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They Are Always Your Child Oct 23, 2020

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"We have to remember that while we’re on this journey. They’re going to get older. Someday, perhaps some day soon, they’ll stop being a little boy or a little girl. But they’ll never, not ever, stop being your child. And it’s important to realize that this is what you are to your own parents and grandparents."
Ryan explains the permanent connections that you have with your family, and why those connections last forever, on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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When Is Their Time? Oct 22, 2020

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"Of course, you’re busy. You have work. You have your spouse. You have your kids. You have all the obligations of adulthood. All these things are important. How do you fit it all in?
The truth is, if you’re winging it everyday, you won’t get it all in. Something will fall by the wayside and too often, that’s our kids."
Ryan explains the importance of actually carving out time for your kids, not just taking its existence for granted, on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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Teach Them to Notice Oct 21, 2020

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"When Robert Lovett, the future State Department official and Secretary of Defense, was a kid, it happened that both father and son took similar routes in the morning and evening—although at different times—to work and to school. Lovett and his father would often play an interesting game based on this coincidence."
Ryan explains the game and shows you why you should train your child's perception on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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If It Works, Do It Again Oct 20, 2020

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"We parents are like field goal kickers. Just like if a certain shirt or a pair of socks brings them luck, we’re always looking for something, anything that will give us an edge. Just like a free throw shooter going through a preposterous routine, we’re religious about ours too."
Ryan describes parental superstitions—and why they're okay!—on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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You Have to Be Proud Oct 19, 2020

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"Imagine you’re in the middle of the biggest moment of your career.
Suddenly, someone starts attacking and criticizing your son. They’re not completely wrong. Your son has made mistakes. Your son has struggled with addiction and bad decision-making. Those decisions have cost your family money, maybe. It’s caused you untold stress, personally. It’s made you sad and it’s made you angry. It’s certainly caused problems for you at work.
What do you do?"
Ryan explains a recent high-profile example of what you should do in this situation on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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What Are You Leaving Them? Oct 16, 2020

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"Someone once remarked to the famed Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn, that his father hadn’t left him much when he had died. Rayburn was quick to correct this misconception. My father, he said, '“gave me my untarnished name.'
Harry Truman would say something similar to his own daughter. The question today is: What are you leaving to your children?"
Ryan describes the legacy you should leave your children on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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You Can’t Be a Hypocrite Oct 15, 2020

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"A few years ago, the Emmy-winning actor William H. Macy was asked for the best piece of advice he was ever given. 'Never lie,' he answered. 'It’s the cheapest way to go. Lies cost you a lot and they’re never worth what they cost.'
But as the authors of Unacceptable: Privilege, Deceit & the Making of the College Admissions Scandal noted, precisely as Macy was giving this interview, he and his wife Felicity Huffman were helping their daughter unknowingly cheat on her SATs."
Ryan explains why hypocrisy is so bad for a parent to indulge in, on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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Protect This Impulse Oct 14, 2020

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"We have to remember that our job as parents, as educators, is not to keep our kids in line. It’s not to crush their initiative because it’s disruptive or uncomfortable or difficult for us. We have to encourage them. We have to make space for our kids. If they want to read? By god, let them! If they want to skip ahead, or deviate from the conventional path? Cheer them on!"
Using the childhood experience of the French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ryan shows how important it is to foster our kids' love of books on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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Where Did You See That? Oct 13, 2020

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"Your daughter gets mad, so she slams the door and screams. Your son makes himself a snack and leaves the kitchen a disaster for someone else to clean up. You hear them say something rude to a waiter. You see them write something offensive on social media.
Before you get mad yourself, before you condemn, just take them aside. Ask them, kindly, openly, a question that the strongman Mark Bell says he always asks his teenage kids: 'Hey, when have you seen me do that?'"
Ryan explains the merits of finding out the source of your kids' misbehavior on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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