The Daily Dad

Growing up with a disability meant Ezra Frech was made to feel different from a very young age. What gave him unshakeable confidence wasn’t his athletic talent, but how his parents chose to raise him. In this episode, Ryan sits down with Paralympian Ezra Frech to talk about the impossible decisions his parents had to make early in his life and how those choices shaped his confidence. Ezra Frech is...

We made a decision to have kids many years ago and then for years, that decision works on us, shaping, changing, transforming us. 📚 Book Mentioned: The Velveteen Rabbit 👉 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   📱...

Later, they might not want to anymore. Later the opportunity might not exist. 👉 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 See Privacy P...

They should be able to be maniacs… because that’s what kids are. And you, as a well-regulated mature adult, should be able to handle this.  👉 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:  Twitt...

When did we get so jaded? Why don’t we acknowledge the little stuff anymore? 📖 Grab your own copy of the Daily Dad Five Year Reflection Journal |  https://dailydad.com/leather 👉 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 &n...

Kids are kids. Always have been and always will be.  📚 Pick up The Odyssey translated by Emily Wilson at The Painted Porch | https://www.thepaintedporch.com/ 👉 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 Dai...

You can live these years without writing anything down, but you will miss more than you think. In this episode, Ryan and Sam talk about why journaling is one of the most underrated practices for parents, how small entries reveal patterns you cannot see day to day, and why even one line a day can change how you understand yourself as a parent. 📖 Journals Mentioned: Daily Dad Five Year Reflection J...

Enjoy it while you can because you’re the lucky one  right now . Because one day, you won’t have it anymore. 🏛 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/ 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join  The Daily Dad Society  here:  ...

We think of the Stoics as philosophers, which of course they were. But they were human beings too—sons, daughters, husbands, wives, and parents. 👉  The Daily Dad  eBook is $2.99 on Amazon! Grab your copy  here :  dailydad.com/discount 📕 Grab a copy of the leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad and learn how you can provide the structure and support to help your kids discover w...

Look, very few of us are born just knowing how to do this—how to express ourselves, how to process difficult feelings. It takes work. And it’s our job as parents to do that work ourselves, and to help our children get better at it too.  👉  The Daily Dad  eBook is $2.99 on Amazon! Grab your copy  here :  dailydad.com/discount Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting to...

Our kids have so comparatively little experience, so little wisdom, so little confidence. It’s insane. It’s more insane still that we confuse and disorient them with our own expectations and projections…even though we know how much our own parents confused us in this regard. 👉  The Daily Dad  eBook is $2.99 on Amazon! Grab your copy  here :  dailydad.com/discount Give you...

You’re just trying to get your point across. You’re just trying to teach them. You’re just trying to keep them safe. But how do you think it feels? How do you think it feels to be them? 📚 Book Mentioned: Us: How Moving Relationships Beyond You and Me Creates More Love, Passion, and Understanding by Terrence Real 👉  The Daily Dad  eBook is $2.99 on Amazon! Grab your copy  here :&nb...

Before you try to parent differently in 2026, remember what actually helped in 2025. In this episode, Ryan shares a few parenting insights he picked up in 2025 from conversations on The Daily Stoic Podcast . You’ll hear why self regulation is the real skill we’re teaching our kids, how children borrow our nervous systems long before they can manage their own, and a powerful reminder about characte...

Embrace their interests, even if you think those interests are gross. Messes can almost always be cleaned up later.  👉 The Daily Dad  eBook is $2.99 on Amazon! Grab your copy  here :  dailydad.com/discount 📕 Grab a copy of the leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad and learn how you can provide the structure and support to help your kids discover who they are today! Give yours...

Can you let things go? Can you control your temper and frustrations? Do you know when it's time to push and when it’s time to pull them in close to you? The Daily Dad  eBook is $2.99 on Amazon! Grab your copy  here :  dailydad.com/discount Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join  The Daily Dad Society  here:  https://dailydad...

Here’s what you have to understand: Things are going to get destroyed. You have kids. It’s what they do.  If you’re looking for something:  The 2026 Daily Stoic New Year, New You Challenge  begins in just ONE DAY. Learn more and sign up today at  dailystoic.com/challenge . 👉 Get  The Daily Stoic New Year New You  & all other Daily Stoic courses for FREE when you...

What fun, meaningful challenge could you take on as a family to set the tone for 2026? If you’re looking for something: The 2026 Daily Stoic New Year, New You Challenge begins in just TWO DAYS. Learn more and sign up today at dailystoic.com/challenge . 👉 Get The Daily Stoic New Year New You & all other Daily Stoic courses for FREE when you join Daily Stoic Life | dailystoic.com/life The Daily...

Being a good parent and good partner isn’t simply a consequence of the work you put in to be a better person. They are correlated, certainly, but correlation isn’t causation, as they say. The Daily Dad eBook is $2.99 on Amazon! Grab your copy here : dailydad.com/discount 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join  The Daily Dad Society  here: &n...

In this episode, Ryan and Sam talk through the one simple reset they use to kick off the New Year and how it’s shaped their family in ways they never expected. You don’t get to choose what 2026 throws at you, but you do get to choose who you’re going to be when it does. For parents, that means setting the tone early, choosing less when everything is asking for more, and building habits that help y...

We only have a finite amount of patience. So by indulging and indulging, absorbing and absorbing, we’re wasting a very precious resource…one that parenting demands a lot of.  Make 2026 the year where you finally bring yourself closer to living your best life. No more waiting. Demand the best for yourself. The Daily Stoic New Year New You challenge begins January 1, 2026. Learn more and sign u...

When you were younger, for Christmas, all you wanted was presents. Now that you’re older, now that you have kids, all you want is  presence . 📔 Get a signed leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad here: dailydad.com/leather 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join  The Daily Dad Society  here:  https://dailydad.com/society Head to&nbs...

There’s so much to do. There’s so much going on. What do you prioritize? What problems do you solve first? What are you supposed to be focused on? 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join  The Daily Dad Society  here:  https://dailydad.com/society Head to ZBiotics.com/DAILYDAD and use the code DAILYDAD at checkout for 15% off! | https://z...

These are the wonderful sounds of parenthood, the ones that are so precious and fleeting and beautiful—and they’re happening now .  🏛 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/ 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join  The Daily Dad Society &n...

Remember that real parenthood, real family life , isn’t the curated illusion on your Instagram feed. It’s not pristine homes, it’s not spotless designer furniture, and it’s definitely not easy. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join  The Daily Dad Society  here:  https://dailydad.com/society Fishing Booker | With Fishing Booker , you ca...

In today’s episode, Ryan shares a rare behind-the-scenes moment when his kids start to realize what he actually does, and then his son takes the mic to ask the questions. You’ll hear him interview Kenny Curtis , host of Nat Geo’s hit kids podcast Greeking Out , in a genuinely fun, curious, and unexpectedly thoughtful conversation, and later Ron Chernow , the historian behind Hamilton . 🎥 Watch Ke...