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

I'm Ryan Holiday, and I draw these lessons from ancient philosophy, modern psychology, practical wisdom, and insights

from parents just like you all over the world. Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps.

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The amount of times that I ever remember my parents being like, I screwed up or I got mad at you, not because of what you did, but because I was stressed or anxious or worried. And I do think

that's a, you're not supposed to present the image to your kids as the parental sage or the parental tyrant who cannot be questioned,

but a person in the world struggling with these perennial human issues and trying to do the best

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