The Daily Dad

It’s Going To Take How Long They Take

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You can rush them. You can ride them. You can make them feel like absolute garbage about it. Or, you know, you could just...Give yourself the ultimate...

We Are Indispensable (Just Not Like We Think)

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We tell ourselves that we’re indispensable. That our presence is absolutely necessary. And you know what? We’re right. 🎥 Watch Ron Chernow...

Can You Manage This Effectively?

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s not a question of whether your kids will ever feel stressed. The question is how will they respond to these everyday stressors?Give yourself th...

This Is What You’ll Remember Most | Ryan Holiday

09 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan's back from 27 days in Greece, and he’s got stories. A bee sting to the throat, a jellyfish sting, lost luggage, and a nearly missed flight… ...

You Found It. Do You Not See That?

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We have the treasure. This is the adventure. The rhythms of family life. Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and commu...

You Can Teach…And You Can Learn

07 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sure, we can talk all we want. We can have great conversations. We can give them a great lecture. But what matters is what we model.HIYA | Go to hiyah...

Who Is Actually The Important One?

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You think you’re a hard worker, yet here you are neglecting your most important job.🎥 Watch Ron Chernow’s episode: https://www.youtube.com/watc...

Lead Them This Way

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Not all readers are great parents but all great parents are readers. We have to be.If you are struggling to put down the phone and pick up a book inst...

Don’t Let This Get You

04 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Let’s focus on getting better, let’s focus on learning from what happened—not feeling guilty and awful and like the worst parent in the world be...

A Simple Family Hike Became a Parenting Lesson Ryan Holiday Will Never Forget

02 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What started as a simple hike on a remote Greek island turned into one of the most meaningful moments of the Holiday family’s trip. In today’s epi...

This Is All They Need

01 Aug 2025

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Kids will humble us like that. We think we’re so important.Head to ZBiotics.com/DAILYDAD and use the code DAILYDAD at checkout for 15% off! ✉...

Take The Break

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why do we do this to ourselves? Why can’t we take the break? Why can’t we take the hand that’s being offered? 🎥 Watch Ron Chernow’s ep...

This Is Why They’re Like This

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why aren’t they listening? Why are they so loud? Why do they make such a huge mess? The answer should be obvious: They are like this because th...

Spare Them Either Extreme

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The key is balance. We want our kids to work hard, but not at the cost of their well-being. Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, s...

There’s Nothing Common About This

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We are so lucky. Not everyone gets this.  Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society h...

This Debate With My Son Meant More Than Any Report Card | Ryan Holiday

26 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

While traveling in Athens, Ryan's 8-year-old asked him this question: Who was greater, Socrates or Ben Franklin? What followed was one of those unexpe...

What Will They Remember About You?

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In real life, Epictetus taught his students that freedom lies in wanting only what we can control: our character, our choices, our reasoned response. ...

Give Them This Compass

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Like the Cardinal directions, the four main points on the compass—north, south, east, west—the four virtues are a kind of compass. A guide to what...

Stop Wishing This Away

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

They want to get where you're going. They can't wait until they can get their driver's license, until they can move out, until Christmas… Give your...

Let’s Pass Down This Fortune

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s one of the most unbelievable stories in all of history. A kid is born into slavery and becomes one of the most influential philosophers not jus...

This Is Real Life, Too

21 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our kids will never know what it was like to live in a world without the internet. But we will also never know what it’s like to grow up into a worl...

Can You Change Your Personality—As a Parent? | Olga Khazan & Ryan Holiday

19 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In today's episode, Ryan sits down with Olga Khazan, Atlantic staff writer and author of Me, But Better, to explore how parenting forces you to grow i...

Enrich Them With This

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

They are not stupid. They can handle more than entertainment and silliness. In fact, they’re hungry for meaning, for beauty, for depth. 📕 Grab a...

Ask Them This After School

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As parents, fostering a questioning mindset benefits both us and our children. 📖 Preorder the final book in Ryan Holiday's The Stoic Virtues Serie...

What Would It Be Like?

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Unlike so much of what parenting asks of us, this isn’t adding anything to your plate. In fact, it’s the opposite. 📚 Grab a copy of Small Thin...

The Best Kind Of Time. Period.

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All time with your kids — all time with anyone you love — is created equal. What you do with it is what makes it special. 🏛 All time can be qu...

They Can Protect You Too

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kids are not a burden or an impediment to success. They help us. Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join T...

The 7 Parenting Lessons You'll Wish You Learned Sooner

12 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, distracted, or just unsure you're doing it right, this episode is for you. Ryan shares 7 parenting lessons you’ll...

This Should Help You Relax

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s a scary world out there for sure. Lots of things can happen and no one—certainly no kid—deserves anything bad to happen to them. Yet many o...

This Puts It All In Perspective

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Take a deep breath. Look around. Remember what you have, not just what you lack. Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and c...

This Is Our Responsibility

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nobody wants to be like their parents…or like the adults they remember growing up. The ones who were clueless…or uncool. Give yourself the ultima...

We Must Cultivate This Skill

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

While being a parent is very different today than it was in ancient Rome, we modern parents face a similar daily battle for mindfulness. 📕 Pick up...

This Is What They (And We) Forget

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Things were more straightforward then. Things were easier then. Things were better back then. You’ve heard your parents' generation say some version...

"I Wish I Had Been More Patient" | Ryan Holiday

05 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You can rush them, or you can just go along for the ride. In today's solo episode, Ryan shares a recent experience of riding bikes with his son that t...

