The Daily Dad

By Daily DadSociety & Culture Education Self-Improvement Relationships Parenting Kids & Family

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January 28 Why Are You Taking This Personally?
This is how teenagers have been for all time. So why do we take their personality so personally?

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3 min
January 27 Tell Them It’s Never Too Late
It’s never too late to make a change, to start a new career, to quit a bad habit, to get in shape, to apologize, to mend relationships, to try that new thing you’ve always wanted to try, or to finally invest in yourself.

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4 min
January 26 You Do This for Both of You
Taking care of yourself is contagious. It will spread throughout your house. And so too will a bad example, if that’s what you choose to set.

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3 min
January 24 Mel Robbins on Why Trying to Control Your Kids Backfires
When your kids are struggling, your first instinct is to step in and make it better. In today's episode, Mel Robbins explains why that instinct can actually make things harder. Mel breaks down how the Let Them Theory applies to parenting, shares honest stories about moments she wanted to protect her kids at all costs, and how “letting them” doesn’t mean abandoning your role as a parent.

Listen to Mel and Ryan’s full episode on Apple Podcasts and Spotify or watch it on YouTube

Mel Robbins is the creator and host of the award-winning The Mel Robbins Podcast, one of the most successful podcasts in the world, and a #1 New York Times bestselling author. The Let Them Theory was the top selling book of 2025 according to Publisher’s Weekly, with +7 million copies sold within nine months of its release date.

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17 min
January 23 Think About How it Feels to Them
It’s easy to forget how many people would love to be in your position, who are dreaming of the opportunity to have what can so often feel like a burden or a struggle.

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3 min
January 22 This is How We Fool Ourselves
We fool ourselves that none of these individual decisions matter. We fool ourselves that the consequences are manageable…which they are until suddenly, they are not.

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3 min
January 21 Do It While There is Still Time
It’s never too late to change and improve, but we should also be aware that the clock is ticking, the windows are closing.

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3 min
January 20 You Just Made That Up
In the course of a day as parents, we make hundreds, thousands of assumptions. Most of these assumptions are faulty. We’re just making them up…even though they make us miserable!

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4 min
January 19 This is How to Connect with Them
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in America—a day we reflect on his life and legacy. One particular lesson from Dr. King can help us better connect with our kids each day.

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3 min
January 17 The Choice No Parent Is Ready to Make | Ezra Frech
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 an American track and field athlete who competes in high jump, long jump and sprinting events. He is a two-time Paralympian, having competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won two gold medals at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Ezra co-created and produced a three-part docuseries called Adaptive with NBC Sports + Peacock. Check it out here!

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12 min

About The Daily Dad

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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…