Share this infographic on your site! Source: Early-Childhood-Education-Degrees.com/ 6 Habits of Highly Effective Parents There's no one way to raise a kid right. But there are a few things that many of the most successful parents do. Here are some habits that the best parents develop. Children's emotional/social/intellectual skills are like a muscle. Parents can exercise or atrophy them. Here are the 6 habits of highly effective parents: Talk to Your Kids: Average conversation length strongly correlates with children's IQ's and reading ability. Note: 88-98% of words children use by the age of 3 are from their parents' vocabularies. The more you talk to your children, the higher their functional vocabulary. Read to Your Kids: Studies show that children whose parents read to them for at least 20 minutes a day are as much as a grade level ahead . . .