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The exhaustion of parenting is real and understandable. But what's harder to justify is why we assume the worst about our kids.   📚 Book Mentioned: The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault   Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Become a Founding Member of The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society   Protect your family with life insurance from Et...

They’ve been crazy all day. They haven’t been listening. So what do you do? You get upset.   Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Become a Founding Member of The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society   Vuori is an investment in your happiness! Get 20% off your FIRST purchase at vuori.com/DAILYDAD   ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad...

We have to encourage their interests, without any thought of whether or not they might be able to profit from it.   Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Become a Founding Member of The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society   Artkive | Go to ArtkiveBox.com and use code DAILYDAD for 25 DOLLARS off your box   ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email:...

Just putting in the time is not enough. You have to put you in the time.   Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Become a Founding Member of The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society   Vuori is an investment in your happiness! Get 20% off your FIRST purchase at vuori.com/DAILYDAD   ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com   📱 Follow D...

When we see other parents say or do something that makes us pity their kids, we shouldn’t judge them—we should judge ourselves.    Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Become a Founding Member of The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society   Artkive | Go to ArtkiveBox.com and use code DAILYDAD for 25 DOLLARS off your box   ✉️ Sign up for the Da...

Right now, we have the opportunity to teach our children about justice not just through words, but through action. In this solo episode, Ryan opens up about taking his kids to a protest and how that moment became a defining lesson in courage, justice, and civic responsibility. He shares how he talked to them about activism, why it’s not enough to tell our kids what we believe, and how real change...

 It’s always a special kind of magic watching our kids “find their people,” as we’ve said. But why then, do we as parents, not cultivate this for ourselves?   Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Become a Founding Member of The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society   PESTIE | Protect your home from bugs with Pestie. Go to pestie.com/dad for a...

Until it happens to you, you don't really know. You don't know how it completely rewires you, how it rearranges your priorities, how it fills a space inside you that you didn't even know was empty.   Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Become a Founding Member of The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society    Tinker, create and innovate with K...

They can see you on the phone…again. They can see you working…still.   Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Become a Founding Member of The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society   🏛 All time can be quality time. Get your own Tempus Fugit Medallion to remind yourself of this at The Daily Dad Store: https://store.dailydad.com/   💪 Go to livemo...

Just as Socrates welcomed young minds and gave them space to wonder, we too should create an environment where our kids feel comfortable bringing their deepest questions and uncertainties.   Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Become a Founding Member of The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society   📚 Book Mentioned: The Last of the Wine by M...

 How did parents in the past do it? They did it together. They did it as a village.    Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Become a Founding Member of 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 See Privacy Policy at https://art19...

In today's episode, General Stanley McChrystal sits down with Ryan for a special Father’s Day reminder that you won’t want to miss. General McChrystal shares personal stories from his own parenting journey, lessons that changed his perspective as a father, and what he admires most about his son.  General Stanley McChrystal is a retired U.S. Army general best known for leading Joint Special Operati...

Just because parenting is this experience we all share, it doesn't mean that the experience of being a parent is the same. Because what parenting does is it humbles you. We discover a world we don't control, one that is too much for any one person to do on their own. This isn't something that you can just do by yourself, and that's why we've been working hard on what we're trying to create here at...

They’re different. They are like you in so many ways but they are also so, so, different. What is it to you anyway?   MasterClass | Get 15% off any annual membership at MasterClass.com/RYANHOLIDAY   ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com   📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https:/...

It doesn’t matter what gender your kids are, you have to help them raise above stereotypes, backlash and culture war fights.   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/    🎥 Watch How To Be A Man (Lessons From The Stoics) on T...

Enter a world different than yours, without the problems of yours, the responsibilities and the cynicism of yours.   📖 Looking for a Father’s Day gift? Check out Storyworth and save $10 on your first purchase here: storyworth.com/dailydad   ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com   📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/priva...

You can let this parenthood thing change you. You can let this make you better.   📕 Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to get  the leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad in order to receive it in time for Father’s Day!    📖 Looking for a Father’s Day gift? Check out Storyworth and save $10 on your first purchase here: storyworth.com/dailydad   ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com   📱 Follow Da...

We want to feel empowered. We want to be believed in. We want to matter. Every person wants this…and your kid is one of those people.   📚 Book Mentioned: The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault    ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com   📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art...

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...

It’s fitting that Marcus’ biggest Stoic influence was his step-father because Father’s Day is just 9 days away! The Dads on the Daily Dad team put together a list so that you don’t have to go on a hunt to find a good gift for the Dads in your life👇 📕 The leatherbound editions of: The Daily Dad, The Daily Stoic, and   The Obstacle Is the Way  📚 A signed copy of The Gunfighters by Bryan Burrough,...

In honor of Father's Day this month, we're featuring some of our favorite entries from The Daily Dad book—like this one about developing resilience in our children. The book makes a perfect gift for the father in your life. Grab signed copies and our new leatherbound edition here !   ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com   📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube Se...

Let’s stop getting so hung up on whether this or that really happened. Let’s focus on what it means .   📚 Looking for stories to teach your kids about Stoicism? Check out Ryan Holiday’s books: The Boy Who Would Be King and  The Girl Who Would Be Free: A Fable About Epictetus   ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com   📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube See Priv...

For all time, having kids has forced parents to make changes. But does that mean we have to lose ourselves, lose all our freedoms?   ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com   📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

 Specially planned days can be special. It’s great to go to cool places. It’s fun to treat our kids. But you know what’s best?   Tinker, create and innovate with KiwiCo! Get $15 off at KiwiCo.com with code DAILYDAD   ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com   📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy...

 As parents, we worry about having all the answers. Being a great parent is actually more about asking the right questions and not necessarily even of our kids, but of ourselves. In today's episode, Ryan shares 15 powerful questions that any parent can ask to become better at their most important job. Because the right questions at the right time can change how we think about things. They can chan...