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.

Let them be who they are.

We should always try to learn from parents who have had it harder than us,

who have really been through the ringer. And if you haven't watched Brandon Bullwheres deeply moving

viral testimony about his struggles with his transgender daughter, you should really take the

time to watch it because it teaches us some very hard one lessons

that can save us untold pain.

And to talk about transgenderism here is not to make a political point.

And actually, I would say if hearing the word transgender here is making you feel something

political, then you should definitely watch the video that I'm talking about because it has something to teach you specifically.

Bullware is the son of a minister. He's an avowed Christian man, a husband and a father of four children.

And in the video, he tells the lawmakers that he long tried out of fear and love and a desire to protect to keep his child

from wearing girl clothes and playing on girls' teams. Then one day he comes home and he sees his

kid in a dress asking to go play with the neighbors. It's time for dinner, he says. But if I go put on

boy clothes, she says, can I play with them? And that's when it hits the father.

He'd accidentally taught his child that not being who they were was a way to be rewarded.

She thought that silencing her spirit was what her father wanted. And she wasn't totally

incorrect. What Bullware so beautifully communicates in his brief

testimony is a lesson for all parents, no matter their child's gender. Let them have their

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