Daily Dad on the Balance Being Overly Permissive and too Strict
The Daily Dad
Daily Dad
4.6 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode of the podcast, Ryan talks to his friend and writing partner Nils Parker about how to think about the messages that they’re sending to their kids, how to teach your kids about the responsibility of taking care of things, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | 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. |
| 0:14.9 | 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. |
| 0:26.7 | Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps. |
| 0:34.9 | Every time it comes in the mail, I get excited. My kids get excited talking about Magic Spoon, |
| 0:41.7 | the cereal that I love. I even invested in the company. Magic Spoon is healthy, delicious, |
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| 0:52.8 | your kids eat today. But you can eat Magic Spoon because it's not terrible for you. |
| 0:57.2 | Magic Spoon cereal has zero grams of sugar, |
| 1:00.4 | 13 to 14 grams of protein, |
| 1:03.0 | and only four net grams of carbs in each serving, |
| 1:06.3 | only 140 calories in every serving. |
| 1:08.7 | It's keto-friendly, gluten-free, grain-free, soy-free, and low-carb. |
| 1:12.7 | You can build your own box of their favorite combinations. |
| 1:16.9 | Chocolate, fruity, frosted, peanut butter, blueberry, cinnamon, cookies and cream, and maple waffle. |
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| 1:27.5 | Use the code Daily Dad to save five bucks. |
| 1:29.9 | And thank you to Magic Spoon for not only sponsoring this episode, but filling my belly |
| 1:33.9 | with mini delicious bowls of your delightful cereal. |
| 1:38.6 | Welcome to another episode of the Daily Dad podcast. |
| 1:41.1 | We do our meditations during the week. |
| 1:42.8 | And on the weekends, we do deep dives and conversations when I have time with my collaborator and friend, Nealz Parker, writer, |
| 1:52.0 | also father of a young son. And last time, Niels and I talked, we were talking about outsourcing, |
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