That's awesome news! Having meeting with parents can be a stressful time, you just never know how they're going to take things. I'm glad they took it well and are now trying to be on the same page as you!
I'm really happy for you too! I like to encourage independence in children as soon as they can do anything, holding their own bottle, standing up and holding my hands before I pick them up, by 20 months or so to help to put on their own clothing, etc. I always let the parents know that their children are doing these things for me and encourage them to get their children to do things for them BEFORE they do them for me. After all, what parent wants to hear from their daycare provider that their child walked or talked or anything special for someone else before them. So that's my sneaky little secret to encourage the parents to encourage their child.