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.

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Remember who you're talking to. They've been crazy all day. They haven't been listening. They've been doing exactly what they know they're not supposed to be doing. They could have gotten hurt. They could have broken something. They were being rude to everyone around them. So what do you do? You get upset. Every parent has been there,

the grabbed arm, the harsh word, the getting down in their face to deliver the whispered

admonishment, the threat, the look, disappointment. Do we forget? Do we forget who we are

talking to? A kid, our kid. In Athens one day, the

Stoic philosopher, Cleanthes, who you can read about in lives of the Stoics, saw a man talking

out loud to himself, you know, really laying into himself, you idiot, how could you? What were

you thinking? That kind of thing. Cleanthes passing by interrupted

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