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're the weird one. The music they like, the radical politics, the unrealistic expectations about money and career,

their lifestyle choices, the piercing and the tattoos, their sex life, their therapies speak,

and their obsession with mental health.

This generation is different.

Every generation has been different than the one that came before, to be sure, but young people

these days, even gender is in flux.

But you know what? There's actually something weirder than all this, something even more

extreme and unprecedented and actually beyond the pale. And you know what it is? It's not loving

your kids. It doesn't matter what they believe. It doesn't matter who they marry. It doesn't

matter what they do in their bedroom. It doesn't matter what color they dye their hair. The only truly unnatural thing is to

not accept them and love them and want them in your life. Parents who don't love their kids are weird.

Parents who judge and condemn and cast out, they're weird. Parents who can't get over what their grown-ass

kids decide to do with their lives, who would rather be right than together, who would rather

listen to broken, angry people online than their own heart than the pleadings of their own family?

That's weird. Don't be weird. Be there for them. Be a good parent.

Hey, you're listening to the Daily Dad podcast. One meditation a day inspired to help you do your most important job, which is be a great father. These are

meditations inspired by ancient wisdom, psychological research, and just great strategies from

normal dads just like you. Thanks for listening. You know,