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.

I asked my son yesterday, what pair of shoes did he want to wear to school? And he said,

I think I want to wear my hokas. So we grabbed him out of the closet. He's got a pair of Hoka Mach 6's. I have a pair. My wife has a pair. His younger brother has a pair. Built for kids who love to fly. The new Mach 6 from Hoka delivers a bouncy foam in a sleek style and five different colors. Same snappy ride in the kid or the adult style. It's a light, fast,

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Even the powerful are powerless.

It doesn't matter what you do.

It doesn't matter how tough you are.

It doesn't matter how powerful you are. It doesn't matter how powerful you are.

All of us, now that we have kids, are vulnerable. Not just vulnerable in the sense that we're all hostages to fate, as we've said before, but vulnerable to these kids specifically.

They have us wrapped around their fingers. Mark Twain was once invited to give a toast to a gathering of the great Civil War heroes in New York. He could have chosen any topic, but Twain always looking

for the unexpected and the humorous, chose babies. When it comes to our children, we stand on

common ground, he said, facing Sherman and Grant and hundreds of other officers who had all

bravely served under fire. You could face the death storm at Donaldson and Vicksburg and give

back blow for blow, Twain said with a smile. But when he clawed at your whiskers and pulled your hair

and twisted your nose, you had to take it. He was reminding them and us that we are all at the mercy of our children.

They are the great equalizer, not just within families but also between families.

The multimillionaire and the middle class moms stand on common ground in front of their toddler.

You and the president, especially this president, worry constantly about your children,

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