As A Father, This Is Your One Job Today
Your job today as a father is to do one thing. It’s to read this poem, which dates back to 1895, and then to think about how to incorporate its lessons into how you raise your kids. Ignore the gendere...
7 Heinä 20234min
Give Them This Ambition
We try to inspire our kids. We try to motivate them. We try to incentivize them. We want them to care about winning–that’s why we push them into sports. We want them to go to a good college–that’s why...
6 Heinä 20232min
Of All The Things To Be Extra About, This Is It
It’s clear some parents take things too far. They push their kids too hard in sports. They push them too hard in school. They solve every problem for them, indulge every whim and desire, shelter them ...
5 Heinä 20233min
Don’t Tie Down Your Eagle
When a young Florence Nightingale began making moves toward volunteering in hospitals, her aristocratic parents were horrified. It had been difficult enough raising a precocious child. Now she wanted ...
4 Heinä 20232min
Great Is Not The Same As Good
We watch sports with our kids. That’s greatness, we say of some 4th quarter comeback win. They’re the G.O.A.T, we explain–the greatest to ever do it. We talk to our kids about the work that went into ...
3 Heinä 20233min
Ryan And Wife Samantha Holiday On Being Present And Doing Less
On this weekend episode of the Daily Dad, Ryan talks with his wife Samantha on doing less by saying no, physically being present and the cost of every opportunity. ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email...
1 Heinä 202319min
Nobody Wins A Battle Of Wills
Because you’re in charge, because you’re so much bigger and stronger and smarter, it’s easy to get trapped into a battle of wills with your kids. Don’t do that or else! Because I said so. Oh, you thin...
30 Kesä 20232min
Nothing is Better Than This. Prioritize Accordingly.
Is there anything better than the feeling of your kid’s head on your chest? Them running towards you at pick up time? Seeing their name pop up as an incoming call on your phone? Them asking for advice...
29 Kesä 20233min
