teach children to cook and develop taste for diverse, healthy and organic food as much as possible, including herbs, salads that aren't boring and food from different cultures
do not let that one of the first words that the children learn to pronounce be possessive pronouns (based on my cousin's experience)
spend time alone playing with them, engaging in their games and paying close attention to the developing of the mind (based on the schofield's experience)
do not speak to them as if they were adults (sounds pretty obvious, but it is not)