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.

What is your anxiety doing to them?

You're anxious, you're stressed, you want them to be safe.

You worry about what they're doing when you're not there. You worry about their future.

You worry that they might not get into the school you have your heart set on. You stress over their

friend who might be a bad influence. You stress about the cars zooming by your house.

You're nervous about climate change and global unrest and everything else on the news.

You don't want anything bad to happen, to them, to you, to anyone.

In the tunnel vision of your anxiety, these things are all you can think about.

It consumes you.

It changes you. It cripples you.

But can you right now in the calm of morning when you're not anxious? Take a minute to step back.

Think about what your anxiety costs you. Think about it honestly and painfully. Think of the arguments it's created. Think of the things it made

you say no to, the things that might have been so much fun for you and your kids. Think of the damage

it's done to relationships, to your self-confidence, to your ability to enjoy life, to be a good father.

Think about if it's actually making your kids safer or if it's actually taking you away from

them, removing you from being present while you're driving, while you're watching them in the bath,

while you're living your life. Is that what you want to be teaching your kids? What is your anxiety

doing to them? Because it's definitely not helping. The truth, as Seneca said, is that there are more

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