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**The Daily Dad**

The audio companion to DailyDad.com’s daily email meditations on fatherhood, read by Ryan Holiday. Each daily reading will help you find the wisdom, inner strength, and good humor you need in order to be a great dad. Learn from historical figures and contemporary fathers how to do your most important job. Find more at dailydad.com.

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Everyday A Little Goes Away May 28, 2025

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Our kids don’t grow up at some point, they are growing up.

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Teach Them To Be Tough (But Practical) May 27, 2025

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We want our kids to be tough…but only as tough as a situation calls for. We want them to be practical too, to use their brains as well as their brawn, their words as well as their will. A happy, healthy, resilient life requires a balance of both.

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Epithets For Your Kid May 26, 2025

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What kind of kid are you attempting to move them toward with the choices you make as parents?

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Curious Kids Are Built, Not Born | Ryan Holiday May 24, 2025

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In today’s solo episode, Ryan shares how he sparks curiosity in his kids—using long car rides, AI-read articles, and spontaneous learning moments. From capybaras to Paul Revere, learn how following their interests turns into real-world adventures.

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They Deserve This Intervention May 23, 2025

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Our job is to help them see what they do not see (which is so often how what they are doing affects people other than them).

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They See Through It All May 22, 2025

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They’re not so easily impressed. They don’t appreciate the trappings of your success. They don’t care much for status or seniority.

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Where Are You Rushing To? May 21, 2025

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We’re going to wish it away? Because we think something better lies in the future?

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They Are Not Miniature Versions of You May 20, 2025

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Our job as parents isn't to create mini-mes or to force our interests and passions onto our children. Our role is to support their unique interests, and to be fully present as they explore their own path in life.

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Neither Of You Know It Yet May 19, 2025

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Here you are, today, acting like it’s not happening. Here you are acting like you have forever, like it will always be this way.

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You’re Modeling THIS Every Day | Bonnie Tsui and Ryan Holiday May 17, 2025

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One of the biggest predictors of your kids’ long-term health is how you take care of yourself. They’re watching how you eat, move, rest, and handle life more than you think. Swimmer, surfer, and author Bonnie Tsui joins Ryan to talk about how the way you live sets the tone for how your kids will care for themselves.

Bonnie Tsui is a journalist, New York Times contributor, swimmer, surfer, and the author of Why We Swim, and On Muscle.

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