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 will they learn from this? Right now, you and your family are stuck at home, or you are trying

to dig yourself out of the wreckage of a situation that wasn't your fault that is stressful,

confusing, and overwhelming. There is a lot that is uncertain right now, a lot that we just don't

know. But one thing is a given. Your kids are watching you in this moment.

They might not be in school. They might think that this is time off from learning, but in fact,

they're being taught a lot. And you are the teacher. The question is, what will the lesson be?

What are you showing them? Some dads, right, at this very moment,

are teaching their children that people fall apart when things get tough. Some are teaching them

terrible things about how they treat women or other people. Some are teaching them a lifelong

habit of anxiety and fear. Some are teaching them to stick their heads in the sand and to be selfish, to be reckless,

or to veg out and waste time. There's no way that's what you want to be doing. Instead,

you've got to teach them how to be courageous. You have to show them that difficulties are

actually opportunities to step up for the family, for the neighbors, and for the country.

Show them what preparation looks like, what calmness under pressure gets you. Show them that there

is always something they can be doing and that no one should waste time in this life, even when

stuck indoors. Teach them that they can get through this, that they can be better for having

experienced something like that.

The most important lesson to teach them is that learning never stops.

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