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It’s About Being There… A Lot Aug 28, 2020

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"How do you get through to your kids? How do you show them what’s right? How can you make sure they know how much you care about them? That you’re there for them? The answer is simple: You can be there. A lot."
Ryan talks about why there's no substitute for your presence in your children's lives in today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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You Will Have to Take the Lead On This Aug 27, 2020

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"It feels elitist to say this, but it’s true: Public education is built for the lowest common denominator. It has to be. One of the beautiful and powerful things about public education is that it’s for everyone. And to be for everyone it has to average out needs and skill-level and that means neglecting what is superfluous or advanced.
This is not a criticism. It’s just a reality."
What does this reality imply for you and your children? Ryan explains on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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Teach Them That They Decide the End of Every Story Aug 26, 2020

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"As dads, one of the hardest things to think about is our kids experiencing hardship. So maybe we teach them to turn away from the things that are hard, to take the easy way, to forgo difficulty whenever possible. Maybe we teach them to look at hardship as failure, as unfairness, as the end of the story. It just wasn’t meant to be, we might say, there’s nothing you can do about it. What if we taught them—trained them—to see hardship another way, a better way?"
Ryan highlights an example of a Navy pilot who took steps to write the end to his own story in today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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Be So Good They’ll Think This Later Aug 25, 2020

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"The writer Ambrose Bierce was a notorious cynic and curmudgeon. He was also fearless and hilarious and a father. At some point in his life—we’re not clear on the details—he went through a painful split with his wife and the mother of his three children. Beneath his hard exterior, he was a sensitive man, and although we don’t know what happened, we get the sense that it was an enormous betrayal. Was it indefinitely? Worse? Again, we don’t know."
Learn about an encounter that Ambrose Bierce had with his son, and the implications that meeting holds for all of us, on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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It’s About the Right Moment Aug 24, 2020

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"There are so many books you want your kids to read. The books that influenced you. The ones that changed your life. The ones you have so many fond memories of. The ones that speak truths you know they need to hear.
But it’s essential that you don’t rush this… or at least understand that timing is going to matter."
Ryan discusses the patience you must exhibit as a parent in today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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How Are You Embodying Your Values? Aug 21, 2020

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"We talk to our kids about doing what’s right. We talk to them about thinking for themselves. We talk to them about being kind, we talk to them about so many important things.
But what do our actions say?"
Ryan discusses the actions of one brave woman and the example she set on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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A Dad Provides for His Family Aug 20, 2020

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"You remember the famous scene from Breaking Bad. Walter has messed up his life. He is struggling. He meets Gus Fring, who is all the things he is not: Secure. Confident. Powerful. Gus gives him a speech that puts a spine in Walter, that both inspires him and rationalizes everything he is being tempted to do."
Hear Gus' speech and learn more about what he means in today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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You'll Always Worry Aug 19, 2020

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"What is being a father but worry? We talked about that great image from Obama a while back. Being a parent, he said, is a little like taking your heart outside your body and putting it in a vulnerable person who makes bad decisions.
And that was said by a guy whose children are guarded 24/7 by the Secret Service!"
Ryan talks about why worrying about your kids is natural, and how we should keep it to a reasonable level, on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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You Must Be Unreachable Aug 18, 2020

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"You work hard. You have so many responsibilities. So many people depend on you.
Which is precisely why you must work to become unreachable."
Ryan tells us why it's so important to keep work and home life separate in today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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