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The Daily Dad

Our Kids Are Outsmarting Us | Ryan and Sam Holiday

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Relationships, Education, Ryan Holiday, Society & Culture, Wisdom, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Parenting, Fatherhood, Dads

4.6 β€’ 630 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 8 November 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

At some point, your kids stop falling for your tricks and start calling you out on them. In this episode, Ryan and Sam share recent stories from raising kids who question everything, think fast, and keep them humble.


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0:00.0

Your first great love story is free when you sign up for a free 30-day trial at audible.co.

0:05.5

com.uk-Uk.were. That's audible.combe. Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Dad podcast, where on the weekends, we do a deeper dive and how to get better at our most

0:21.3

important job, being a parent. Sometimes in these episodes, I talk to best-selling authors and

0:27.0

elite performers and other guests, but lately I've also been having conversations with my

0:31.5

wife, Samantha, the co-parent of my two boys. We do it over in the Daily Stoic studio here

0:37.4

in Bastrop, Texas. She and I talk about

0:40.0

things that we're working on as parents, things that we're working on as people, and how we are

0:46.2

supporting each other, challenging each other, and like I said, trying to get better at what we

0:52.4

do. Guest or not, I hope you hear some ideas here that will help make you a better parent.

0:58.6

I was better for having the conversation.

1:00.5

I hope you enjoy.

1:05.7

If you've listened to the podcast for a while, you've probably heard me talk about my journals.

1:10.7

You've heard me talk about my journals. You've heard me talk

1:11.3

about my one line a day journal. A lot of what I do is about recording what I'm thinking and

1:15.3

feeling and going through, not just for my future self, but, you know, maybe for my kids one day.

1:21.5

I love giving journals, but I also know people have trouble getting started with the journal.

1:25.7

And that's actually where today's sponsor comes in, Storyworth Memoirs. Every week, StoryWorth emails you or the person

1:32.9

you have signed up for it, a memory provoking question that you helped pick. You know,

1:38.2

like, did you ever get in trouble in school? Where did you meet your spouse? What's something

1:42.0

you'll always remember about a trip you took?

1:44.8

And all they have to do is respond to that email with a story. Long or short, it doesn't matter.

1:50.0

They can write it. They can record it on the phone. They can even include pictures or drawings.

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