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Show Them Age is No Barrier Jan 01, 2021

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“When Bessie Carter, President Jimmy Carter’s mother, was 68 years old, she saw an ad on television for the Peace Corps that said ‘Age is no barrier.’ So she joined. Almost 70 years old, she went to India and taught nutrition and family planning!”

Learn how Jimmy Carter’s mother inspired him to never stop making a difference, even when the clock was ticking, on today’s Daily Dad podcast.

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It’s Never Too Late Dec 31, 2020

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“We talked recently about Springsteen’s choice for parents: Will you be an ancestor or a ghost? Haunt them or help them? The story he tells about how he came to this understanding comes from his own struggles with his own father. As he explained on Broadway, when he and his wife were expecting their first kid, his father--who had always been distant and harsh--drove something like five hundred miles and showed up at Bruce’s door.”

Ryan uses the example of Bruce Springsteen’s father to explain why you should face the past and help your kids be better than you were, on today’s Daily Dad podcast.

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You Have To Make Time For This Dec 30, 2020

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“You’re stressed. You’re busy. You have so much on your plate. Time to read? Other than kids books? Get out of here. Except maybe the latter is the solution to the former. If you want to be less stressed, you gotta make time for yourself--to read, to think, to learn. The great William Osler (founder of John Hopkins University) told his medical students it was important that they turn to literature as a way to nourish and relax their minds. ‘When chemistry distresses your soul,’ he said, ‘seek peace in the great pacifier, Shakespeare, ten minutes with Montaigne will lighten the burden.’”

Ryan discusses the importance of learning, and communing with the ‘saints of humanity’, on today’s Daily Dad podcast.

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The Present Is Pleasurable Enough Dec 29, 2020

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“After a long and arduous hunt, Theodore Roosevelt finally got the bull caribou he had been tracking. ‘It was one of those moments,’ he later wrote, ‘that repay the hunter for days of toil and hardship; that is if he needs repayment, and does not find life in the wilderness pleasure enough in itself.’”

Ryan explains why we should always focus on the present moment, because it’s where the true reward lies, on today’s Daily Dad podcast.

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You Have To Keep Track Dec 28, 2020

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“This whole thing can go by so fast. Because you have so much going on. Because you feel like you’re barely keeping your head above water. It’s understandable, but if you don’t slow down and wrap your head around this parenting thing, you can end up missing so much that matters.”

Ryan explains why you should pay close attention to the time you spend with you kids, and how you can make the most out of it, on today’s Daily Dad podcast.

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We Can Be That Gift Dec 25, 2020

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“Marcus Aurelius’s father died when he was young. But then this young boy who was cursed by tragedy received a great gift--a gift that the children who have received it, know to be one of the most incredible things in the world: He had a loving stepfather.”

Learn why you must embody the traits that you want to pass down to your kids, on today’s Daily Dad podcast.

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Make Sure They Know That They Are Plenty Dec 24, 2020

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“Lyndon Johnson grew up poor. Like, log cabin, almost 19th century poor. He was not, like his future running mate, John F. Kennedy, unaware of the economic crises of his time. He was not sent to the best schools. Yet, he did alright for himself, didn’t he?”

Ryan discusses how LBJ’s own mentality harmed him, and why you should teach your kids that they are enough, on today’s Daily Dad podcast.
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Don’t Be All About Business Dec 23, 2020

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“Is there anything sadder than a person whose work is their life? They neglect their family, they put in crazy hours, they have no interests, no hobbies outside what they do at the office. Maybe your parents were like this. Perhaps you are like this.”

Learn why you should shift your perspective to the things that actually matter, on today’s Daily Dad podcast.

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Teach Them to Handle Things Dec 22, 2020

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“You don’t need your kid to be a rocket scientist to be special. You don’t need to teach them 15 languages or the cello. It’s not a degree from Harvard or a perfect SAT that’s going to vault them into the elite category—not the elite category that counts.”

Ryan explains how to give your kids what truly matters, on today’s Daily Dad podcast.

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