Everyone (not just parents): What suggestions and parenting tips do you have for other parents?

I always feel that everyone can benefit from the experience of others. I am a single mother of a young child, and fortunately she’s well behaved, but I know it won’t always be Nirvana. There are always new circumstances, new opportunities, new challenges that parents face and could share with others.

I was at a restaurant with a friend last night and she was discussing her young adult children. I just came from vacation where my parents shared their vacation rental home with my daughter and I, and my mother and I are a bit different in how we parent (she is “grandma” so her role is different from mine, now) and this is what made me curious enough to ask Fluther.

Please share your tips, advice, suggestions for parents.