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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 do not grow up.

We think about it the wrong way, you know. Our kids do not grow up someday. They don't become an adult. They will not eventually become a toddler or a teenager or a grown-up.

Our kids are growing up. Like Seneca's powerful observation about death that we don't die

someday but are in fact dying right now, so it goes for our children. They are becoming adults

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