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.

You can't let this happen. These are crazy times. Crazy people are in charge. Crazy things are happening. And it's enough to

terrify any parent. It's enough to discourage the most hopeful person. Well, guess what? You don't get to be

scared. You don't get to be discouraged. And most importantly, you don't get to be crazy either.

You're the person your kids look to and

look up to. You must keep an even keel. You must keep going. You must not get dragged down or

radicalized or despair. We quote Mike Duncan's episode from the Daily Stoic podcast quite a lot.

You can listen to that. I'll link to it. But he said, speaking of the era where the Roman Republic collapsed, he said that his definition of Stoicism was

saying, the winds may howl, but I will not be swept away. This is what every parent has to say

in every era. What we do is too important. The stakes are too high. We have our kids to think about.

So we must keep our wits and our hopes and our courage about are too high, we have our kids to think about, so we must keep

our wits and our hopes and our courage about us. Now and forever. Hey, thanks for listening to the Daily Dad podcast.

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