Daily Dad and Nils Parker on the Importance of Independent Decision Making

The Daily Dad

Daily Dad

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

4.6 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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On today’s podcast Ryan talks to his friend and writing partner Nils Parker about Ryan’s response to the COVID-19 crisis, the difficulty of weighing decisions independently, how to guide your children to being their best selves, 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.
0:46.8	As I've said, I think it's super important to introduce your kids to reading as early as possible
0:51.3	in their lives to help them fall in love with books. We're trying to raise readers, as we've said. Well, Radio has a virtual story time platform called Book Chat.
0:59.5	Book Chat lets you read your favorite award-winning books over video chat with your loved ones,
1:04.2	no matter how far apart you are. It's perfect during the pandemic. Perfect if you've got
1:09.3	grandparents on the opposite coast.
1:11.9	The radio library includes hundreds of books from publishers like Chronicle and Simon & Schuster.
1:16.9	He's got stories in English, Spanish, and French.
1:19.6	All of this can be yours for just $10 a month.
1:22.4	Up to four family members can be on the same book chat simultaneously,
1:26.2	letting you share a story with everyone
1:27.9	you want, and you can use book chat anywhere on your PC, laptop, tablet, phone. You can try
1:33.6	radio out for yourself with a 30-day trial here using the code daily on radio.com. That's
1:39.9	R-E-A-D-E-O.com to get 30 days of virtual storytime for free. Again, use code daily on
1:47.6	radio.com.
1:52.8	Hey, it's Ryan Holiday. Welcome to another episode of the Daily Dad podcast. During the week, we bring
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