Daily Dad and Nils Parker on Breaking the Cycle of Dysfunction

The Daily Dad

Daily Dad

Society & Culture, Parenting, Kids & Family, Fatherhood, Ryan Holiday, Self-improvement, Wisdom, Relationships, Dads, Education

4.6 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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On today’s episode Ryan talks to his friend and writing partner Nils Parker about why setting expectations is crucial for kids fulfilling their potential, how to deal with the problems that your parents let fall on your shoulders, the importance of breaking the cycle of dysfunction, and more.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Daily Dad podcast. During the week, we bring you a daily meditation of the best parenting wisdom you can find drawing on history and philosophy and psychology and literature to inspire you to be a little bit better at the most important job you have.
0:22.5	And then on the weekends, I have sort of a wrap-up conversation with my friend, fellow dad,
0:27.3	and writing partner, Niels Parker.
0:29.0	We just explore what's going on in our lives, what we're struggling with as parents,
0:32.8	what we're doing well, what we want to do better, and what we've learned along the way,
0:36.9	and what we've learned in the way, and what we've learned in
0:37.8	the last week. So let's go.
0:46.3	Hey, welcome to another episode of the Daily Dad podcast. During the week, we bring you these
0:51.5	short-form meditations on parenting, on how to be a little bit better at our most important job.
0:57.4	Then on the weekends, we bring you sort of deeper dives into those same topics.
1:03.2	Sometimes it's an excerpt from an article.
1:06.4	Sometimes it's a chat that I've had with someone else.
1:09.3	And then a lot of times it's just me talking to
1:11.4	my friend, Niels Parker, who's my collaborator on Daily Dad and a bunch of other projects.
1:17.7	You know, Niels, I was thinking about something we talked about in the other episode. And people may
1:24.4	have picked up on this as I, it's probably the theme that I talk about most in daily dad.
1:29.2	This idea of sort of believing in your kids, being an unconditional fan, supporting them.
1:34.3	It's funny, I was thinking you were probably there for a good chunk of it.
1:38.0	But I had this sort of, because you knew me when I was, you know, like, we probably met when I was like 20.
1:44.8	Yeah.
1:45.0	And you were older.
1:48.4	But I had this weird experience in my life where I was sort of gifted and talented,
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