Before we get too high and mighty about the craziness and selfishness of our kids, maybe it’s time to look in the mirror. Aura | Get $35 off with code DAILY DAD at auraframes.com ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube...
As we approach the end of 2024 and look toward the start of 2025, we have an opportunity to take a hard, honest look at ourselves. What example are you setting for your kids that, deep down, you know you need to change? The Daily Stoic New Year, New You Challenge is 3 weeks of ALL-NEW, actionable challenges, presented in an email per day, built around the best, most timeless wisdom in Stoic philosophy, to help you create a better life, and a new you in 2025. Why 3 weeks? Because it takes human b...
Our job as parents is to help our kids “become who they are.” This is true, but our job is also to expand who they are. 🎙️Listen to Richard Reeves' interview on The Daily Stoic podcast PART 1: Apple Podcasts & Spotify PART 2: Apple Podcasts & Spotify 🎥 Watch Richard Reeves’ interview with Ryan on YouTube 📕 We’re excited to announce that we’ve put together a special leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad just in time for the holidays! Check it out at dailydad.com/leather Aura | Get $35 off with...
As parents, we obviously have to provide for them. Obviously we have to protect them. But what is the job? Storyworth | Save $10 on your first purchase at https://storyworth.com/dailydad ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube...
It’s easy to feel like you’re falling behind when the other parents seem to have it all: nicer cars, stylish clothes, and a picture-perfect life. Today, Ryan and Sam share their experience of moving one of their children to a school in a wealthier area, and how this transition has been a powerful reminder to stop trying to 'keep up with the Joneses' and focus on what truly matters. Loftie | Use code DAILYDAD20 to get 20% off orders over $125! Head to ByLoftie.com ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad ema...
It is not too late for us to love our kids. To love them completely. The Daily Stoic New Year, New You Challenge is 3 weeks of ALL-NEW, actionable challenges, presented in an email per day, built around the best, most timeless wisdom in Stoic philosophy, to help you create a better life, and a new you in 2025. Why 3 weeks? Because it takes human beings 21 days to build new habits and skills, to create the muscle memory of making beautiful choices each and every day. Head over to dailystoic.com/c...
“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.” — Dr. Seuss 🎁 We’re excited to announce that we’ve put together a special leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad just in time for the holidays! Check it out at dailydad.com/leather 💪 Go to livemomentous.com and get 15% off with the code DAILYDAD15 ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube...
When we hold back some answers, it’s not because we don’t love them—it’s because we love them so deeply. Our Luctor Et Emergo Medallion will help you remember to slow down and take advantage of teachable moments with your children. Grab your Luctor Et Emergo Medallion at our Daily Dad store! Loftie | Use code DAILYDAD20 to get 20% off orders over $125! Head to ByLoftie.com Cheesecakes by Elizabeth | Get 15% off your order with code DAILY DAD ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Fo...
This is our most important job. It’s tough, sure, but it’s a thing that soon enough we will miss. We’re excited to announce that we’ve put together a special leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad just in time for the holidays! Check it out at dailydad.com/leather 💪 Go to livemomentous.com and get 15% off with the code DAILYDAD15 ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube...
Your kids like what they like. But first, they need your encouragement to start somewhere. We’re excited to announce that we’ve put together a special leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad just in time for the holidays! Check it out at dailydad.com/leather Storyworth | Save $10 on your first purchase at https://storyworth.com/dailydad ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube...
It's our job to show our kids that they have the power to instigate change within themselves and their communities, regardless of external circumstances. Sharon McMahon, author of The Small and the Mighty , talks with Ryan about how parents can instill hope in their kids and show them that making a difference is accessible. Sharon is known as “America’s Government Teacher,” and after years as a high school government teacher, Sharon now runs the non-partisan, fact-based Instagram account @sharon...
As a parent, all we control is what we teach our kids, what we do for and with them. KiwiCo | Get up to 50% off your first crate at kiwico.com with promo code DAILY DAD ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube...
We can’t just throw up our hands and say, “I’m busy, I can’t deal with this.” Because not only is that not fair to our children, it’s not fair to us. 📚 Pick up a copy of Elizabeth the Queen by Sally Bedell Smith at The Painted Porch This is a paid advertisement by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/DAILYDAD to get 10% of your first month | https://betterhelp.com/dailydad...
Our job as parents is to help our kids “become who they are.” This is true, but our job is also to expand who they are. 🎙️ Listen to Richard Reeves on the Daily Stoic Podcast | Apple Podcasts & Spotify 📚 You can grab signed copies of Of Boys and Men and Richard’s other book, Dream Hoarders , at The Painted Porch. We’re excited to announce that we’ve put together a special leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad just in time for the holidays! Check it out at dailydad.com/leather This is a paid ad...
