The Choice No Parent Is Ready to Make | Ezra Frech
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Daily Dad
4.6 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Growing up with a disability meant Ezra Frech was made to feel different from a very young age. What gave him unshakeable confidence wasn’t his athletic talent, but how his parents chose to raise him.
In this episode, Ryan sits down with Paralympian Ezra Frech to talk about the impossible decisions his parents had to make early in his life and how those choices shaped his confidence.
Ezra Frech is an American track and field athlete who competes in high jump, long jump and sprinting events. He is a two-time Paralympian, having competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won two gold medals at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Ezra co-created and produced a three-part docuseries called Adaptive with NBC Sports + Peacock. Check it out here!
Follow him on Instagram and TikTok @EzraFrech and on YouTube @ItsEzraFrech
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| 0:31.1 | Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Dad podcast, where on the weekends we do a deeper dive |
| 0:37.2 | at how to get better at our |
| 0:38.3 | most important job, being a parent. Sometimes in these episodes, I talk to bestselling authors |
| 0:44.0 | and elite performers and other guests, but lately I've also been having conversations with |
| 0:48.7 | my wife, Samantha, the co-parent of my two boys. We do it over in the Daily Stoic studio here in Bastrop, Texas. |
| 0:56.3 | She and I talk about things that we're working on as parents, things that we're working on as |
| 1:00.8 | people, and how we are supporting each other, challenging each other, and like I said, trying |
| 1:08.7 | to get better at what we do. Guest or not, I hope you hear some ideas here that will help make you a better parent. |
| 1:15.9 | I was better for having the conversation. |
| 1:17.7 | I hope you enjoy. |
| 1:23.0 | Hey, it's Ryan. |
| 1:24.1 | Welcome to another episode of the Daily Stoic podcast. When I meet like a young person |
| 1:30.6 | that I'm impressed with or someone who seems to have done something hard or been through something |
| 1:36.6 | incredible and come through it somewhat normal or well adjusted or, you know, someone you're like, |
| 1:46.3 | wow, it worked, right? |
| 1:47.0 | It worked. |
| 1:48.9 | I want to know about their parents. |
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