Children become what is expected of them
At the beginning of the school-year a class of children were given IQ tests. The teachers received the scores, but didn’t know that they...
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Barbara Harcavi
Parenting Coach & Couples Counselor
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Is my child ready for POTTY TRAINING?
Those are the 5 preconditions for toilet training: Physical maturity – My child knows how to walk and how to take his pants off (and back...
3 little monkeys
In my office in Herzelya, I have this little statue, of the 3 monkeys… Why? Because lots of times I find myself telling parents to be a...
How much do you yell, demand, or criticize your children, on a daily basis?
Do you often show signs of anger, frustration or disappointment at home? We all wish our children would just listen to us, sometimes...
Why can't they just listen?
“I always call her a thousand times” … “He never listens to me” ... “I repeat the same thing over and over” …. So many parents come to me...
Time-Out?
Mommy / Daddy, when you put me in time-out I feel so lonely…..I feel alone in the whole world, because YOU are MY WORLD, and when you...
Does having Children really ruins a Marriage?
All of the research suggests that couples have a decrease in happiness after having children… What are the main reasons? Extreme...
Children see, Children do
Don't tell your children to be polite – Show them how you speak kindly to others. Don’t tell your children to share – Make sure they see...
Rewards are the same as Punishments
How do I teach my child to not hit his little brother, to tidy up after she made a mess, to speak respectfully, to just listen to me, to...
Tantrums
We all know those challenging moments we say “no” to our child, or things don’t exactly turn out like she/he had in mind, and here starts...
Stop making Children feel Bad
"You can't teach children to behave better by making them feel worse. When Children feel better, they behave better”. (Pam Leo) So many...
How do I parent my teenager??
Parents of teens sometimes feel confused, helpless, or “what used to work, doesn’t work anymore….”!! We definitely need to recalculate...
The 2 buckets of our children
Before becoming a psychotherapist, Alfred Adler was a medical doctor that firmly believed in PREVENTION (instead of TREATMENT). Adlerian...
For Things to Change, YOU must Change
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”...
How can we increase our Children's Resilience?
“Just when the caterpillar thought her life was over, she began to fly”…. I hear lots of parents talk about the fact that, after...
Is it time to ditch the Diapers?
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...
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