This is How to Connect with Them
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🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in America—a day we reflect on his life and legacy. One particular lesson from Dr. King can help us better connect with our kids each day.
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| 0:39.8 | most important job, being a parent. I'm Ryan Holiday, and I draw these lessons from ancient |
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| 1:00.0 | When Martin Luther King Jr. took over his first church in Montgomery, he insisted on a small |
| 1:06.3 | social shift after his sermons, and it was immediately noticed. As he mingled with his parishioners on |
| 1:12.0 | Sundays, he wouldn't ask them what they were doing, the way previous pastors had. Instead, |
| 1:17.2 | he looked them in the eye and said, how are you doing? In the segregated south, where |
| 1:23.1 | opportunities were short and times were tough, the implications of the former question made people |
| 1:27.8 | uncomfortable, made them insecure. But to be asked how they were doing, how they were feeling, |
| 1:34.5 | whether they were okay, that meant everything. It was a subtle and generous bit of social grace, |
| 1:40.6 | one of many that made King such a great leader. It's also something we can pick up on as parents. |
| 1:47.3 | Our kid comes home from school. Did you ask them how they did on their math test, or did you |
| 1:52.7 | inquire how they feel about it? Did you ask your college-age daughter if she's picked a career yet, |
| 1:59.9 | yet being loaded with implications, |
| 2:02.8 | or can you just talk to her about her interests? You can say, what did you do? Or you can say, |
| 2:08.4 | is everything okay? Life is hard enough when you're a kid. Nobody needs somebody assuming the |
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