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We have to make them understand that they have what it takes to do this on their own and if they don’t, the best way to get it is to develop it by experience, by curiosity and exploration. Our Luctor Et Emergo Medallion will help you remember to slow down and take advantage of teachable moments with your children. Grab your Luctor Et Emergo Medallion at our Daily Dad store! Give yourself the ultim...

Praise is always nice, but it’s sort of pathetic how desperately we want it…for doing our job. Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube Protect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to...

There’s a wall—a wall between you and your feelings, a wall between you and other people, a wall between you and this present moment. Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube Protect your lo...

You could choose to be around more. You just won’t. You could choose to be more active, more aware, more involved… Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube Protect your loved ones without sp...

Ryan says he didn’t sign up for goats in the house, but Sam has the wedding vows to prove otherwise. Between looking back on ten years of The Daily Stoic and debating which animals belong in the house, Ryan and Sam occasionally remember what they were supposed to be talking about. The new 10th Anniversary Edition of The Daily Stoic is out NOW! 👉 Grab your copy here: https://store.dailystoic.com/p...

Don’t wish it away, no matter how frustrating this phase or this bedtime or this age is. 📚 Book mentiond: Travels with Epicurus The new 10th Anniversary Edition of The Daily Stoic is out NOW! 👉 Grab your copy here: https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/the-daily-stoic-10 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.c...

Be here for it. Even the difficult parts. The new 10th Anniversary Edition of The Daily Stoic is out NOW! 👉 Grab your copy here: https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/the-daily-stoic-10 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitte...

Between audiobook speeds and gym habits, Ryan and Sam have a few questions about how the other person operates. 📚 Join the Quarterly Classics Book Club | https://the-painted-porch-book-club.mn.co/landing/ Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Fo...

You just have to let go of whatever the issue is right now. Come back to it tomorrow when you’re well-rested. Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube Protect your loved ones without spying...

That’s what kids do. They are always growing. While they were changing, aren’t we changing too? Aren’t we growing also? The new 10th Anniversary Edition of The Daily Stoic is out TODAY! 👉 Grab your copy here: https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/the-daily-stoic-10 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/soci...

We have to be a resilient, flexible, well-rounded human being not just to survive the stresses of parenting, but if we want to raise kids for the real world. Check out Richard Reeves episode on the Daily Stoic Podcast | Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube 📚 You can grab copies of Of Boys and Men by Richard Reeves at The Painted Porch: https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/of-boys-and-men-why-th...

“Mirror, mirror on the wall, we become like daddy after all.” In today’s episode, ESPN senior writer and bestselling author Seth Wickersham joins Ryan to question whether we’re destined to become our parents and talk about what it takes to break the patterns we grew up with. Watch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ounPbCeVis 📚 Seth's Books: Be On That Hill: Stories From...

At some point, success stops being about how much you can take on—how much you achieve. It becomes about what you’re willing to turn down. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube Protect...

You’d give them anything. Except, you know, a little bit of patience right now 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube Protect your loved ones without spying on them. Go to https://heypo...

Communication expert Jefferson Fisher joins Ryan to unpack why every phase, especially in parenting, is fleeting, share wisdom passed down from their grandparents, and explain why nurturing your kids' quirks might be the smartest thing you do. Jefferson Fisher is one of the most respected voices on communication and arguments in the world. He is a Texas board certified personal injury attorney and...

Train like you’re training for the most important challenge of your life. Because you are. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

Our moods and choices and the examples we set are always affecting our kids, changing how they see the world and how they see themselves.  👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join  The Daily Dad Society  here:  https://dailydad.com/society ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email:  DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad:  Twitter ,&nbs...

Your kids won’t always know how to ask for what they need most. In today’s episode, Ryan shares the one thing your kids need most and how the way you respond in their hardest moments can shape who they become. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join  The Daily Dad Society  here:  https://dailydad.com/society ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad...

We should embrace that love and enthusiasm we naturally feel for them, and show it proudly. 📚 Books mentioned:  The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join  The Daily Dad Society  here:  https://dailydad.com/society ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Da...

We want it. We need it. And when we don’t get it from our parents? Well, we try to get it from something or someone else. 🎶 The Red Clay Strays - Wanna Be Loved 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join  The Daily Dad Society  here:  https://dailydad.com/society ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email:  DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad:&n...

This is life. Not only is there not a finish line—the finish line is the thing we are desperately trying to avoid.  👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join  The Daily Dad Society  here:  https://dailydad.com/society ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email:  DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad:  Twitter ,  Instagram ,  Fa...

We want our kids to love reading. We want them to love books. We want them to choose to pick up a book instead of an iPad or a phone or the TV remote. But what do we do? Turn the words into works 👉 Read to Lead: A Daily Stoic Reading Challenge | Over five weeks, Ryan Holiday walks you through not only the system he's used for writing his bestselling books, but also the reading practice he uses in...

Before you had kids, “I love you” was that powerful three-word phrase. But now there is another phrase even more beautiful... 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join  The Daily Dad Society  here:  https://dailydad.com/society ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email:  DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad:  Twitter ,  Instagram ,&nbs...

Jet Li thought being a good father meant working hard and providing for his daughters. In today’s episode, he talks with Ryan about realizing money couldn’t give them everything they needed, how they challenged his ego, and why learning to listen changed their relationship. Watch this section of the episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00uPIh6mi_Y Watch the FULL episode with Jet Li...

Deal with it later, when everyone is in a better state of mind. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join  The Daily Dad Society  here:  https://dailydad.com/society ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email:  DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad:  Twitter ,  Instagram ,  Facebook ,  YouTube Protect your loved ones without sp...