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The Daily Dad

They’re Coming For You

The Daily Dad

Daily Dad

Relationships, Education, Dads, Parenting, Ryan Holiday, Fatherhood, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Wisdom, Kids & Family

4.6630 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Pretty soon, those little kids will not be so little. They will not even be kids.


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0:00.0

I did a talk outside of Atlanta last week, Lake O'Connie, I think. Anyways, I was doing a talk, and I got up on stage wearing one of my new sweaters from Quince. It was this sort of black, thick, cable net sweater. Looked great. Felt great. And they're kind of my new thing. I've been wearing them all the time. If you've seen me in any one of my talks or maybe even some of the B-roll I sometimes shoot beforehand, you've probably seen me in some Quince stuff.

0:25.9

Quince has awesome stuff. Premium fabrics, great design, everyday essentials that hold up well,

0:32.4

are comfortable and look great. Basically, what they do is they make high-quality fashion staples, kind of like

0:39.5

a company I used to work for, by working directly with top factories and cutting out the middlemen.

0:44.5

You're not paying for the brand markup or fancy retail margins, just quality clothing. Stop over-complicating

0:52.0

your wardrobe. You don't need a closet full of options. You just need a few pieces that actually work. And right now, you can go to quince.com slash daily dad for free shipping and 365 day returns. That's a full year to build your wardrobe and love it and you will. And it's now available in Canada, too. Don't keep settling for clothes that don't last.

1:12.3

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you sign up for your one dollar a month trial at shopify dot com slash setup welcome to the daily dad

1:58.5

podcast where we provide one lesson every single day to help you with your most important job, being a parent.

2:07.9

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

2:20.3

for listening, and we hope this helps. They're coming for you. It might feel like it's a long

2:28.5

way off, but it isn't. Pretty soon they'll be reaching for it. Those little kids will not be little.

2:34.7

They will not even be kids.

2:37.0

They'll take a bite of your food, then half your sandwich.

2:40.1

They'll take your glasses for your favorite stuffed animal.

2:42.9

They'll commandeer the remote.

2:44.9

The dad tax becomes the teenager tax as they eat everything in your pantry.

2:49.8

They'll be fitting into and stealing your clothes.

2:52.8

They'll ask for the car keys. They'll need that money you'd been putting into their college funds.

2:58.5

They're coming for you, and they're coming sooner than you think. Tempice fugit, as they say, time flies.

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