1. Praise your child, even if they get 4/10 in an exam, praise your child in front of others.

2. Every time you speak with your children, speak with respect

3. He or she is just a child, don’t take away their playing time by treating them like adults. If you do this, they will rebel in life.

4. Assist your children in making decisions. Guide them by talking to them. If they want to go for something, then help them plan.

5. Ask your child for his or her opinion. For example, if you are going to buy a car, ask them what colour they’d like the car to be. This develops the habit of consultancy in them.

6. Dedicate a corner of the house to your child and write the name of your child there – make it their little space. This will make them more confident of themselves. 

7. Encourage your child to ask questions and try to answer each question. Otherwise, they will get the answer from the wrong source. Praise their questions at times.

9. Always fulfill your promises to your children. Do not make big promises which you cannot fulfill; this makes them develop a habit of making false promises. If you fail to fulfill any promise, explain.

10. Make prayer for your children. Even if they have gone astray, pray for them.

11. Tell them you might fail once, but never lose hope. Teach them how they should react to a failure.

12. Apologize to your child if you have made a mistake, this teaches your child to repent to God. Don’t raise ifs and buts when you are wrong.

13. Praise their good deeds, give them gift and explain to them that this gift is for the good deeds that you did.

14. Tell your child repeatedly that you love them, tell them how gorgeous they are and how important they are to you, hug them, and kiss your children.