Play with them, what they want. Don't lie pity things to them to get your way and always try to do what you promised. If you fail, admit and try to make up for

Play with them, what they want. Don't lie pity things to them to get your way and always try to do what you promised. If you fail, admit and try to make up for it. This goes a long way in toddler years as it helps build a close connection that will be useful when they go to school and you want them to trust you with their everydays. Do your hobbies and chores with them. This is horrible and painful as they set an epsilon < 1 multiplier to everything you need to do - take out trash, shop, change tires, fill dishwasher, fix, cook, clean... do everything you can together. Around year 5 the epsilon will start to go over 1 sometimes. At year 7 it will be over 1 most of the time. Read to them every day. Tell them tall tales every day. Open as many window to the world as you can and see what interests them, tell more tales about that. When you are angry at them and want to shout and hit the little buggers and loose control try to squat next to them and shout them at their level instead of using your adult height leverage. I found it helps a lot :)