Parenting Tip's?

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Children are wonderful,
the best way to relate too and teach them is to let them lead the way,
if your the parent they most favor let them copy you with involvement,
if they want to help cook/clean/sweep/make the beds/ etc, let them, it helps teach them life skills.
when you go shopping for food and stuff let them join in, pick several healthy foods and then let
them pick out of those what they want to try and eat.
same with cloths shopping, show them the right size of cloths rack and then see what caches their eyes the most,
when dressing them, pick out two to three sets of cloths and let them pick what they want to wear out of those.
give them as many choices and options as you can so to help them develop and learn and feel like your home is theirs.
that they belong and have choices.
when choosing toys, same thing, go through the toy sections and see what they like,
find whats most developmental and educational of those and then give them a choice.
when playing, get down on the floor with them and show them how to play (or let them show you),
let them choose the story books they want read too them, give them options of what music they can listen too.
be not only their parent but friend as well.
and above all, show them lots of patience and love,

when in the early school years, find what they need to work on and make a game of those things,
the more fun you make things the more faster they will learn, I do fingerpaints and cut outs and all kinds
of things with my 3 year old son, even play with toy cars and blocks and stuff, we have a blast.
right now he is just starting to talk in 4-6 word sentences and can count to 6.
body parts he knows are head, foot, feet, fingers, hands, toes, elbow, knee, nose,
eyes, ears, tummy, arms, legs, toung, butt, teeth, mouth, hair, neck, taist.

dealing with no-no's, instead of getting upset with them and the like for doing things like playing with your tools,
show them how to use them, give them some broken toys and show them how to fix them, stuff like that,
keep an eye to be sure, you do not want to turn around and find them taking apart a wall socket,
but many of the things that your afraid of they will eventually have to learn anyways, if and when possible
use their interest to help them learn.

my 3 year old can change his own toy batterers, operate the DVD and VHS and TV, clean up his own mess's (most of the time), he helps with making dinners and cleaning the dish's, and cleans up his own spills, he knows how to operate coin washing machines and dryers, dress and undress him self, run his own bath, he is pottie trained, stuff like that.

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Add your own thoughts ideas tips and advice?

anyone have questions?
I am sure there is a few,
there are many parents here on this forum,
we can help and now and then needs advice our selves.

PS
Me and my son are autistic..

I want to go back in time and be your kid instead.

It's good to be a proud parent

We do a lot of things similar to the way you do them, but what is needed does change over time. Life changes, needs change, parent moods and patience change. There are always great suggestions, but no one size fits all answers.

And, well, no matter how well each parent knows what they SHOULD do, some days they just can't get it together to actually DO it. Since consistency is very important, that has to be taken into consideration when setting up patterns, as well: don't marry yourself to things you can't stick to, even if they are the "best" way.

So .... I'm happy things are working well for you right now, and you do have many valid suggestions. Just don't assume you have all the answers for everyone ... I doubt you do assume that, but it did kind of come off that way.