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 Holliday, 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. Why don't you know? By now you've

almost certainly lost count of how many questions you've been asked by your kids. From the

moment they can talk,

that's what fatherhood is, answering questions. Some you can't wait for them to ask, some you

hope they'll never ask, or ask their mom, some so absurdly, brilliantly childlike that you could

have never guessed they were coming in a million years. Samuel Edison, the father of Thomas Edison, once

remarked of his son, who few thought was a genius as a child, that Thomas was forever asking me

questions and when I would tell him I didn't know, he would say, why don't you know?

Out of the mouths of babes. What a perfect indictment expressed so innocently your kid is five or

thirteen or thirty but you are much older it makes sense that they don't know things but you

you don't have an excuse too many of us let our curiosity atrophy as we get older we We close our minds the minute we close our last

textbooks. And kids are a great reminder that our learning should never cease, that we should

never be satisfied not knowing the answers to things, or at the very least knowing where to find

the answers. If we want our kids to have everything is figure outable mentality, we're going

to have to model it ourselves. We're going to have to show them that we're curious, that our

education is still ongoing, that we're constantly questioning and discovering and exploring too.

Why don't you know? There's no good answer. So keep learning. Keep thinking. Ask yourself that question.

If you want to raise a why child, you're going to need to be a why adult.

Hey, you're listening to the Daily Dad Podcast, one meditation a day inspired to help you do your most important job, which is be a great father.

These are meditations inspired by ancient wisdom, psychological research, and just great strategies from normal dads just like you. Thanks for listening.

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