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 don't want them to say this.

It's a hard world out there.

It's a competitive world out there.

We want our kids to be prepared for it.

More than that, we want them to thrive in it.

So we push them.

We challenge them.

And from this struggle emerges, hopefully, a competent, resilient, talented person who can handle whatever fate in the future dishes out.

Lachter et Emergo, as we've said, and carry with us as reminders.

And this is good, but it's also dangerous.

Because while it's true we're trying to raise adults, we cannot deprive them of this beautiful and unique moment that is childhood.

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