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 learn from home.

You tell them to be good, to be honest, to follow the law, to care about other people, that safety comes first. You say these things, but what do you show? It's constantly reiterated that education begins in the home, the novelist Louis L'Amour once wrote. But what is often forgotten is that morality begins at home also.

It also begins in the car seat where many abutting criminal career is born when the child not only watches his parent repeatedly break traffic laws, but hears him lie about it when caught.

You can't say that you care about other people and then break laws because it's inconvenient

for your schedule.

You can't tell them that honesty is important and then lie to get out of a ticket. What is worth more to you?

That's what you have to ask yourself in every situation, particularly the ones where your kids are

watching. Getting where you want to go or teaching the wrong lessons. Avoiding a fine or

undermining the values you are teaching.

A little fellow follows you. They are literally strapped in a car seat behind you.

They are figuring out what kind of driver they're going to be, what kind of person they are

going to be right now, watching you as you go through the world. They learn from home,

they learn in the car, they learn from dad. So do the right

thing and show them that you mean what you say. And thou shall teach by example. That's one of the

first commandments and our ten commandments for being a great parent. We'd love to have you take this

challenge with us. You can do that at dailystoke.com slash parent.

You're listening to a daily dad podcast, one meditation a day inspired to help you do your most important job, which is be a great father. These are meditations inspired by ancient

wisdom, psychological research, and just great strategies from normal dads just like you.

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