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.

Now is the time. Right now. Your kids are always listening.

That's true.

They'll always look to see what you're doing and learn from you.

Nell Painter learning from her mother's career change late in life is proof of that,

as we've talked about.

But it's also a fact that when they're young, they're much more impressionable.

They can pick up languages earlier.

They have fewer habits.

They have seen less.

For just as seals leave their impression in soft wax, Plutarch would write,

so are lessons impressed upon the minds of children while they are young.

Another way to see this might be that every day that passes your kids become less and less open to learning. Hasn't that proven true in your own life?

When you were younger, there was so much more to experiment with, to try, in an openness to do

it as well. But as you aged, this slowly changed, and you became more and more sure, less and less

flexible. Okay, so now is the time. Now is the time for both of you to practice good habits,

to read good books, to explore new things, to listen to new ideas, to make hard choices,

to review what is right. You'll never have a better chance to teach them than

right now. You'll never have a softer target or a wider opening. You can't afford to wait.

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