Bestselling author and artist Austin Kleon joins Ryan to discuss the challenges of raising kids in the digital age of social media and AI. He shares a recent Stoic lesson he taught his child about handling online validation, his strategies for making the most of car rides with his kids, and the key parenting advice he would offer to new parents.

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Let them be bored. Let them cultivate some time with themselves.

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How will we ever convince Google that we do not, in fact, like Mr. Beast or prank videos? Will our Netflix suggestions ever recover from the Cocomelon we have watched? It’s annoying to be sure, but it’s a small price to pay for them to discover their own interests.

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We owe it to them to show these branches of the family tree, to introduce them to the ancestors who planted the seeds that are now growing inside them.

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Your kids probably know how tough they are on you. But do they also know what joy you bring them? How much better they make your life?

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Although parenting certainly adds a lot to our plate, it’s also massively clarifying.

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Is a Hamilton phase a rite of passage for families? While kids get swept up in the music and history, the musical also reflects the deep emotions, sacrifices, and challenges of parenthood. In this episode, Ryan shares the parenting lessons hidden in Hamilton that have stuck with him and might just hit home for you too. 

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Having kids makes you less available. Having kids makes you less up for certain things. Having kids costs you.

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We tell ourselves that when our kids are old we’ll make more time for them, we’ll have more freedom—and besides, they’ll appreciate it more when they’re older.

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This moment you have right now, even if it’s stressful, even if it’s exhausting, even if it's ordinary and humdrum…it won’t feel that way almost immediately after it passes.

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