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.

I asked my son yesterday, what pair of shoes did he want to wear to school? And he said,

I think I want to wear my hokas. So we grabbed him out of the closet. He's got a pair of Hoka Mach 6's. I have a pair. My wife has a pair. His younger brother has a pair. Built for kids who love to fly. The new Mok 6 from Hoka delivers a bouncy, responsive foam in a sleek style and five different colors. Same snappy ride in the kid or the adult style. It's a light, fast,

an undeniably comfy shoe. It's got a kid's specific design, and the fit will free your kids'

inner speedster for a daily fun. To learn more about the kids' mock six shoe, visit today's

show notes and check it out.

We all have something like this.

Even if our kids are perfectly healthy, born with all their fingers and toes, all have their own issues one kid has asthma another has attention issues this one's allergic to half a dozen

things this one's dyslexic your son struggles with depression your daughter has migraines

this one would just not sleep through the night whatever it is it hasn't changed how much we love

them it's become just a part

of our family as anything else, a reality we've come to terms with. We deal with it. We work to find

solutions. We've taken them to doctors and specialists. We've reassured them a thousand times.

We've held them as they've cried about it. We've held our spouse as they've cried about it and in

turn been held. We've done enough research as they've cried about it and in turn been

held. We've done enough research to get a degree. But what's interesting about each of these

issues is that out there right now, there are people who deny that it even exists. This thing we've

struggled with, experienced, explored that our children have been defined by. Someone else thinks

is just made up. We're totally overblown. Nobody was this allergic to stuff when I was a kid. Kids today are soft. They just need to focus. They just need to get over it. This is painful and frustrating, isn't it? Ignorant and hurtful. Of course it is. They're denying your reality, pretending that you chose this, like anyone would choose this.

A while back, we talked about Mary Philpont's reflection about how she used to scoff at kids who were

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