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. Thank you for

listening, and we hope this helps. They don't care. Of course, your kids love you. They look up to you.

They imitate you. They want to be around you.

At the same time, it seems like they could not be less impressed or less interested in us.

That's just the absurd, humbling reality of this. And honestly, why should they be interested?

Think about everything there is to learn in the world, all the stuff

that is new and funny and exciting to them. You think they're going to make you their hero? You don't

even have any superpowers. The Hall of Fame nominated quarterback Phil Sims once gave his son the watch

he won as the winner of the 1986 Pro Bowl MVP award. His son was blown away. Damn, you were MVP of

the Pro Bowl, he said. Holy Christ, son was all Phil could utter. His kids didn't even know about one of

his proudest accomplishments. Let that sober you up. Your kids aren't going to care if you are a literal MVP.

You could come home having won a presidential election, and they're still going to say,

can I watch TV after dinner?

But that's okay.

It's not their job to celebrate your wins, to be a fan of you.

It's your job to celebrate their wins, to be their biggest fans.

They don't need to be impressed by you. You're impressed enough. Them.

I think one of my favorite things about being a parent is sort of made me a kid again in a weird way.

So every night my wife and I have a bowl of

Magic Spoon cereal. It's the dessert we have. We try to generally eat healthy, but you know,

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