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It’s from stories that we learn the timeless lessons of the human experience. It’s from stories that we can give our children an education in the school of life.

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After a long and peaceful summer, every family careens into the school year. Enjoy it, because the chaos is wonderful.

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Spending time in the car with your kids is rich with opportunities to create connection, even if it means just listening to their music. Ryan and Sam talk about how they are finding ways to bond with the kids during the commute to school, allowing silence during shared activities, and generational differences when it comes to asking about kids interests.

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Parenting is so hard to do alone, so hard. We are stronger when we, our children’s parents, parent together. We go further, together.

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Life has something over us now. We have something to worry over. Something we love more than life itself.

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What we want is connection, right? So don’t turn it away. Take the hand when it’s offered.

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We have to figure out how to be a fan. We have to figure out how not to stifle.

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Give them the benefit of the doubt. If you’re going to assume anything, assume facts not in evidence. Give them a break.

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Katy Milkman and Ryan talk about encouraging curiosity as a parent, embracing their kids interests, and when it is okay to spoil them.

Katy Milkman is a Behavioral Scientist, Wharton Professor, and Co-Director of the Behavior Change for Good Initiative. She is the Author of How to Change and podcast host of Choicology. 

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Anxiety. It makes you a less vigilant parent in many ways—you’re so busy thinking about what might happen that you don’t always see what is happening.

To better keep all that in mind, the team over at the Daily Stoic created the Anxiety Coin for you to carry around wherever you go and use as a tool whenever anxiety strikes.

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