Teach Them To Think and Evaluate
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🗓️ 2 April 2021
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
“Plutarch tells us the story of a Spartan leader: "As he reclined after his meal the Eiren would tell one boy to sing, while to another he would pose a question which called for a considered reply, like "Who among the men is best?' or 'What is your opinion of so-and -so's action?' Thereby boys grew accustomed to judging excellence and to making a critical appraisal of the citizens right from the start.”
Ryan discusses how you should mold your kids minds to question and review, on 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 |
| 0:12.3 | with your most important job being a dad. These are lessons inspired by ancient philosophy, |
| 0:17.7 | by practical wisdom, and insights from dads all over the world. |
| 0:22.8 | Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps. |
| 0:31.1 | They get it better than you. |
| 0:34.1 | We told the story recently of the wake-up call that Rich Cohen got from his son's hockey coach. |
| 0:39.5 | Complaining about playing time, the coach asked if Rich's son was happy. |
| 0:43.8 | And when Rich said he was, the coach asked, then what do you care? |
| 0:48.0 | But of course, sometimes these lessons don't actually stick. |
| 0:51.2 | The wake-up call comes, but we hit snooze. |
| 0:56.1 | Sometimes it's actually our kids who understand these things faster than us. Sometimes they're the ones who have to deliver the |
| 1:01.1 | message we've been reluctant to hear. Frustrated again this time when a different interim coach |
| 1:07.3 | with a kid on the team started giving Rich's son playing time to his own child. |
| 1:12.0 | Rich tried to explain the unfairness of the situation to his son, since the young boy seemed to be |
| 1:17.1 | mostly oblivious to the injustice of it all. |
| 1:19.9 | Don't you see what's happening, Rich said. |
| 1:22.3 | Don't you see you have to fight for yourself? |
| 1:24.9 | But his son shrugged it off. |
| 1:26.9 | One day after a particularly egregious game, |
| 1:29.9 | the two were talking about the situation in the car on the ride home. Does it bother you at all? |
| 1:35.5 | Not much, his son said. Why not? Rich asked, exasperatedly. Because no matter where they put me, |
| 1:43.3 | his son said with perfect earnestness, it's still hockey. |
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