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Barbara Harcavi
Parenting Coach - Couples Counselor - Family Mediator
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Boundaries are Love
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...
Children are great Imitators
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....
"A Misbehaving Child is a Discouraged Child" (Richard Dreikurs) I have written a lot on the importance of ENCOURAGEMENT, and its...
It's about the Relationships in a Family
So many parents ask me about the PRINCIPLES I work with…? Parental coaching is mostly about OUR DAILY LIVES as parents, and about THE...
Does One Size really fits all in Parenting?
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...
Allow your Children to fail
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....
Teaching Independence
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....
Meltdowns
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...
That's how the Light gets in
“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...
Show your Children their Strengths
Our children learn who they are through our eyes…. Be a mirror to your children’s strengths, and they will grow to love themselves....
Can we teach Children to be Happy?
5 questions to ask your children to encourage them be more optimistic and confident about life: 1. Tell me something good that happened...
My Parenting Book Recommendations
My Personal parenting Book Recommendations are not all classical “parenting books”, however they are all in tune with what I believe in,...
Raising Boys
I’m a mom of boys, a mother of three boys, with close age gaps. Having a child every 2 years means I haven’t slept through the night for...
Crime and Punishment
“Stop”!, “What was she thinking”?, “He deserves to be punished!”… Sometimes children just have to “learn the lesson”… But what “lesson”...
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