You Still Have Time To Avoid Those Regrets
On their deathbeds, fathers think about a lot of things. They think about the world they’re leaving to their sons and daughters. They think about how they parented. They think about the mistakes they ...
3 Nov 20233min
Take Their Pain Seriously
We all have some version of this memory: We didn’t feel well. We fell awkwardly on our wrist. We hit our head. We told our parents, but they didn’t believe us…they told us we’d be fine. They told us w...
2 Nov 20233min
It’s For Parents Too
Aristotle wrote his famous Nicomachean Ethics for his son, Nicomachus. Seneca was given a philosophy teacher by his father. Cato too, was given the philosophical education his parents felt the promisi...
1 Nov 20234min
There’s Enough To Worry About Already
Being a parent is terrifying. Joan Didion’s famous line, as we talked about recently, is that once you have kids you are never not afraid. We are hostages to fortunes now, always worried that somethin...
31 Okt 20234min
Can Your Kids Say This?
You are not perfect. Nobody would argue that–least of all your kids. But are you better? Better than you were when they were younger? Better than you were a couple years ago? Better than yesterday?✉️ ...
30 Okt 20233min
Ryan & Sam On Solving The Problem First
On this weekend episode of the Daily Dad, Ryan talks with his wife Samantha on the unexpected things in life we can’t prepare for, the anticipation of things often being worse and solving the problem...
28 Okt 202314min
You Need To Calm Down
Your kids are going to make bad decisions. They are going to do things you disagree with. They may well grow up into someone you don’t understand.That means calming down. It means trying to see their ...
27 Okt 20232min
You’ll Only Hear It If You’re Really Listening
It’s a noisy world out there… and most of us add to the din. We chatter on social media. We chatter on the phone. We chatter over email.Even as parents, we tend to do a lot of talking. There are all t...
26 Okt 20232min
