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.

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What if you treated everyone this way?

You know that your kids are monsters when they're tired.

You know they don't make good decisions when they're hungry. You know they have emotions and urges

and drives operating inside them that they don't understand. Hormones, ignorance, fear, energy,

they can't control. So whenever they do something, your first thought is not, I am so pissed,

it's, how can I solve this? You have empathy and compassion for them so you don't take what they do

personally. You see past the mood and the tone and you look at what's really there. You investigate,

you guide, you forgive. Well, here's a question. What if you gave more people this treatment? What if you

jumped to conclusions less? What if you investigated more? What if you took fewer things personally?

What if you helped instead of writing off? What if you felt pity instead of anger? The answer is that

they would be happier, you would be happier, and the world would be a better place.

We are all struggling with something, often like children, we're struggling with things we don't understand. So let's give each other the benefit of the doubt. Let's solve each other's problems.

Let's be patient and kind.

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