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The Daily Dad

The 7 Parenting Lessons You'll Wish You Learned Sooner

The Daily Dad

Daily Dad

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

4.8602 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, distracted, or just unsure you're doing it right, this episode is for you. Ryan shares 7 parenting lessons you’ll wish you learned sooner, from why kids really act out to the hidden cost of overprotection. These powerful reminders on presence, empathy, and raising resilient kids aren’t just helpful...they’re timeless.

 

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0:00.0

Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Dad podcast, where on the weekends, we do a deeper dive

0:08.4

and how to get better at our most important job, being a parent. Sometimes in these episodes,

0:13.9

I talk to best-selling authors and elite performers and other guests, but lately I've also

0:18.5

been having conversations with my wife, Samantha, the co-parent of my two

0:22.6

boys. We do it over in the Daily Stoic studio here in Bastrop, Texas. She and I talk about things

0:29.0

that we're working on as parents, things that we're working on as people, and how we are supporting

0:35.8

each other, challenging each other, and like I said, trying to get better at what we do.

0:41.6

Guest or not, I hope you hear some ideas here that will help make you a better parent.

0:47.2

I was better for having the conversation.

0:48.9

I hope you enjoy.

0:56.5

Our kids are actually pretty good with vegetables.

0:57.6

They always have been.

0:58.2

They like broccoli.

0:59.3

They like Brussels sprouts.

1:00.2

They like carrots.

1:04.5

But still, even if your kids eat well, you want to make sure that you're covering all your bases and you want to make sure that they are getting the proper nutrition.

1:13.3

That's why we give our kids some extra daily greens with Haya, who sponsored the podcast for a long time. They've got a great

1:17.8

vitamin, but their kids' daily greens plus superfoods is a chocolate flavored greens powder

1:23.1

specifically designed for kids, packed with 55 whole food ingredients to support brain power,

1:27.8

development, and digestion. You scoop, you shake, you put it in milk or a smoothie or whatever,

1:32.4

and it's a delicious, nutritious boost that your kids will actually enjoy. Our kids have been

1:37.3

taken Haya vitamins for a while and I actually look forward to it. We worked out a special deal

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