Everything above is excellent! I also try to spend some quality time both as a family group and ocasionally one on one with my kids- there is something special about letting your child know you have confidence in them- I like to tell my sons that I love them, I am proud to see the young men they are becoming and looking at them I know they have what it takes to live a good and Godly life- love,support, encouragement and oh yeah - there is another form of love- discipline when needed. I have applied these same principles to my daughter and she has grown up to be a fine young lady, on her own with her own family now - all by God's grace and with much prayer of course.
If anyone needs reference material on partenting you won't find a better source ( other than God's Word) than James Dobson- many blessings on your day- Larry