Show Them What You Love (But Don’t Make Them Love It)

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

4.6 • 630 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2020

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

"You have been looking forward to this for so long. The opportunity to turn them onto your favorite bands. To watch your favorite movies. To take them to your favorite places. To order your favorite foods together."

Ryan describes the right way to introduce your kids to your favorite things, in today's Daily Dad Podcast.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Daily Dad podcast where we provide one lesson every day to help you with your
0:14.1	most important job being a dad. These are lessons inspired by ancient philosophy, by practical
0:20.3	wisdom, and insights from dads all over the world.
0:24.5	Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps.
0:33.4	Show them what you love, but don't make them love it. You have been looking forward to this for so long.
0:40.1	The opportunity to turn them onto your favorite bands, to watch your favorite movies,
0:44.6	to take them to your favorite places, to order your favorite foods together.
0:48.5	It's about seeing that look on their faces.
0:50.7	It's about paying it forward.
0:52.0	It's about opening their eyes to something amazing,
0:54.6	something they didn't even know existed. This is special and wonderful because it shows that you
0:59.7	care because you're not just sharing experiences or sights or sounds or taste, but a part of
1:04.9	yourself. Because these things shaped who you are and how you became that person. But we must be prepared, even expect that they won't like these things.
1:14.5	Why would they?
1:15.4	They are not us.
1:16.4	They are their own people.
1:18.2	And you share many interests and likes and dislikes with your own father, but do you not
1:22.1	remember how different you are too?
1:24.4	Do you not suspect that part of the way you expressed your independence as a kid was
1:28.3	rejecting some of the things your own parents earnestly hoped to share with you? You have to be
1:34.5	happy just having the moment with your kids that you're lucky enough to try. Don't demand buy-in.
1:40.9	Don't demand fealty. Let them have their own reactions. Be patient. Let them come around.
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