Everything Is A Test Of Your Priorities
We put our family first. That’s what we believe. That’s what we say. That’s the first commandment in the Daily Stoic Parenting Challenge. That’s the advice we give other parents. That’s effectively wh...
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Everything Marcus Learned From Antoninus
Happy Father’s Day to everyone!It’s pretty incredible how concise Marcus Aurelius is throughout Meditations. There are nearly 500 passages throughout, and rarely is a passage longer than a few sentenc...
18 Kesä 20233min
Ryan And Wife Samantha Holiday On Setting Our kids And Ourselves Up For Success
On this weekend episode of the Daily Dad, Ryan talks with his wife Samantha on setting our kids and ourselves up for success, creating space by doing less and building the confidence to remain consis...
17 Kesä 202319min
This Is Why They Study
The point is not to get good grades. The point is not a good score on their SATs. It’s not about what college they get into. College is not about what kind of job they can snag. Success in school is n...
16 Kesä 20233min
They Don’t Learn Anything Important This Way
Think of all the stuff you know. The skills you have. The movie quotes you can throw out there mid-conversation.It’s interesting, isn’t it? You remember more from a two-hour movie than from the museum...
15 Kesä 20232min
How To Be Someone They Can Be Proud Of
Of course, her father would have preferred to be powerful, to be wealthy, to hold some prestigious position. He didn’t want to dig sewage canals or wait on entitled aristocrats. He didn’t want to be a...
14 Kesä 20235min
Their Feelings Are Their Feelings
Some of the things your kids think are ridiculous–products of their imagination or their fears. Some of the things they like are hilarious and weird–the products of their own uniqueness, products of j...
13 Kesä 20233min
Tell Them They Have This
Nobody would have wanted Joseph Kennedy to be their dad. He was an avaricious businessman. He cheated on his wife. He had his daughter lobotomized and sent away. He was controlling and manipulative. H...
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