Welcome to the Daily Dad podcast where we provide one lesson every day to help you with your most important job being a dad.

These are lessons inspired by ancient philosophy, by practical wisdom, and insights from dads all over the world.

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Constantly remind yourself that time flies.

As a human being and as a parent, you can't help but wish for the future.

Even the minds of the most present parents, we wander forward. From the first nine months to a year,

we long for the days when they're going to be able to walk or talk or sleep through the night.

And then you can't wait for them to start going to

preschool or summer camp or their friend's houses. And you're counting down the days until they're a

little more independent, until they get a summer job until they can drive themselves to school.

But the paradox is that once they reach that next level, you wish for the previous one back.

When they start crawling, you wish you could still put them down and not have to worry about them moving.

When they start talking, you wish for some of that peace and quiet that you had before you taught them their first words.

And when they're expressing the independence you

craved, you wish you could bring back the little girl who used to cling to you, who would actually

listen. And when you're pacing your empty nest, you wish you could have that frustrating teenager

back. Eventually, we all learn that cliched piece of advice that is, in fact, the most

important parenting lesson there is, that time flies. You've heard that you only get 18 summers

with your kids, but actually, you only get one. You get one summer with them when they're one years

old. You get one summer with them when they're four. You get one when they're six, one when they're 16. In fact, every second, every minute, every hour, it's the only moment you have with them at that age, which is why you have to seize that time while you have it. You have to constantly remind yourself of that old Latin

expression, Tempus fugit, time flies. Actually, I had a little medallion made to remind me of this

very idea. I wanted a tangible reminder, something I could carry with me, something that

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