This is incredibly important. And I have to agree with NOT praising your child excessively for every little thing they do. I have a girlfriend with a 5 year old daughter. Every time the girl does something, the mother starts trumpeting "Oh, what a smart girl!!! Oh, what a perfect princess!! You made such a super duper picture! WOW!" It nauseates me and completely makes the girl think she is the best thing ever created. Which is not true.