The Right Thing Is Not So Simple Anymore
“When you were younger, you were brash. You didn’t take crap. You didn’t keep quiet. If you disagreed, or didn’t like something, you said something. We hated hypocrites. We shook our head at the compr...
1 Helmi 20213min
Daily Dad and Emily Oster on Rational Parenting
On today’s episode, Ryan has a wide-ranging conversation with professor and economist Emily Oster. They talk about how to balance your life with children, how to communicate positive messaging, how th...
30 Tammi 202153min
Teach Them How To Devour Like This
“Some parents want their kids to know how to read. We want more than that. We want our kids to be obsessed. We want them to hunger for books. We want them to read like they’re on a mission.”Ryan expla...
29 Tammi 20213min
Don’t Tie Down Your Eagle
“Florence Nightingale was a precocious child. As a toddler, she always went her own way. Then, unlike many girls her age at the time, she wasn’t interested in parties or getting married or fancy thing...
28 Tammi 20212min
Keep Your Head Up And Take Another Swing
“No person has a perfect track record. Certainly, no parent does. We all mess up. We all fall short. We get our priorities wrong. We make mistakes. We lose our temper and our patience. We all handle c...
27 Tammi 20212min
Make Your Name Mean Something
“When Cato’s son Marcus fell at the second battle of Philippi in 42 BCE, his final act was to shout his father’s name. When Cato’s daughter Porcia wanted to prove her mettle to the conspirators as the...
26 Tammi 20213min
Regular Kids Can Do Great Things
“It is obvious, in retrospect, why some of the towering figures of the 20th century were who they were. Stalin. Hitler. Mao. Even Churchill. They had formative, even horrible childhoods that propelled...
25 Tammi 20212min
Daily Dad and Harvey Karp on How to Be a Great Parent
Ryan speaks with Dr. Harvey Karp, a parenting expert and inventor of the SNOO Sleep System, about how people prepare for parenthood, the benefits of seeking out parenting expertise, and more.Dr. Harve...
23 Tammi 202134min
