The Daily Dad

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June 23, 2020 Be Spartan With Your Wealth
"The emperor Hadrian never had a son so he devised a very specific succession plan. He adopted a fifty-one-year-old man named Antoninus Pius on the condition that he adopt Marcus Aurelius. He thought this would provide for five years of training for Marcus—instead Antoninus lived and instructed for twenty three.

You might think that being a prince-in-waiting for that long, being the heir to the richest and most powerful man in the world would ruin a person. It ruined Caligula. It ruined Nero. It’s ruined the children of plenty of people in positions of far less privilege."

Why didn't it ruin young Marcus Aurelius? Ryan explains, in today's Daily Dad Podcast.

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June 22, 2020 What Are Your Rules?
"You’re a parent, so you have rules. What are they? No, not rules for them. Rules for you."

Ryan talks about the most important rules that a parent can set, and introduces the newest course from Daily Stoic, The Stoic Parent: 10 Commandments For Becoming A Better Parent.

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June 19, 2020 It’s An Honor to Do This
"They say that the reason people have long shaken hands with their right hands was to signal that we came in peace and we’re not dangerous. They say that when dogs roll over and show you their belly, it’s an indication of trust and deliberate vulnerability... These might not feel like particularly meaningful gestures of respect and love, but they are. It’s an honor to get them, even though we regularly overlook the significance. The same is true with so many things that our kids do."

Ryan discusses the joy of getting close with your kids on today's Daily Dad Podcast.

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June 18, 2020 Show Them Their Hometown
"Maybe you don’t love where you live. Maybe if you had more money or a different job, you’d live elsewhere. Maybe it is too liberal or too conservative or too damn provincial for your taste. But this place you live right now, with your kids?
It’s their home. It’s where they are from.
And that means something. "

Ryan explains why you should instill in your kids a love of their hometown, on today's Daily Dad Podcast.

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June 17, 2020 This Should Be What You Teach Them
"If you haven’t watched the TV series Friday Night Lights since you’ve become a father, you should watch it again. There’s a reason that Coach Taylor is so compelling on the screen: It’s because he’s the way almost all of us wish our fathers had been."

Ryan explains Coach Taylor's lessons, and what they mean for all of us, on today's Daily Dad Podcast.

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June 16, 2020 It’s Wrong to Ignore What You Know Is Wrong
"There is so much on your plate. So much you have to worry about as a parent... So it’s understandable if you’ve been distracted, and you’ve missed an opportunity here or there to make certain causes—certain longstanding societal injustices—your top priority. But that doesn’t excuse it."

Ryan explains why social ills can't just be ignored on today's Daily Dad Podcast.

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June 15, 2020 Here’s How to Tie Your Family Together
"You want them to listen. You want them to respect your rules. You want them to do what they’re supposed to do, the things that will make them successful. So how do you get them to do it?"

Ryan describes exactly how on today's Daily Dad Podcast.

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June 12, 2020 You Are On The Front Lines of This Fight
"One of the most insidious and toxic forces in the world is the belief that some races are naturally better than others, or that one sex is inferior to another. Even if there were some slight biological differences that scientists were eventually able to prove in one domain or another—what exactly would it matter? Not only would every man, woman and race still share far more in common than they did differences, it would have absolutely zero bearing on who the individuals you meet in the course of a day (or a job interview) actually are as people. It shines no light on their potential, their character, their humanity."

And it's a parent's job to show their children just how insidious this belief is—as Ryan explains on today's Daily Dad Podcast.

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June 11, 2020 Be A Towering Example
"Cato didn’t write any books. He never taught classes. He never gave interviews. He liked to say that he only spoke when he was certain that what he’d say wasn’t better left unsaid. You won’t find many statues of him in Rome. Books about him are few and far between... Yet his example inspired plenty."

Learn more about Cato and the example he set for us in today's Daily Dad Podcast.

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June 10, 2020 Can You Accept You’re Not In Control Anymore?
"The first thing becoming a parent teaches you, as we’ve talked about before, is that idea of “unavoidable reality.” Each new father, David Brooks once explained, suddenly discovers that they’re not in control anymore. The kids are."
Learn how to accept, or even enjoy this feeling on today's Daily Dad Podcast.

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The audio companion to DailyDad.com’s daily email meditations on fatherhood, read by Ryan Holiday. Each daily reading will help you find the wisdom, inner strength, and good humor you need in order to…