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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slash Ryan Holiday. Appsumo.com slash Ryan Holiday. Teach them these three duties. Life is vexing,

especially when you're little. As children, we constantly find ourselves in situations for which we have no experience,

for which we have not been prepared, for which there does not seem to be a clear or obvious answer.

Some of these are big situations like being bullied or breaking an arm.

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