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.

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What do they hear most?

You tell them you love them, of course, and you do.

But what do you think your kids hear the most from you?

Is it words of affection and kindness and encouragement, or is it those phrases we find ourselves repeating like broken records? Stop it. Hurry up. Come on. Why did you do that?

What were you thinking? Get it together. Clean up your room. Pick that up. Didn't I tell you to stop that?

Quit running. Quit shouting. Why don't you listen? Go to your room.

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