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You Have to Come Up With Challenges Nov 06, 2020

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"Of course, you want tough kids. You want boys who are active and resilient. You want girls who are active and resilient. You want them to be healthy, you want them to be able to overcome obstacles, you want them to know how to defend themselves, you want them to be prepared for the ups and downs of life. "
What's the best way to do that? By providing them with challenges, as Ryan explains on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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Don’t Ever, Ever Do This Nov 05, 2020

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"Cato the Elder, we’re told by Plutarch, “used to say that a man who beats his wife or a child is laying sacrilegious hands on the most sacred thing in the world.”
Boom. It doesn’t matter how angry you are. It doesn’t matter who started it. It doesn’t matter how many times you told your son. It doesn’t matter that your parents used to do it. It doesn’t matter that some cultures still accept it.
For two thousand years, we’ve known it: It’s wrong."
Ryan lays down the law on why corporal punishment is never okay on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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Who Are You Doing This For? Nov 04, 2020

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"It’s almost incomprehensible.
The parents were rich. They were powerful. Their kids had access to the best tutors in the world. The best schools. They were already connected. They already had a leg up in life.
So why did they risk everything—tax fraud, racketeering charges—to bribe their way into college?"
Ryan explains where your priorities in raising your children should lay on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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Only A Parent Understands Nov 03, 2020

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"The Spartan Agesilaus was the toughest of the tough. Like all Spartans, he had been trained in the agoge to be courageous and self-disciplined and beyond fear and pain. He was capable of incredible feats in battle and was in peak physical condition. As a Spartan king, he was all these things and more.

But he was also a father, and as you know, that changes you."
Ryan describes the changes that come from being a father on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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They Learn From Home Nov 02, 2020

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"You tell them to be good. To be honest. To follow the law. To care about other people. That safety comes first.

You say these things, but what do you show?"
Ryan explains why your good example is just as important as the words you utter on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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What If You Didn’t Think You Knew? Oct 30, 2020

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"You’re a dad, so you know a lot. You’ve been alive a while. You’ve read a thing or two and heard a thing or two. So when your kids ask you questions—about history, about life, about why people are this way or that way, you’re quick with an answer.
But what if this was actually a bad habit? What if this was a form of stupidity?"
Ryan describes why being the all-knowing father may not be the best role for you to fill, on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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They Don’t Need to Worry About Anything But This Oct 29, 2020

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"F Scott Fitzgerald wasn’t always the best father, but as one of the most brilliant writers and thinkers of his time, he certainly knew how to express fatherly advice perfectly in words. One of the best letters he ever wrote is to his daughter Frances while she was away at camp, where he discussed the anxieties and worries that all young people feel. Some things were worth worrying about, he said, and some weren’t. So he gave her a list."
Ryan talks about the list Fitzgerald sent to his daughter, and its timeless message for parents anywhere, on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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Let Them Hear It From You Oct 28, 2020

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"You can’t wait until you’re on your deathbed to let them know how you feel about them. You can’t wait until you’re dead and gone and they go through your stuff and find the news clippings you kept and finally see that you were proud of them. You can’t just hope they overhear you saying it to someone else. You can’t just assume they know."
Ryan tells us why we can't wait to tell our kids how we feel about them, on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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There’s a Reason You’re So Raw Oct 27, 2020

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"While there are certainly people out there for whom the pandemic or our political environment have brought out their worst, the rest of us have started to feel something different. We’re raw. We’re vulnerable. We tear up when we hear about someone losing someone. We tear up when we think about families struggling to make ends meet. Have you seen some of the videos we’ve posted on Instagram lately? Of stepparents adopting their stepchildren? Or military parents surprising their children with an unexpected visit home?
It’s like instant waterworks…
What is that?"
Ryan talks about a parent's emotional vulnerability—and why that vulnerability is okay—on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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