If You Want Them to Do Right
The Daily Dad
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🗓️ 24 February 2021
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
“You think they’re not watching, but of course they are. What else do they have going on? You’re the most entertaining and strange show in their lives. They watch what you eat...and how you eat. They watch how you treat your partner. They watch how you drive. They watch how you treat people. They see your habits. They live in your lifestyle. They feel what you value and what you don’t.”
Ryan explains why you must model the behavior that you want to see your kids reciprocate, 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 |
| 0:12.3 | with your most important job being a dad. These are lessons inspired by ancient philosophy, |
| 0:17.7 | by practical wisdom, and insights from dads all over the world. |
| 0:22.8 | Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps. |
| 0:30.9 | If you want them to do right, you think they're not watching, but of course they are. |
| 0:37.0 | What else do they have to do? |
| 0:38.7 | You're the most entertaining and strange show in their lives. |
| 0:42.9 | They watch what you eat, how you eat. |
| 0:45.2 | They hear what you say to your spouse and how you say it. |
| 0:47.9 | They watch how you drive. |
| 0:49.3 | They watch how you treat people. |
| 0:51.0 | They see your habits. |
| 0:52.3 | They live your lifestyle. |
| 0:53.9 | They feel what you value, |
| 0:55.8 | what you don't. Ha! Then you wonder where they get it. You wonder about their habits. You wonder |
| 1:02.6 | why they don't listen. Do you listen? Do not expect to enjoin right upon men who are conscious of |
| 1:10.0 | your own wrongdoing. the great stoic philosopher |
| 1:13.1 | Musonius Rufus would remind the leaders that he mentored. And as we've talked about your kids, |
| 1:18.8 | we're not only watching as you sped without a seatbelt, but they heard you lie to the police |
| 1:24.1 | officer about it. They see that your room is a mess. They see you throw your towels on the |
| 1:30.1 | floor. They know you snuck a snack before dinner and then you expect them to listen to you. Sure, |
| 1:36.7 | maybe out of fear they will, but their heart won't be in it. If you want your kids to do right, |
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