Don’t Ever, Ever Do This

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

4.8 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2020

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

"Cato the Elder, we’re told by Plutarch, “used to say that a man who beats his wife or a child is laying sacrilegious hands on the most sacred thing in the world.”

Boom. It doesn’t matter how angry you are. It doesn’t matter who started it. It doesn’t matter how many times you told your son. It doesn’t matter that your parents used to do it. It doesn’t matter that some cultures still accept it.

For two thousand years, we’ve known it: It’s wrong."

Ryan lays down the law on why corporal punishment is never okay on today's Daily Dad Podcast.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Daily Dad podcast where we provide one lesson every day to help you with your
0:14.1	most important job being a dad. These are lessons inspired by ancient philosophy, by practical
0:20.3	wisdom, and insights from dads all over the world.
0:24.5	Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps.
0:33.1	Don't ever, ever do this.
0:37.2	Look, thankfully, we're at a place where most people don't need to hear
0:40.7	this anymore, but unfortunately some people do. Maybe they're listening, maybe they're not,
0:46.3	but it's worth laying down again here. It's worth a reminder of what you've been entrusted with,
0:52.6	what being a father means. Kato, the elder,
0:55.8	we're told by Plutarch, used to say that a man who beats his wife or a child is laying
1:01.3	sacrilegious hands on the most sacred thing in the world. Boom. It doesn't matter how angry you are.
1:08.2	It doesn't matter who started it. It doesn't matter how many times you told your son. It doesn't matter that your parents used to do it too. It doesn't matter that some cultures still accept this. For 2,000 years, we've known this. It's wrong to raise your hands open or closed at your spouse or your children. It's unacceptable. You are here to protect and to serve and to love
1:29.3	them, to violate that obligation because you can't control yourself in the moment because you're mad.
1:35.3	This is to violate a sacred thing and once done can never be undone. And let us add to that
1:41.8	since our goal as fathers is higher than most people, to say something
1:45.7	cruel, to wound with your words is abuse too. It is to befal a sacred thing. It is to do violence
1:52.2	in an equally damaging way. And you cannot do it ever. Thanks for listening to the Daily Dad
1:59.0	podcast. Please leave us a review. It helps. Tell your friends,
2:03.3	share this with other dads. And of course, you can sign up for an email version of this podcast
2:07.6	at Daily Dad.com.

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