Remember Who Sets The Curve
It can seem like parenting is a rather perilous thing, right? The statistics come at you like daggers to your heart–how many kids die each year in this kind of accident or that one, how many kids are ...
9 Mar 20233min
Why Do We Chase This?
It’s pretty widely agreed that too much of anything spoils a person. We read the cautionary tales of the rich families whose inheritance wrecks generations of offspring. We hear the sad stories of bro...
8 Mar 20233min
It’s A Bad Look
It never looks good when it comes to us via an ESPN headline or a viral tweet. Ja Morant’s dad getting into a fight at one of his son’s games. OBJ’s dad causing drama for his son’s team via Twitter. L...
7 Mar 20234min
We Are All Unprepared
In 1929, William Alexander Percy’s favorite cousin died. Then just a few years later, he lost his mother. Then his cousin’s wife died and he lost his own father. He had wanted to be a poet. He had hop...
6 Mar 20234min
Daily Dad On Saying No And Valuing Your Time
Ryan talks to his friend and writing partner Nils Parker about why it's important to say no to things that you don't need to do, how important the time that you get to spend with your kids is, and mor...
4 Mar 202327min
The Only Thing To Get Put Out By
Jimmy Carter was a pretty buttoned up guy. He was known, even under the stress of the Oval Office, to be remarkably poised. The angriest an aide ever saw him though, came over a last minute scheduling...
3 Mar 20232min
Don’t Get Caught Hanging Your Head
It’s one of the most beautiful and haunting songs ever recorded. The version written and recorded by Sting is pretty good, but the Johnny Cash version? It’s like he was meant to put that track down.✉️...
2 Mar 20232min
Beware The Power You Wield
The things we say to our kids matter. The tone we use, the rules we enforce, the standards we hold them to–they feel it. They feel it profoundly. Kids always have and always will.✉️ Sign up for the Da...
1 Mar 20232min
