To Have A More Peaceful Home, Have Fewer Of These
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🗓️ 19 April 2023
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This is an excerpt from Ryan Holiday’s latest book The Daily Dad (which you can preorder signed copies of now!).
To Have A More Peaceful Home, Have Fewer Of These
“These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.”
-Marcus Aurelius
At the core of most of the conflict between parents and children—and so often spouses—is one thing: judgment. We have opinions and they have opinions, and these opinions are the source of disagreement. If we, as parents, would like to have a better relationship with our children, there is one simple thing we can do: we can have fewer opinions.
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| 0:36.9 | To have a more peaceful home, have fewer of these. |
| 0:42.0 | These things are not asking to be judged by you. |
| 0:45.0 | Leave them alone. |
| 0:46.5 | Marcus Areleus. |
| 0:48.6 | At the core of most of the conflict between parents and children and so often spouses, |
| 0:53.0 | it's one thing. |
| 0:54.6 | Judgment. |
| 0:55.9 | We have opinions, and those opinions are the source of disagreement. |
| 1:01.5 | If we, as parents, would like to have a better relationship with our children, there's |
| 1:06.3 | one simple thing we can do. |
| 1:08.4 | We can have fewer opinions. |
| 1:10.0 | Do you really need to have an opinion on what kind of food is served at your daughter's |
| 1:14.4 | wedding, even if you are paying for it? |
| 1:16.9 | Do you need to have an opinion on the way they do their hair? |
| 1:20.0 | Their friends are their friends. |
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