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As a parent, all we control is what we teach our kids, what we do for and with them.  KiwiCo | Get up to 50% off your first crate at kiwico.com with promo code DAILY DAD  ✉️ 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...

We can’t just throw up our hands and say, “I’m busy, I can’t deal with this.” Because not only is that not fair to our children, it’s not fair to us. 📚 Pick up a copy of Elizabeth the Queen by Sally Bedell Smith at The Painted Porch This is a paid advertisement by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/DAILYDAD to get 10% of your first month |  https://betterhelp.com/dailydad See...

Our job as parents is to help our kids “become who they are.” This is true, but our job is also to expand who they are. 🎙️ Listen to Richard Reeves on the Daily Stoic Podcast | Apple Podcasts & Spotify 📚 You can grab signed copies of Of Boys and Men and Richard’s other book, Dream Hoarders , at The Painted Porch. We’re excited to announce that we’ve put together a special leatherbound edition...

Walks are parenting magic. Seneca said that the mind must be given over to wandering walks, and so too must you and your kids. Aura | Get $35 off with code DAILY DAD at auraframes.com   ✉️ 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/pr...

Our job is not to raise kids at all. Our job is to raise adults. Every Thanksgiving, we encourage our listeners to join us in making a donation to Feeding America . Every $1 donated helps provide at least 10 meals.  We donated the first $30,000, and we’d like your help in reaching our goal of $300,000. If we hit that goal of $300,000, it would provide over 3 MILLION meals for families across the c...

Every decision we make, big or small, has a ripple effect. Listen in to hear about Ryan's recent experience that reminded him of the importance of encouraging his sons when they show acts of kindness. 📚 Books Mentioned: The Road  by Cormac McCarthy Reading For Our Lives  by Maya Smart The Wright Brothers by David McCullough Each Kindness  by Jacqueline Woodson ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email:...

If you want generous kids, you have to show them what a generous parent is. There is no better time than the holiday season to do this. Every Thanksgiving, we encourage our listeners to join us in making a donation to Feeding America . Every $1 donated helps provide at least 10 meals. It only takes a little to make a big difference. We donated the first $30,000, and we’d like your help in reaching...

Every Thanksgiving, we encourage our listeners to join us in making a donation to Feeding America . Every $1 donated helps provide at least 10 meals. It only takes a little to make a big difference. We donated the first $30,000, and we’d like your help in reaching our goal of $300,000. If we hit that goal of $300,000, it would provide over 3 MILLION meals for families across the country.  Just hea...

Without awareness there is no choice. How can our kids choose the life they want, if all they’ve really seen is our life? 📕 We’re excited to announce that we’ve put together a special leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad just in time for the holidays! Check it out at dailydad.com/leather Storyworth | Save $10 on your first purchase at https://storyworth.com/dailydad ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad...

Dial back the criticism. Remember: you don’t need to have an opinion about everything. 📕 We’re excited to announce that we’ve put together a special leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad just in time for the holidays! Check it out at dailydad.com/leather Storyworth | Save $10 on your first purchase at https://storyworth.com/dailydad ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily...

Your job is to be and do what your kids demand—what your specific family needs—and not care what anyone else thinks. That’s what the best parents do. HUEL | Get 15% off with code DAILY DAD at Huel.com ✉️ 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...

For every parent that has a creative and unconventional career, there is a partner keeping the family unit running smoothly behind the scenes. Holli Herrera, the wife of MxPx rockstar Mike Herrera , joins Sam Holiday talk about supporting a partner with a non-traditional career, the unique co-parenting challenges that come with it, and watching their kids inherit the same creative tendencies. Foll...

They grow out of the wagon and the carseat and indeed, carpooling altogether. Love it while you can. 💪 Go to livemomentous.com and get 15% off with the code DAILYDAD15  ✉️ 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-sel...

None of this parenting stuff is easy. A lot of it is scary. But it is essential. Loftie | Use code DAILYDAD20 to get 20% off orders over $125! Head to ByLoftie.com 📕 Gift a special leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad this holiday season! Check it out at dailydad.com/leather  ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube   See Priv...

It all happens so quickly. The real question is: Will you capture it? 🏛 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/ ✉️ 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...

Having kids is impossible to convey to those who haven't experienced it. And that’s okay—it can be a beautiful little secret that binds all of us parents together. 📕 We’re excited to announce that we’ve put together a special leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad just in time for the holidays! Check it out at dailydad.com/leather 💪 Go to livemomentous.com and get 15% off with the code DAILYDAD15...

Make the ordinary come alive for them. The extraordinary will take care of itself. 📕 Pick up a special leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad   at dailydad.com/leather ✉️ 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-...

Kids need grace just as much as parents do. Julia Baird joins Ryan to discuss the impermanence of childhood, the importance of grace in parenting, and the inevitable grief that accompanies their growth. 🎥  Watch Julia Baird’s interview with Ryan on YouTube Julia Baird is an author, broadcaster, and journalist based in Sydney, Australia. Be sure to check out her books, Phosphorescence: A Memoir of...

Remind yourself this morning and every morning: this will end. Tempus fugit. 📕 We’re excited to announce that we’ve put together a special leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad just in time for the holidays! Check it out at dailydad.com/leather  ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube   See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/...

Raising a family has always been a wild, chaotic daily existence—one filled with joy and difficulty, love and labor—that has humbled and inspired every parent. 📕 We’re excited to announce that we’ve put together a special leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad   just in time for the holidays! Check it out at dailydad.com/leather ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad:...

We would all be well served by picking some parenting heroes. 📕 We’re excited to announce that we’ve put together a special leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad just in time for the holidays! Check it out at dailydad.com/leather  ✉️ 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 Cal...

Our job is to expand their horizons, to expose them to stuff, to give them awareness. So they can actually choose. Storyworth | Save $10 on your first purchase at https://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/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art...

"Love is the only legacy that matters. Let’s not point our love in the wrong direction." — Donald Miller 📕 Grab a copy of the special leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad   in time for the holidays! Check it out at dailydad.com/leather  ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube   See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy...

While in Vancouver, mom of four asked Ryan - "How do I achieve stillness while being a parent and juggling everything in my business?" Ryan and Sam are sharing their different answers to this question, breaking down what stillness means to them and how they work to cultivate it in day to day life.   🎟 Ryan Holiday is going on tour! Grab tickets for London, Rotterdam, Dublin, Vancouver, and Toronto...

You have to choose to be changed. It doesn’t happen the day you come home from the hospital with your newborn. 📕 We’re excited to announce that we’ve put together a special leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad just in time for the holidays! Check it out at dailydad.com/leather ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube   See Pri...