Take good care of yourself.
Knowing how to be an emotionally-intelligent parent to your kids is also learning how to take good care of yourself. This is important because learning how to be an emotionally-intelligent parent is learning compassion towards yourself.
You need to learn how to know when your cup is full, and when you need to cool down, pause, and to take a break. Knowing how to do this will make you more patient, joyful, and energetic, which will have a good effect on you as a parent.
Instill good values to your children
Values are the beliefs that each person deemed important for themselves and for other people as a whole. Since this deeply affects our life, values are very crucial in parenting.