All You Can Do As a Dad
You might not think of Tom Hanks as a father, but he is one. He had four kids, two from his first marriage, Colin and Elizabeth, and two from his second, Chet and Truman. You might not think of Tom Ha...
7 Jan 20203min
Do You Know What You Look Like Angry?
A while back, we talked over at Daily Stoic about one of Seneca’s remedies for a hot temper. Try to catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror some time when you’re upset, he said, and you’ll be appall...
6 Jan 20202min
Feelings Are Not Indictments
One of the things you have trouble adjusting to when you first have kids is the crying. Not just because it’s loud, but because it feels like you’re being stabbed in the heart. We are not meant, evolu...
3 Jan 20202min
A Dad Must Think The Unthinkable
It’s fitting that one of the most important things you can do as a parent would require you to think about a thing that’s very nearly impossible for a parent to even consider. It comes to us from Marc...
2 Jan 20202min
Make Sure You Make Time For Crazy
Douglas MacArthur was a man of routine, most military men are. So it shouldn’t surprise us that he built a family life around routine. But unlike far too many fathers who make routine a form of contro...
1 Jan 20203min
Teach Them Early—When You Still Can
Cato the Younger was not an easy man to get to do something. If he felt it went against his conscience or that it was illogical, you’d have an easier time convincing a fish to climb a tree. That’s jus...
31 Des 20193min
You Can’t Choose Your Parents, But You Can…
One of the best lines from Seneca is that while we can’t choose our parents, we do have the ability to choose whose children we will be. In ancient Rome this was even more true than it sounds, because...
30 Des 20192min
If You’re Not Getting Better, You’re Getting Worse
It’s a sad sight when you see a dad who has clearly stopped trying. He puts on weight. He checks out of his marriage. Maybe he starts drinking more. He resigns himself to the fact that he hates his jo...
27 Des 20192min
