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When You Get Them to Listen... Oct 09, 2020

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"We all say things to our kids, just as our parents did. Little bits and bobs of wisdom that we picked up places. We hope they hear us. We hope it gets through.
And when it does? Oh, that is the best."
Ryan talks about E.H. Harriman, a railroad tycoon who passed down wisdom to his daughter and watched her embody it herself, on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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Here’s How to Have Lasting Impact Oct 08, 2020

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"There’s a lot going on in the world, a lot going wrong. There’s so much we’d like to change, so much we’d like to be better.
Where do we start? How about with our kids?"
Ryan talks about the most effective way you can leave your mark on the world—through the way you guide your child's life—on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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Why You Have to Be Good to Your Kids Oct 07, 2020

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"Sure, it’s important that you keep up with your friends. You wouldn’t want to be one of those people that just disappears once they have kids. You and your spouse should get out and see folks from time to time. You can’t turn down every invite. You can let those friendships—the ones from school, from growing up, from the old days—drift away. You can’t neglect your hobbies, either. Work, too…
And all of a sudden, where did your time go?
Remember what really counts more than anything else is family. Your family."
Ryan describes why ultimately we need to put family before friends on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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There’s Always an Excuse Oct 06, 2020

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"There’s always an excuse for why you’re not being the parent you’d like to be, just as there’s always an excuse why you’re not being the person you know you’re supposed to be. Things are busy at work. This divorce has really messed you up. It’s this damn pandemic. You’re really struggling with your own issues right now. It’s been hard since your brother got sick, or since the hurricane struck. You’re just tired, you don’t seem to be any good at this. They’re older now and it’s your time.
But an excuse doesn’t actually excuse."
Ryan shows why those excuses ultimately do not matter on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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This Is the Highest Praise Oct 05, 2020

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"There is one way to judge, in the end, whether you’ve done this thing right. It’s not based on how rich your kids get. It’s not whether they make it into Yale, or whether they turn out handsome or beautiful, smart or famous."
Find out what the ultimate test is, and how to pass it, on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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We All Need to Hear This Oct 02, 2020

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Ryan further discusses the letters that author F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote to his daughter, and what they say about him and his character as a parent, on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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We Are All in This Together Oct 01, 2020

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"It’s easy to forget this. It’s easy to give into dissension and conflict and zero-sumness. Especially now. Especially when things are so dark. Isn’t that the natural state of things? Survival of the fittest. We’re in a war—our genes need to survive. So screw those other parents, screw their kids. There are only so many spots at Harvard, you know. So many spots in the preschool that will increase their chances to get there."
Ryan explains why we need to ignore that impulse to raise our kids above other people's on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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You Don’t Have to Be So Serious Sep 30, 2020

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"It’s exhausting to be a kid. Because they’re clever and creative and you’re not. Because they’re pure and idealistic and you’ve been hardened by the world you’ve seen. Because they’re still uniquely themselves, yet to be beaten down or corrupted.
'Grown ups never understand anything by themselves,' the always childlike Saint-Exupéry would write, 'and it is exhausting for children to have to provide explanations over and over again.'"
Ryan explains why it's so important to get on your kid's level on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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Who Are You Studying for Their Sake? Sep 29, 2020

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"What kinds of books do dads like? Well, according to the displays at Barnes & Noble and Costco, it’s almost exclusively books about war and history. Have you ever wondered why that is? Why did your dad—who maybe didn’t read that much—still manage to get through one or two 500-page biographies each year?"
Find out why—and what you can learn from this fatherly practice—on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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