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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.

Of course, we tell our children that we love them.

Sometimes they receive it, sometimes they roll their eyes,

and sometimes depending on how we grew up and what we saw from our own parents, even just

saying, I love you, can be difficult or a stretch for us. And that's what makes the line in the boy,

the fox, the horse, and the mole, which is a must, must read, and I think a must listen to the

Daily Stoke podcast. It's what makes that line in the book so perfect and beautiful. It says,

sometimes I want to say, I love you all, said the mole, but I find it difficult. Do you, said the boy?

Yes. So I say something like, I'm glad we're all here. Okay, said the boy, I'm glad we're all here.

We are so glad you are here too. Isn't that when you feel love the most, when you're all there, when you're surrounded by your kids at the crowded table that

we've talked about, whether it's for some special occasion or some ordinary bit of garbage time

where everyone is hanging out doesn't matter.

This is the best you think. This is what makes it all worth it. But here's the thing.

It's not saying that I'm glad that we're all here is better because it's easier to say than

I love you. It's that putting yourself in the position to even say it, getting everyone

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