Welcome to the Daily Dad podcast where we provide one lesson every day to help you with your

most important job being a dad. These are lessons inspired by ancient philosophy, by practical

wisdom, and insights from dads all over the world.

Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps.

It's about the right moment. There are so many books you want your kids to read, the books that

influenced you, the ones that changed your life, the ones you have so many fond memories of,

the ones that speak truths you know they need to hear. But it's essential that you don't rush this,

or at least understand that timing is going to matter. There is a select group of writers, the great

Stefan Zweig once wrote,

who are accessible to anyone at whatever age or stage in life, Homer, Shakespeare, Gerta,

Balzac, Tolstoy. And then there are those whose significance is not properly revealed until a

particular moment. Maybe your kids can understand Ender's game at 11, or maybe they won't be able to

until they're 17. Maybe they get the message of the Great Gatsby in high school, or maybe it's

something you'll have to read as a kind of family book club later on. Maybe they'll take to poetry

early. Maybe they won't. Maybe they'll love the little prince as much as you did, or Charlotte's

Webb,

or maybe tonight is just not the night. Zouig writes that he was 20 when he first picked up Montaigne's

essays, an incomparable book that you must read, but that he had little idea of what to do with it.

It wasn't until the last year of his life after two world wars and a forced exile that Swig picked

Montana back up, the connection was instant, the impact was enormous, because the moment was

right. Remember, our goal here is to raise readers, but like gardening, there is a time and a season,

and most of all, a need for patience. And if you are looking for some

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