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 something to work towards.

Have you ever watched someone sit and play with a little kid for hours, like totally engrossed, never checking a phone, never rushing, never getting border frustrated, never pulling the adult card?

Maybe your spouse can do this. Maybe you've seen a grandparent do it.

Maybe you've pulled up and watched the teachers at daycare do it,

or maybe you've watched them calmly, quietly put 10 kids down for a nap at the same time.

The point is, when you see this sort of effortless presence and patience, you're humbled.

It's an incredible feat of human endurance and focus, one that doesn't seem to come naturally to all of us. But that's the

point. It doesn't come naturally. Like all other feats of endurance and skill, it takes work. You build the

muscle before you can use it. Well, are you actually putting in enough of that effort? Or are you just

throwing up your hands and saying, that's not me, I can't do it. Try. Start small and try. Leave

your phone in the car when you come home or decide to play Legos for the next hour, no interruptions.

Write the rest of the afternoon off. Put as much work into this parenting thing as you do with your

actual work and see what happens.

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