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The Daily Dad
Hosted by Daily Dad · EN
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 be a great dad. Learn from historical figures and contemporary fathers how to do your most important job. Find more at dailydad.com.
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It’s Well Before You Think
2w ago00:02:24Tap to summarizeWe all wrongly think of these milestones as points our kids will reach someday, as opposed to transitions that are already ongoing.👉 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, YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcribe →They Have a Pressing Claim
2w ago00:02:40Tap to summarizeYou deserve time with them. But you’re going to have to fight for it and protect it. 📚 Books mentioned: The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin📕 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 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, YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcribe →This is What You’re Going To Do With It?
2w ago00:02:31Tap to summarizeYou only get so much time with them. This is how you’re going to spend it?👉 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, YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcribe →Worry is Not a Make-Good
2w ago00:02:49Tap to summarizeConstantly fretting and being anxious about your kids does not make them feel like you care about them and doing it now certainly doesn’t compensate for any neglect in the past.👉 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, YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcribe →How Will They Respond?
2w ago00:02:54Tap to summarizeYour emotions, moods, choices and the examples you set are affecting your kids, always.👉 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, YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcribe →The Holiday Family Rule For When Things Go Wrong
3w ago00:22:49Tap to summarizeA family road trip will test your patience, your plans, and your ability to stay calm when everything starts going sideways. In today’s episode, Ryan reflects on the unexpected problems, meaningful moments, and parenting lessons that came from driving the West Coast with his family. He also shares the rule he tries to follow so that, no matter what happens, everyone still wants to take the next trip.🎟️ Ryan Holiday is coming to a city near you! Grab tickets here | https://www.dailystoiclive.com/📚 Book Mentioned: Outdoor Kids in an Inside World📕 Join the Quarterly Classics Book Club | https://the-painted-porch-book-club.mn.co/landing/👉 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, YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcribe →Everybody Has Their Uphill
3w ago00:02:11Tap to summarizeEvery family has an uphill they’re climbing, even as we’re climbing our own.👉 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, YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcribe →Give Them Access To These
3w ago00:02:55Tap to summarizeOur job as parents is to give our kids access to ideas and worlds, to surround them with books, to encourage them to go where their interests take them—even if we sometimes disagree, even if some of them make us uncomfortable. 👉 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, YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcribe →You Will Wish You Said It
3w ago00:02:23Tap to summarizeDon’t wait. Don’t hold back. Tell them. Tell them again. 📚 Pick up a copy of Mark Twain by Ron Chernow 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 Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcribe →You Know Who Would Say Yes?
3w ago00:02:12Tap to summarizeMake the memory. Play the game. Because this is what it’s about.👉 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, YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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