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.

It's made you stupid, but better.

The last book you read was Good Night Moon. The last series

you binged was Harry Potter. You know more about the latest scandal at your daughter's high school

than the 2024 primary candidates. You spent so much time in the sun at soccer games and

baseball practice that you might be fried inside. To be honest, your kids have kind of turned you into an idiot.

You're too tired to think.

You're totally out of touch.

They broke your brain and you're better for it.

Because the result is a kind of forced focus on what's actually important and what you

actually have some influence over.

They forced you into a bubble, which, although strange,

is certainly more pleasant than all the awfulness that's happening out there in the world.

You can resent them. You can pine for your old life when you could read the New York Times,

when you visited art galleries, when you had long discussions of substance over dinner,

or you can embrace the crazy and the silly and the single-mindedness of it all.

Enjoy the bubble while it lasts.

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