Walks are parenting magic. Seneca said that the mind must be given over to wandering walks, and so too must you and your kids. Aura | Get $35 off with code DAILY DAD at auraframes.com ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube...
Our job is not to raise kids at all. Our job is to raise adults. Every Thanksgiving, we encourage our listeners to join us in making a donation to Feeding America . Every $1 donated helps provide at least 10 meals. We donated the first $30,000, and we’d like your help in reaching our goal of $300,000. If we hit that goal of $300,000, it would provide over 3 MILLION meals for families across the country. Just head over to dailystoic.com/feed ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Fol...
Every decision we make, big or small, has a ripple effect. Listen in to hear about Ryan's recent experience that reminded him of the importance of encouraging his sons when they show acts of kindness. 📚 Books Mentioned: The Road by Cormac McCarthy Reading For Our Lives by Maya Smart The Wright Brothers by David McCullough Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube...
If you want generous kids, you have to show them what a generous parent is. There is no better time than the holiday season to do this. Every Thanksgiving, we encourage our listeners to join us in making a donation to Feeding America . Every $1 donated helps provide at least 10 meals. It only takes a little to make a big difference. We donated the first $30,000, and we’d like your help in reaching our goal of $300,000. If we hit that goal of $300,000, it would provide over 3 MILLION meals for fa...
Every Thanksgiving, we encourage our listeners to join us in making a donation to Feeding America . Every $1 donated helps provide at least 10 meals. It only takes a little to make a big difference. We donated the first $30,000, and we’d like your help in reaching our goal of $300,000. If we hit that goal of $300,000, it would provide over 3 MILLION meals for families across the country. Just head over to dailystoic.com/feed and together we can make a significant dent in a big problem. As Seneca...
Without awareness there is no choice. How can our kids choose the life they want, if all they’ve really seen is our life? 📕 We’re excited to announce that we’ve put together a special leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad just in time for the holidays! Check it out at dailydad.com/leather Storyworth | Save $10 on your first purchase at https://storyworth.com/dailydad ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube...
Dial back the criticism. Remember: you don’t need to have an opinion about everything. 📕 We’re excited to announce that we’ve put together a special leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad just in time for the holidays! Check it out at dailydad.com/leather Storyworth | Save $10 on your first purchase at https://storyworth.com/dailydad ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube...
Your job is to be and do what your kids demand—what your specific family needs—and not care what anyone else thinks. That’s what the best parents do. HUEL | Get 15% off with code DAILY DAD at Huel.com ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube...
For every parent that has a creative and unconventional career, there is a partner keeping the family unit running smoothly behind the scenes. Holli Herrera, the wife of MxPx rockstar Mike Herrera , joins Sam Holiday talk about supporting a partner with a non-traditional career, the unique co-parenting challenges that come with it, and watching their kids inherit the same creative tendencies. Follow Sam Holiday on Instagram Follow Holli Herrera on Instagram Loftie | Use code DAILYDAD20 to get 20...
They grow out of the wagon and the carseat and indeed, carpooling altogether. Love it while you can. 💪 Go to livemomentous.com and get 15% off with the code DAILYDAD15 ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube...
None of this parenting stuff is easy. A lot of it is scary. But it is essential. Loftie | Use code DAILYDAD20 to get 20% off orders over $125! Head to ByLoftie.com 📕 Gift a special leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad this holiday season! Check it out at dailydad.com/leather ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube...
It all happens so quickly. The real question is: Will you capture it? 🏛 All time can be quality time. Get your own Tempus Fugit Medallion to remind yourself of this at The Daily Dad Store: https://store.dailydad.com/ ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube...
Having kids is impossible to convey to those who haven't experienced it. And that’s okay—it can be a beautiful little secret that binds all of us parents together. 📕 We’re excited to announce that we’ve put together a special leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad just in time for the holidays! Check it out at dailydad.com/leather 💪 Go to livemomentous.com and get 15% off with the code DAILYDAD15 ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Faceboo...
Make the ordinary come alive for them. The extraordinary will take care of itself. 📕 Pick up a special leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad at dailydad.com/leather ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube...
Kids need grace just as much as parents do. Julia Baird joins Ryan to discuss the impermanence of childhood, the importance of grace in parenting, and the inevitable grief that accompanies their growth. 🎥 Watch Julia Baird’s interview with Ryan on YouTube Julia Baird is an author, broadcaster, and journalist based in Sydney, Australia. Be sure to check out her books, Phosphorescence: A Memoir of Finding Joy When Your World Goes Dark , Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who ...
Remind yourself this morning and every morning: this will end. Tempus fugit. 📕 We’re excited to announce that we’ve put together a special leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad just in time for the holidays! Check it out at dailydad.com/leather ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube...
