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This is All They Want

Your spouse, your kids, want you to try. Is that so hard? 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here

How to Decorate

Our own homes arenot for displaying antiques or art but for living. 📚 Books mentioned:  The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris K

Sam’s Unfiltered Take on Ryan’s 50K in Rome

Ryan told the story of running 50 kilometers through Rome, but what was the experience like for Sam and the kids waiting for him? In today's episode, Sam shares what the

Find A Way to Give Them Five More Minutes

Inevitably, it will catch us by surprise. It always does–even though we know our kids are growing up.  👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, a

This Is How You Protect and Benefit Them

Not all readers are great parents but all great parents are readers. We have to be. Turn the words into works 👉 Read to Lead: A Daily Stoic Reading Challenge | Over five

Who Are You?

This is where the core memories are made, where the moments you won’t forget (and the stories you’ll tell) are created.  👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting t

Be Here for This Moment

How did the last month, the summer, go by so fast?  👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: http

Make Sure They Know This

“It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person,” Ralph Waldo Emerson once recounted, “‘Always do what you are afraid to do.’” 👉 Give yourself the ultim

We Came Home From Italy and Ended Up in the ER

Ryan thought the chaos of traveling with kids was over once his family made it home. Then his son was admitted to the hospital. In this Part 2 episode, he shares what the

Rome With Kids Means More McDonald’s Than You Planned

Taking your kids to Rome means showing them the Colosseum, the Vatican, and 2,000 years of history. It can also mean travel delays, brutal heat, and more trips to McDonal

We’re on Their Schedule

It takes forever. For them to make up their minds. For them to get over whatever they’re upset about. This is life with kids, isn’t it? 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift

You’re Going To Need Slack (Do You Have It?)

We need redundancies. We need backups. We need flexibility.  👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society h

You’re Going To Wish You Took This Seriously

You can do this without overreacting. You can do this without being anxious or needlessly stressed out. Treat what they’re telling you with good faith. 👉 Give yourself t

What To Do When It’s Not What You Imagined

We should try to get better at not doing this, but we also should be kinder to our kids when they’re doing not only something pretty natural, but something they’ve seen u

This Makes All The Difference

You wish your parents could have been different. Well, that wishing isn’t going to get you far.  👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and com

What Actually Builds Character in Kids? | David Cross

We spend years trying to give our kids what we didn’t have, only to turn around and worry that maybe they have it a little too good. Ryan talks with comedian David Cross

Maybe It’s Priceless?

Don’t you see how lucky you are? Don’t you see how rich you are? 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Socie

You Are Already Rich

As we chase wealth, we often forget that we are rich. 📚Pick up a copy of Mark Twain by Ron Chernow at The Painted Porch: https://www.thepaintedporch.com/ 👉 Give yoursel

Tear Down That Wall!

There is a wall between you and your feelings. A wall between you and your family. It’s time for it to come down. 👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, s

Be Proud Of This

Whoever you are, whatever you do, you can be someone your kids respect, someone they can be proud of.  💡 We designed our How To Read Epictetus (A Daily Stoic Guide) as a