Welcome to the Daily Dad podcast where we provide one lesson every day to help you

with your most important job being a dad. These are lessons inspired by ancient philosophy,

by practical wisdom, and insights from dads all over the world.

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They are going to ask you.

At some point in the future, your kids and your grandkids are going to ask you.

They're going to say, Dad, when there were 200,000 cases and 2,000 deaths a day in America during the

pandemic, what were you doing? And you're going to have to answer. Well, we kept sending you to

school on the bus. Oh, but the schools took all sorts of precautions and you

felt okay about that? Well, sort of, you'll say. They were open, so we sent you. Did you socially

distance and stay at home, they'll ask? Well, I mean, we did go to the store and stuff, you'll say,

because you had to? No, it's just easier than doing curbside. Was it weird not going to restaurants

for so long? Well, your mom and I did go on some dates. We liked the bar down the street,

and we didn't want them to close. Did you cancel Thanksgiving and Christmas? We thought about it,

but, you know, we thought the holidays just wouldn't be fun if we didn't all travel to see each other. So you didn't take it seriously? Well, we did it first, but it kind of went on for a long

time and we just got tired of it. They are going to look at you like you are a thoughtless moron,

because you will have been one. Of course, there have been many failures of leadership during the

pandemic, across parties, across states, across countries and cities. there have been many failures of leadership during the pandemic, across parties,

across states, across countries and cities. There have been hypocrites and overreactions.

There have been mistakes. There have been unknowns. Most of that was not in your control.

What is in our control as parents is what we do. What's up to us are the choices we make,

the leadership we exert in our own families. Are some of us in different boats with different levels of optionality? Of course.

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