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.

Aristotle wrote his famous ethics for his son, Nicomachus. Seneca was given a philosophy teacher

by his father. Kato too was

given philosophical education his parents felt that the promising boy deserved. Marcus Aurelius tried

to give comidus a group of philosophical advisors, and we can imagine that one of the great

disappointments in his life was that his philosophy and his example did not seem to rub off on his

son. Philosophy was not just for monks and academics in the ancient world. It was for real people in the

real world, for parents, for sons and daughters, for people with day jobs, for people with their

own difficult parents. And the great philosophers throughout history knew that the greatest thing one can

give their kids is not a

great fortune or a big plot of land, but a love of learning and interest in philosophy in the pursuit

of wisdom. They need this, but so do you. After all, parenting demands each of the four virtues from us,

courage and discipline and justice and wisdom. It requires that we be philosophical in the more

colloquial sense, too,

understanding the big picture, being thoughtful always, always knowing what to do. And anyway,

if you're trying to be a more philosophical parent or you want to teach philosophy to your kids,

you might enjoy the class called Stoicism 101, ancient philosophy for your actual life. It's great

for parents. It's great for families to take together. Stoicism 101 is a 10-day course designed to teach you how to apply stoicism in your actual life. And whether this is the first time you're hearing about stoicism or you've been studying it for years, there is no role, as Mark Serrealis wrote, so well-suited to philosophy as the one you happen to be in right now. The role of the parent, the role of the spouse, the role of the dad stuck in traffic with a car full of kids, the role of a mom running with a double stroller through the airport to catch a flight, the role of a teenager in high school, starting your first job, whatever. There is no rule not suited to philosophy. There is no role in which Doicism 101, ancient philosophy for your actual life will not make you, your family, and your life better. So I'd love to have you join us. You can sign up right now at dailystoic.com slash 101. It's an awesome two-week deep dive into how you can use Stoicism, what the Stoics do, and don't do what matters about them,

what you need to know, what you can actually use to make you better at your most important job.

I'd love to have you join us.

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