The Daily Dad

The audio companion to DailyDad.com’s daily email meditations on fatherhood, read by Ryan Holiday. Each daily reading will help you find the wisdom, inner strength, and good humor you need in order to be a great dad. Learn from historical figures and contemporary fathers how to do your most important job. Find more at dailydad.com.

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Your Family Routine Is Crucial | Ryan and Sam Holiday

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Apr 27, 2024•15 min•Ep. 1339

You Find a Way To Help Them Learn

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Apr 26, 2024•3 min•Ep. 1338

Have You Given Them The Right Priorities?

Apr 25, 2024•3 min•Ep. 1337

Hold Fast To This

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Apr 24, 2024•3 min•Ep. 1336

What Are You Actually Teaching Them?

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Apr 23, 2024•2 min•Ep. 1335

They Don't Know

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Apr 22, 2024•3 min•Ep. 1334

How To Make Decisions As A Parent (With Stoicism) | Mike Erwin

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Apr 20, 2024•7 min•Ep. 1333

Teach This To Your Kids

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Apr 19, 2024•5 min•Ep. 1332

You Have To Leave This To Them

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Apr 18, 2024•3 min•Ep. 1331

Can You Do This?

Apr 17, 2024•4 min•Ep. 1330

This is Out To Get Them

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Apr 16, 2024•3 min•Ep. 1329

How Many Are Left?

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Apr 15, 2024•5 min•Ep. 1328

Getting Your Kids To Put Their Shoes On | Ryan and Sam Holiday

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Apr 13, 2024•19 min•Ep. 1327

You Must Seed This Habit

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Apr 12, 2024•3 min•Ep. 1326

Are You Building This?

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Apr 11, 2024•3 min•Ep. 1325

You Have to Give Them Access

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Apr 10, 2024•5 min•Ep. 1324

You’re Not Trying To Raise Well-Behaved Kids

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Apr 09, 2024•3 min•Ep. 1323

Never Wish For Less Time

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Apr 08, 2024•4 min•Ep. 1322

Morgan Housel and Ryan Holiday on Raising Well Adjusted Children And Being Prepared

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Apr 06, 2024•11 min•Ep. 1321

These Are The Best Times

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Apr 05, 2024•5 min•Ep. 1320

Try Not To Be This

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Apr 04, 2024•3 min•Ep. 1319

This Is A Form of Real Poverty

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Apr 03, 2024•4 min•Ep. 1318

What If You Didn’t Hear It Again?

Apr 02, 2024•4 min•Ep. 1317

How To Repair

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Apr 01, 2024•3 min•Ep. 1316

The Daily Dad

Episodes

Your Family Routine Is Crucial | Ryan and Sam Holiday

You Find a Way To Help Them Learn

Have You Given Them The Right Priorities?

Hold Fast To This

What Are You Actually Teaching Them?

They Don't Know

How To Make Decisions As A Parent (With Stoicism) | Mike Erwin

Teach This To Your Kids

You Have To Leave This To Them

Can You Do This?

This is Out To Get Them

How Many Are Left?

Getting Your Kids To Put Their Shoes On | Ryan and Sam Holiday

You Must Seed This Habit

Are You Building This?

You Have to Give Them Access

You’re Not Trying To Raise Well-Behaved Kids

Never Wish For Less Time

Morgan Housel and Ryan Holiday on Raising Well Adjusted Children And Being Prepared

These Are The Best Times

Try Not To Be This

This Is A Form of Real Poverty

What If You Didn’t Hear It Again?

How To Repair

Stop Creating Unnecessary Tension As A Parent

Kids See Through to What Matters

This is the Most Important Skill To Give Them

Another Way It’s Tough To Be Your Kid

You’re Probably Better Than You Think

This Is How They Feel