There’s Always an Excuse
The Daily Dad
Daily Dad
4.6 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2020
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
"There’s always an excuse for why you’re not being the parent you’d like to be, just as there’s always an excuse why you’re not being the person you know you’re supposed to be. Things are busy at work. This divorce has really messed you up. It’s this damn pandemic. You’re really struggling with your own issues right now. It’s been hard since your brother got sick, or since the hurricane struck. You’re just tired, you don’t seem to be any good at this. They’re older now and it’s your time.
But an excuse doesn’t actually excuse."
Ryan shows why those excuses ultimately do not matter 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 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 | There's always an excuse. |
| 0:35.5 | There's always an excuse for why you're not being the parent you like to be, |
| 0:39.3 | just as there's always an excuse why you're not being the person you know you're supposed to be. |
| 0:44.5 | Things are busy at work. The divorce has really messed you up, this damn pandemic. You're really |
| 0:49.8 | struggling with your own issues right now. It's been hard since your brother got sick or since the |
| 0:54.7 | hurricane. You're just tired. You don't seem to be any good at this. They're older now. And it's your time. |
| 1:01.3 | This parenting thing, this life thing is really hard. And so there is always an excuse we can come up |
| 1:07.0 | with for why we're not doing well. But an excuse doesn't actually excuse. You signed up for |
| 1:13.6 | this. They deserve your best effort. They are the priority. They are too important to be given up on. |
| 1:20.7 | You always have to be there for them. You always have to be loving, kind, attentive, and proud, |
| 1:26.3 | no matter what's happening in the world. As long as they're watching you, you have to be loving, kind, attentive, and proud, no matter what's happening in the world. |
| 1:28.5 | As long as they're watching you, you have to be a good example. Of course, there's a difference |
| 1:33.7 | between letting them stay up a bit later than usual because you need to finish something |
| 1:37.6 | or letting them watch more TV than usual because school has been canceled and we're stuck |
| 1:42.2 | inside our houses for our own safety. |
| 1:44.7 | We're not talking about ordinary give and take. |
| 1:47.1 | We're talking about the excuses we make for not doing our job. |
| 1:51.6 | And our job is to be a good parent always and forever. |
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