Teach Them to See the Big Picture
The Daily Dad
Daily Dad
4.6 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2020
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
"Most of us are old enough to remember coming down to find our father at the breakfast table reading the newspaper. It was simply part of the routine, as it had been for generations, of the informed citizen. You read the news. Maybe you also remember them listening to talk radio in the car, or tuning into the nightly news on TV.
While this was certainly admirable, the reality is that the news environment has changed."
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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. |
| 0:33.3 | Teach them to see the big picture. |
| 0:36.0 | Most of us are old enough to remember coming down to find our father at the breakfast |
| 0:39.7 | table reading the newspaper. |
| 0:41.6 | It was simply part of the routine as it had been for generations, the informed citizen. |
| 0:46.8 | You just read the news. |
| 0:48.3 | Maybe you also remember them listening to talk radio in the car or tuning in to the nightly |
| 0:52.6 | news on TV. |
| 0:54.0 | While this was certainly admirable, |
| 0:56.0 | the reality is that the news environment has changed. 24-7 news networks, the decline of objective |
| 1:01.9 | coverage, the internet news machine, podcast, and social media have flooded us with information. |
| 1:08.2 | Most of it is inaccurate. All of it is sensational, which is why it is |
| 1:12.4 | essential as a father today. You adapt your habits and teach your own children differently, |
| 1:17.5 | because now being informed is not about having information. It's about having perspective. |
| 1:22.7 | It's about being able to see the big picture to understand history and context. Hugh Jackman recently spoke |
| 1:29.6 | about his news habits in a way that ought to inspire other dads. Right now, he said, I'm trying |
| 1:35.0 | not to get caught up in the breaking news mentality. So I listen to NPR News five-minute segments, |
| 1:40.7 | and I like the New York Times Daily podcast, although I'm even trying to back off from |
| 1:45.4 | that for a bit. I'm trying to get a wider view of life and what's happening because once you get |
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