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.

This is how to get what you want.

We've talked about so many things in this email over the last year,

so many goals we have as fathers and parents. We talked about treating fatherhood as a second

chance. We talked about giving what you didn't get. We talked about the magic of the words as a family.

We talked about how nothing is better than time spent with your kids. We talked about how wonderful it is to get them things. We talked about how nothing is better than time spent with your kids. We talked about

how wonderful it is to get them things. We talked about raising readers. We talked about a future

with a crowded table, a family that's close and stays close. But how do you get that? That's the

million dollar question, or rather it's a priceless question because there's no amount of money

you wouldn't spend to get it. Of course, we know that these happy, thriving families don't just happen.

No one is born a great father. No one magically has the patience and kindness of Mr. Rogers,

the wisdom of Marcus Aurelius, the leadership of Coach Taylor from Friday Night Lights, the resilience

of Ma from Little House on the Prairie, the determination and unbreakable hope of the narrator

in Cormac McCarthy's The Road. No, these skills must be cultivated. They certainly weren't taught

in school or in culture, not anymore anyway. And this is something we've thought a lot about here at Daily

Dad and, of course, at Daily Stoic. And that's why we put together this new concept we're calling

the Stoic parent. And in it, you'll learn how to strengthen your relationship with your children

and your partner, react without anger when times are stressful, guide your children in their

education, both in school and as a person,

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