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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Do not concede the narrative. None of us come from families that were perfect.

None of us got everything we needed.

Our parents were not perfect. Indeed, they might have been quite flawed. Perhaps they weren't loving enough, understanding enough, accepting enough. Maybe they just weren't there enough. What does that

mean? Of course it means we suffered for that. It also means that we were taught by

example a less than ideal model of what parenting is or fully could be. And that doesn't have to be

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