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It’s An Honor to Do This Jun 19, 2020

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"They say that the reason people have long shaken hands with their right hands was to signal that we came in peace and we’re not dangerous. They say that when dogs roll over and show you their belly, it’s an indication of trust and deliberate vulnerability... These might not feel like particularly meaningful gestures of respect and love, but they are. It’s an honor to get them, even though we regularly overlook the significance. The same is true with so many things that our kids do."
Ryan discusses the joy of getting close with your kids on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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Show Them Their Hometown Jun 18, 2020

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"Maybe you don’t love where you live. Maybe if you had more money or a different job, you’d live elsewhere. Maybe it is too liberal or too conservative or too damn provincial for your taste. But this place you live right now, with your kids?

It’s their home. It’s where they are from.

And that means something. "
Ryan explains why you should instill in your kids a love of their hometown, on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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This Should Be What You Teach Them Jun 17, 2020

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"If you haven’t watched the TV series Friday Night Lights since you’ve become a father, you should watch it again. There’s a reason that Coach Taylor is so compelling on the screen: It’s because he’s the way almost all of us wish our fathers had been."
Ryan explains Coach Taylor's lessons, and what they mean for all of us, on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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It’s Wrong to Ignore What You Know Is Wrong Jun 16, 2020

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"There is so much on your plate. So much you have to worry about as a parent... So it’s understandable if you’ve been distracted, and you’ve missed an opportunity here or there to make certain causes—certain longstanding societal injustices—your top priority. But that doesn’t excuse it."
Ryan explains why social ills can't just be ignored on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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Here’s How to Tie Your Family Together Jun 15, 2020

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"You want them to listen. You want them to respect your rules. You want them to do what they’re supposed to do, the things that will make them successful. So how do you get them to do it?"
Ryan describes exactly how on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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You Are On The Front Lines of This Fight Jun 12, 2020

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"One of the most insidious and toxic forces in the world is the belief that some races are naturally better than others, or that one sex is inferior to another. Even if there were some slight biological differences that scientists were eventually able to prove in one domain or another—what exactly would it matter? Not only would every man, woman and race still share far more in common than they did differences, it would have absolutely zero bearing on who the individuals you meet in the course of a day (or a job interview) actually are as people. It shines no light on their potential, their character, their humanity."
And it's a parent's job to show their children just how insidious this belief is—as Ryan explains on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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Be A Towering Example Jun 11, 2020

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"Cato didn’t write any books. He never taught classes. He never gave interviews. He liked to say that he only spoke when he was certain that what he’d say wasn’t better left unsaid. You won’t find many statues of him in Rome. Books about him are few and far between... Yet his example inspired plenty."
Learn more about Cato and the example he set for us in today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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Can You Accept You’re Not In Control Anymore? Jun 10, 2020

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"The first thing becoming a parent teaches you, as we’ve talked about before, is that idea of “unavoidable reality.” Each new father, David Brooks once explained, suddenly discovers that they’re not in control anymore. The kids are."

Learn how to accept, or even enjoy this feeling on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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This Is How They Will Learn Jun 09, 2020

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"It was said for all the genius that Socrates possessed, Plato, and Aristotle, and all the sages who learned from him 'derived more benefit from the character than from the words of Socrates.' So it was too for Zeno and Cleanthes, the two earliest Stoic philosophers. 'Cleanthes could not have been the express image of Zeno,' Seneca would write, 'if he had merely heard his lectures; he shared in his life, saw into his hidden purposes, and watched him to see whether he lived according to his own rules.'"
Find out how to be this kind of teacher on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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