Love is Not a Victory March
The Daily Dad
Daily Dad
4.6 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2021
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Ryan explains the harsh reality of becoming a parent, 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 single day to help you with your most important job, being a parent. |
| 0:14.7 | I'm Ryan Holiday, and I draw these lessons from ancient philosophy, modern psychology, practical wisdom, and insights from |
| 0:23.4 | parents just like you all over the world. Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps. |
| 0:33.8 | A couple of years ago, my sister gave our family like one of our all-time favorite gifts, |
| 0:39.8 | which is that she signed us up for KiwiCo, which is now a sponsor of the Daily Stoke podcast. |
| 0:45.7 | I love when that happens. |
| 0:47.6 | The Kiwi kits that come in the mail are just my kids' absolute favorite thing to do. |
| 0:53.1 | I love doing them with them. Their grandparents love |
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| 1:03.3 | gift shop for kids of every interest in age. They can discover the mechanics behind everyday objects, |
| 1:08.6 | learn the science of cooking, explore new cultures, |
| 1:15.0 | practice art and design techniques, all through seriously fun hands-on projects. |
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| 1:30.0 | That's 50% off your first month at kiwicoot.com promo code Daily Dad. Love is not a victory march. As you have already discovered, this |
| 1:39.7 | job is not an easy one. It's not all snuggles and birthdays and high school graduations. It's the |
| 1:45.3 | sniffles that turn out to be RSV or COVID. It was the birthday party that was preceded by a tantrum |
| 1:50.7 | followed by a fight with the spouse, followed by food poisoning. It was a high school graduation |
| 1:55.7 | that almost didn't happen many, many, many times. And all the unpleasant family meetings |
| 2:00.3 | with that, what are we going to do |
| 2:02.1 | with you, teenager? Marcus Aurelia said that life was warfare and a journey far from home. He was a guy |
| 2:10.1 | with 13 children, the majority of whom tragically did not survive into adulthood. He knew this was |
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