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.

Why do we put them first? Our kids are the most important thing in the world to us,

certainly more important than some

stranger. We certainly care more about them than what some random person thinks or some silly bit

of etiquette. We put up with excruciating discomfort for them. We'd endure anything for them. And yet,

it's our kids whose school drop-off were rushing through because we don't want to be one minute late to some meeting across town. It's our kids whose school drop off were rushing through because we don't want to be one

minute late to some meeting across town. It's our kids who we are shushing and then speaking too

harshly because they're making noise while we're on the phone. It's our kid we're insulting

because we think their clothing choices look weird. What will the other parents think? What

will the teachers say? It's our kid who was

stuck waiting for us because that conversation dragged on and we didn't want to be rude to the

person who couldn't take the hint. When you think about it, it's crazy some of the things we put

before our kids. It's crazy how they're the ones who get the short end of the stick, our short

tempers and our

patience and our short resources, and how naturally and thoughtlessly we hand these things

to other people instead.

God forbid we'd have to enforce some boundaries with someone else.

God forbid we'd have to make them wait.

God forbid we'd have to make someone else put up with some noise on the phone.

We say we love our kids.

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