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.

They'll come back around. You're sad because they don't like falling asleep on your chest anymore.

You're sad because they don't like the morning walks anymore.

You're sad because they're sullen and hormonal instead of the sweet little companions you remember.

But look, there's a reason that these things are called phases, or in the case of some sleep habits, regressions. These are temporary

cyclical things, or at least they are if you can be patient and understanding and adaptable.

Your kids will come back around if you don't push them away. Your kids will find you again

if you don't go anywhere. The fact is that they are changing, learning,

experimenting, experiencing, becoming who they are. You already know who you are, which is why

you have to be the base, the safe place, the constant they can depend on as they cycle through

or pass through whatever it is that they have to go through, just be patient.

Just hang on.

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