s how the Light gets in” (Leonard Cohen) Parenting is about looking for, and seeing all the small...