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It Should Be The Easiest Thing In The World Jul 20, 2021

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“Parenting is very hard. Keeping your kids safe. Keeping them fed. Keeping them in the best schools, making sure they get good grades in those schools. We have to do all this as we navigate a world where Murphy’s Law is real, where bills have to get paid, where we have our own crap to deal with that no one is going to handle for us.”

Ryan explains how to be a great parent right here right now.

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Everything Is A Phase Jul 19, 2021

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“It’s tricky to understand this because before you had kids, everything in your life seemed permanent. It just was. If your job sucked, it was never going to magically start not sucking. That was simply an element of the nature of the thing: it was a sucky job.”

Ryan explains why you have to be patient with this part of your child’s life.

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Dr. William Stixrud and Ned Johnson on Raising Self-Driven Children Jul 17, 2021

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On today’s podcast, Ryan speaks with Dr. William Stixrud and Ned Johnson about their book The Self-Driven Child which they wrote to help parents and educators nurture a sense of agency and purpose in children, how to define and give your best effort in all of the things that you do, the difference between a healthy drive for excellence and having enough, and more.

Ned Johnson is the president and founder of PrepMatters. A 1993 graduate of Williams College, Mr. Johnson has a BA in Economics and Political Science. Originally from Connecticut, Mr. Johnson now resides with his wife and children in Washington, DC.

William R. Stixrud, Ph.D., is a clinical neuropsychologist and founder of The Stixrud Group. He is a member of the teaching faculty at Children’s National Medical Center and an assistant professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine.

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You Have To Say Yes Jul 16, 2021

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“They want you to get in the pool with them. They want you to let them ride on your back. They want you to drive them to their friend’s house. They want to watch that awful movie. They want you to do that funny voice again.”

Ryan explains why you can never turn your kids down.

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You Cannot Let This Happen Jul 15, 2021

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“You know, your parents weren’t always like this. They were young once. Hopeful, open-minded, even adventurous. They weren’t always so conservative, so stuck in their ways.”

Ryan explains why you should be the change and not get in the way of change.

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You Don't Have To Do Anything But This Jul 14, 2021

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Ryan explains why this is all you have to do.

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Just Pick Yourself Back Up Jul 13, 2021

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“Maybe you haven’t been as good of a dad as you would like to be lately. You were on your phone too much. You let your short temper get the best of you. You prioritized work over family. You got too wrapped up in your expectations, you were too harsh, you didn’t see things their way.”

Ryan explains how to bounce back from failure.

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Try To Get This Jul 12, 2021

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“While we have talked recently about the dangers of multitasking as a parent—because it makes you distracted, because it gives you conflicting priorities—that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t look for efficiencies. In fact, that’s one of the secrets of this whole job: Always looking for how to get more juice for your squeeze.”

Ryan explains how to get more out of what you already have.

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Daily Dad on Why the Slower Life is the More Natural Life Jul 10, 2021

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On today’s episode of the podcast, Ryan contrasts his life pre-pandemic, during the pandemic and now on the brink of post pandemic, how your routines as a parent shape and mold your children, how to follow the path of Stillness and why it’s so important, and more.

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You've Got No Right Jul 09, 2021

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“Kids are so sweet. So innocent. Which makes the famous photo all the more haunting. A young boy dressed in a white robe and a tall, white, conical hat touches his reflection in a riot shield held by an African American State Trooper named Allen Campbell. The photo was taken in 1992 at a Ku Klux Klan rally in Georgia. “Me and this kid, neither one, made a choice to be here,” Campbell said sympathetically some two decades after the photo was taken. “The state patrol made me come, and his mom and daddy brought him.”

Ryan explains why you shouldn’t impose your biases on your children.

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