They Need You To Be Calm

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🗓️ 13 April 2020

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

The world is a scary place right now. Your retirement accounts have taken enormous hits. Events are getting cancelled. Government officials are failing, publicly and embarrassingly, to protect us. Nobody knows quite what the next few weeks or months will look like.

But one thing that is certain? Your kids need you to be calm. They need this as much as they need anything right now. Because this wasn’t their fault. Because they haven’t been through stuff like this before. Because they are looking to you for guidance, for an example of how to be and behave.

If you’re freaking out, if you’re letting your anxiety run wild, what will they think? More importantly, how is that helping them in any way? People in the sway of their passions or fears don’t make good decisions. They don’t inspire confidence. They are not their best selves.

Well, this is a moment that requires the very best of you. It requires you conquering your fear, discarding your anxiety, and focusing on the task at hand. It requires you to truly be there for your kids. To make good decisions, in the calm and mild light of good philosophy. This is where you teach them what leadership and citizenship look like. This is where you teach them how to be strong and calm precisely when a situation most calls for it.

They need you to be calm. So step up.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Daily Dad podcast where we provide one lesson every day to help you with your
0:14.1	most important job being a dad. These are lessons inspired by ancient philosophy, by practical
0:20.3	wisdom, and insights from dads all over the world.
0:24.5	Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps.
0:33.2	They need you to be calm.
0:36.1	The world is a scary place right now. Your retirement accounts have taken
0:40.3	enormous hits. Events are getting canceled. Government officials are failing publicly and embarrassingly
0:46.8	to protect us. No one knows quite what the next few weeks or months will look like. But one thing that is
0:53.0	certain, your kids need you to be
0:55.2	calm. They need this as much as they need anything right now because this wasn't their fault,
1:00.8	because they haven't been through stuff like this before, because they are looking to you for
1:05.1	guidance for an example of how to be and behave. If you're freaking out, if you're letting
1:10.1	your anxiety run wild,
1:11.6	what will they think? More importantly, how is that helping them in any way? People in the sway
1:17.8	of their passions and fears don't make good decisions. They don't inspire confidence. They are
1:23.1	not their best selves. Well, this is a moment that requires the very best of you. It requires you
1:28.8	conquering your fear, discarding your anxiety and focusing on the task at hand. It requires you to
1:35.7	truly be there for your kids to make good decisions in the calm and mild light of good philosophy.
1:43.0	This is where you teach them what leadership and citizenship look like. This is where you teach them what leadership and citizenship
1:45.8	look like. This is where you teach them how to be strong and calm precisely when a situation
1:51.3	most calls for it. They need you to be calm. They need you to step up. Thanks for listening to the
1:58.8	Daily Dad podcast. Please leave us a review. It helps. Tell your friends, share this with other dads. And of course, you can sign up for an email version of this podcast at dailydad.com.
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