Welcome to the Daily Dad podcast, where we provide one lesson every single day to help you with your most important job, being a parent.

I'm Ryan Holiday, and I draw these lessons from ancient philosophy, modern psychology, practical wisdom, and insights from

parents just like you all over the world. Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps.

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Object and redefine. It's hard raising kids these days and it's especially hard raising boys.

Boys are not just objectively struggling.

Data shows they are diagnosed with learning disabilities at a higher rate. They're less likely

to finish high school. They're five times more likely to spend time in juvenile detention.

But there is also a toxic debate out there about what some have called toxic masculinity. Progressives and

conservatives battle it out over sports, over culture, over education, over dating norms. But who does

this help? Not your kid, not my kid. No, none of this helps a kid who is just trying to make sense of a confusing world and

their confusing body. As Richard Reeves writes in his fascinating book of boys and men, which I love,

I've recommended, and we had him on the podcast. I'll link to that. He said both sides have dug

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