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Teach Them to Ask Questions Aug 14, 2020

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"Too often, as parents, we focus on the results. We care about their grades. We care about whether they’re turning in their homework. We care whether they know their times tables or whether they’re making it to work on time for their summer jobs.
Obviously these things are important, but by doing this we can end up skipping over some of the more important parts of the process—and end up missing opportunities to inculcate lifelong habits that are far more valuable than any grade."
Ryan says what the focus should be in our children's educations in today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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This Must Come First Aug 13, 2020

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"Trevor Ariza chose family over basketball. He chose his son—a month with him—over $1.8 million dollars in salary. He made the right choice, although it couldn’t have been an easy one. This year’s NBA season has already been cut short. Who knows what the future of sports will hold?
But for Trevor, in the middle of a custody battle over his 12-year-old son, decided that this one-month, court-appointed visitation window was the most important thing."
Ryan describes how you should prioritize your family in today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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They Can’t Tell You This Aug 12, 2020

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“Your kids can’t tell you they’re having a hard time. They don’t know that they are. They don’t understand what’s happening in the world. They don’t appreciate what the disruption to their schedule, to their school, to seeing their friends has really meant. Even if they’re older, even if they could tell you, would they? Do they really understand why they feel the way they do? Or is it just manifesting itself in the form of frustration, resentment, apathy?“
Ryan talks about how to discern what your children are actually telling you on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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Look for These Moments Aug 11, 2020

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In the 2008 American presidential campaign, Barack Obama famously used the Reverend Wright scandal as what he later called a “teachable moment”—a chance to discuss race with the American people. Ryan describes what Obama did with that teachable moment, and why we should always be on the lookout for teachable moments of our own, on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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This Is Your Warrant Aug 10, 2020

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"What gives you the right? What’s your purpose on this planet? Why do you work so hard, why do you fight for the causes you fight for, why do you put up with all the crap you have to put up with in this life?"
Ryan describes the ultimate obligation of fatherhood in today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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Everything but This Is Temporary Aug 07, 2020

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"You’ve been working for this moment your whole life. To make it into the league. To sit behind the big desk. To command the squadron. To have the power.
It was for these things that you sacrificed a lot, but now you think your family really has to sacrifice. Don’t they understand how important this is?"
Ryan re-orients us toward the truly important thing, the one that's always more important than your job, on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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This Is the Enemy of Good Parenting Aug 06, 2020

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"There are so many sad examples: The father who can’t bear to be contradicted. The parents who refuse to admit when they are wrong. The mom who spends all her energy trying to impress other people. The father who is jealous of his own son, or threatened by the attention his daughter gets.
All these parental failings—and make no mistake, they are failings—share a root cause: Ego."
Ryan describes the pitfalls of ego, and how you can avoid them, in today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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Let Them See You in Your Element Aug 05, 2020

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"What do you think drew Steph Curry to basketball? It must have been many things, but chief among them has to have been the time he spent in arenas watching his dad play. The lights before the team ran through the tunnel. The cheers of the crowd. The pounding of the music. The sound of the buzzer. Seeing dad do his thing."
Ryan discusses how you can prepare your child for life by showing them yours in today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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What Do We Do In Times Like This? Aug 04, 2020

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"So much has happened and so much now remains uncertain. Do we go back to work? Do we let the kids go to the park? Do we stay inside? Do we start homeschooling?
A pandemic raises questions. It explodes the status quo. Suddenly everything seems in flux. Suddenly our foundation has been shaken."
Ryan describes how this pandemic, although unique, is not unlike situations that our predecessors have dealt with in the past, and how we can use their actions as a guide, in today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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