You Don’t Have to Be So Serious
The Daily Dad
Daily Dad
4.6 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2020
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
"It’s exhausting to be a kid. Because they’re clever and creative and you’re not. Because they’re pure and idealistic and you’ve been hardened by the world you’ve seen. Because they’re still uniquely themselves, yet to be beaten down or corrupted.
'Grown ups never understand anything by themselves,' the always childlike Saint-Exupéry would write, 'and it is exhausting for children to have to provide explanations over and over again.'"
Ryan explains why it's so important to get on your kid's level on today's Daily Dad Podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Dad podcast where we provide one lesson every day to help you with your |
| 0:14.1 | most important job being a dad. These are lessons inspired by ancient philosophy, by practical |
| 0:20.3 | wisdom, and insights from dads all over the world. |
| 0:24.5 | Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps. |
| 0:33.1 | You don't have to be so serious. It's exhausting to be a kid because they're clever and creative and you're not. |
| 0:41.0 | Because they're pure and idealistic and you've been hardened by the world you've seen, |
| 0:45.5 | because they're still uniquely themselves yet to be beaten down or corrupted. |
| 0:51.2 | Grownups never understand anything by themselves. The always childlike author of |
| 0:56.9 | the Little Prince writes, and it is exhausting for children to have to provide explanations over and over |
| 1:03.5 | again. What he's talking about, what we're talking about is whimsy. We're talking about not being |
| 1:09.7 | so damn literal or cynical or responsible all the time. We're talking about not being so damn literal or cynical or responsible all the time. |
| 1:13.0 | We're talking about going with the flow, really getting into the moment. Okay, so we're both |
| 1:18.1 | plain monster trucks who are drinking water. Oh, you and your friend are going to dig a hold |
| 1:22.2 | to China. Oh, you and your political club at school think that a wealth tax and the Green New Deal will work. |
| 1:28.8 | Just go with it. Let them explore. Better explore it with them. Don't intrude. Don't make them explain. |
| 1:34.8 | Don't tell them why they're wrong. It's not so serious. In fact, by making everything serious, you're being exhausting for you and for them. |
| 1:45.1 | So let it go. |
| 1:47.5 | Try to understand. |
| 1:50.7 | Hey, thanks for listening to the Daily Dad podcast. |
| 1:54.9 | You can get this via email every day as well at Daily Dad.com. |
| 1:57.4 | Please leave us a review in iTunes. |
| 2:01.7 | Most importantly, if you know any dads or parents who would benefit from these messages, please spread the word. Thanks. |
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