Let your daughter watch football with you. Answer every single question she may have.
Allow your son to wear dresses if he wants to. Pink is a gender-neutral color.
Listen to your daughter talk about her newest idea for a novel. Who cares if it's the sixth one this week?
Give your son a hug and a kiss every night. Remind him love, loving, and being loved are nothing to be ashamed of.
Go to your daughter's Tae Kwon Do tournaments. Cheer for her when she gets second place.
Hold your son close to you when he cries. Tell him that it is okay to be sad.
Educate your daughters about politics, about the world. Then allow her to form her own opinions.
Let your son play with whatever toys he wants. Barbie dolls are for everyone.
Help your daughter with her physics homework. She is not lying when she says she doesn't understand.
Don't be embarrassed when your son auditions for the school musical. His voice is a gift.
Stop comparing your children to others.
Tell your daughter that if a boy only wants her for her body then he is not worth it.
Tell your son that if a girl only wants him for his looks then she is not worth it.
Listen to your daughter whenever she is complaining. She is not being overly emotional.
Encourage your son to come talk to you about everything. He may choose not to, but he will never if you do not try.
Give your daughter a bar of chocolate when she's on her period. Her pain is not mind over matter.
Teach your son how to be respectful around adults. If "boys will be boys," then let him be a man.
Go to your daughter's Father-Daughter dances in elementary school. She will remember when you don't.
Let your son read (almost) any book he wants. Romance novels are not inherently bad.
Teach your daughter to look in the mirror and see a queen. Because she is one.
Teach your son to look in the mirror and see a king. Because he is one.
Tell your children how much you love them.
Create secret handshakes. Watch movies together. Cry your eyes out when they go off to college. Have a hundred thousand stupid, inside jokes with them. Buy them a pet. A kitten, a puppy, a bearded dragon. Teach them responsibility. Cry at their weddings. Make sure to embarrass them, too. Teach them how to work as a team. Help them save money for college. Do some saving of your own. Accept that you will not always agree with them. Accept that they will not always agree with you. Remember that the moment you chose to have children you chose to accept them as they are. To love them as they are. They will trust you only as long as you trust them. And they will always, always love you. It is your job to love them, too. Unconditionally.
