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.

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It's never too late.

Every parent wishes they could have done some things differently.

Maybe you wish you were around more when they were a toddler. Maybe you wish you were more patient when they were a teenager. Maybe you wish you said, I love you more. In her amazing book, Good Inside, a guide to becoming the parent you want to be. And I know I've been raving about this book because it is incredible. I just gave one to two back-to-back guests at the Painter Porch, record the Daily Stoic

podcast. So get it. I'll link to it in today's show notes. But anyways, Dr. Becky writes that she

hears this all the time. She says, there's one question I hear from parents more than any other.

Is it too late? She says her answer is always no. She says because it's always true.

Parents persist though.

She says, but my child is already three and I've heard that the first three years of their life are the most important.

But my son is eight and I already feel like he's so old.

My daughter is 16 and I feel like I've lost my chance.

She says I even sometimes hear I'm a grandparent now and I wish I'd done this differently with my own kids.

I guess it's too late, huh?

Let me say this again.

She says, no, it is not too late to repair and reconnect with your kids and change the trajectory of their development.

It's not too late for you.

It's not too late for you to consider what parts of

yourself are in need of repair and reconnection. As adults, we can work on rewiring ourselves and

changing the trajectory of our own development. It's never too late. It's never, ever, ever too

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