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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Don't give them an ego. You love your kids more than anything. You think they're God's gift,

which they are to you. You want them to know how you feel about them. You feel bad when they feel bad about themselves.

And these are all perfectly healthy and laudable feelings. At the same time, we have to make sure

we're not puffing up their ego with our endless praise and our very natural bias towards their

virtues and blindness to their vices. Seneca knew that this balance was not easy. It isn't for any parent.

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