They’re Not Missing Anything

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are they perfect? No. You weren’t. Nobody is. Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Soci...

Do You Back Them Up?

03 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We don’t have to believe everything our kids believe, but we do have to support them when they believe strongly in something. 📕 Grab a copy of t...

You Owe Them This

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Resilience isn’t genetic, it’s engineered. It’s built. It requires preparation. Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, ...

They’ll Get It Somewhere

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If we don’t help our kids feel secure and loved, if we don’t give them affection, help them see that they are enough, they’ll find other means o...

Stop Questioning Yourself Like This

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It can be easy to question your parenting. But it’s important, when you start to feel this way, that you step back. Give yourself the ultimate gift...

Forget the Perfect Plan, Plan to Pivot Instead | Ryan and Sam Holiday

28 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Family vacations: where the plans are made to be broken. In today’s episode, Ryan and Sam prepare for their upcoming summer trip. They talk about th...

Why Do We Think This?

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The exhaustion of parenting is real and understandable. But what's harder to justify is why we assume the worst about our kids. 📚 Book Mentioned: ...

Remember Who You’re Talking To

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

They’ve been crazy all day. They haven’t been listening. So what do you do? You get upset. Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, st...

Let's Give Them This Unusual Advantage

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We have to encourage their interests, without any thought of whether or not they might be able to profit from it. Give yourself the ultimate gift of ...

It’s Not Enough To Just Be Around

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Just putting in the time is not enough. You have to put you in the time. Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community...

It Never Really Holds Up, Does It?

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When we see other parents say or do something that makes us pity their kids, we shouldn’t judge them—we should judge ourselves.  Give yourself t...

This Is How You Teach Them Moral Courage | Ryan Holiday

21 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Right now, we have the opportunity to teach our children about justice not just through words, but through action. In this solo episode, Ryan opens up...

Don’t Forget You Need This, Too

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

 It’s always a special kind of magic watching our kids “find their people,” as we’ve said. But why then, do we as parents, not cultivate this...

You Don’t Know Until You Know

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Until it happens to you, you don't really know. You don't know how it completely rewires you, how it rearranges your priorities, how it fills a space ...

This Is The Key To Good Parenting

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

They can see you on the phone…again. They can see you working…still. Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community...

This Is What The Best Do

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Just as Socrates welcomed young minds and gave them space to wonder, we too should create an environment where our kids feel comfortable bringing thei...

You Are Not Enough People

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

 How did parents in the past do it? They did it together. They did it as a village.  Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure,...

BONUS |  You're Not Meant To Do It Alone

14 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Just because parenting is this experience we all share, it doesn't mean that the experience of being a parent is the same. Because what parenting does...

The Father’s Day Message You Didn’t Know You Needed | General McChrystal

14 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In today's episode, General Stanley McChrystal sits down with Ryan for a special Father’s Day reminder that you won’t want to miss. General McChry...

What’s It To You?

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

They’re different. They are like you in so many ways but they are also so, so, different. What is it to you anyway? MasterClass | Get 15% off any a...

These Are The Only Labels That Matter

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It doesn’t matter what gender your kids are, you have to help them raise above stereotypes, backlash and culture war fights. Check out Richard Reev...

When Was The Last Time?

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Enter a world different than yours, without the problems of yours, the responsibilities and the cynicism of yours. 📖 Looking for a Father’s Day ...

You Are Capable Of Change

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You can let this parenthood thing change you. You can let this make you better. 📕 Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to get  the leatherbound edition of Th...

It’s You Who They Deserve To Get This From

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We want to feel empowered. We want to be believed in. We want to matter. Every person wants this…and your kid is one of those people. 📚 Book Men...

Don’t Yuck Their Yum | Jefferson Fisher & Ryan Holiday

07 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Communication expert Jefferson Fisher joins Ryan to unpack why every phase, especially in parenting, is fleeting, share wisdom passed down from their ...

The Most Beautiful Model For A Perfect Life

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s fitting that Marcus’ biggest Stoic influence was his step-father because Father’s Day is just 9 days away! The Dads on the Daily Dad team p...

It’s A Part Of Life

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In honor of Father's Day this month, we're featuring some of our favorite entries from The Daily Dad book—like this one about developing resilience ...

It Doesn’t Matter If It’s True

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Let’s stop getting so hung up on whether this or that really happened. Let’s focus on what it means. 📚 Looking for stories to teach your kids ...

Transcend This Bitter Math

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For all time, having kids has forced parents to make changes. But does that mean we have to lose ourselves, lose all our freedoms? ✉️ Sign up for...

This Is The Real Quality Time

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

 Specially planned days can be special. It’s great to go to cool places. It’s fun to treat our kids. But you know what’s best? Tinker, create...

15 Life-Changing Questions for Parents (In 15 Minutes)

31 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

 As parents, we worry about having all the answers. Being a great parent is actually more about asking the right questions and not necessarily even o...

You Make Debts Your Children Must Pay

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our children and grandchildren will live in the world created by your choices.  📕 Grab a copy of the leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad and le...

It Takes As Long As It Takes

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You don’t have the average kid. You have your kid. They have their own timetable, their own schedule, their own journey. 🎥 Watch Dr. Edith Eger’...

Everyday A Little Goes Away

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our kids don’t grow up at some point, they are growing up. Vessi | Get an instant 15% off your first purchase at Vessi.com/DAILYDAD ✉️ Sign up...

Teach Them To Be Tough (But Practical)

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We want our kids to be tough…but only as tough as a situation calls for. We want them to be practical too, to use their brains as well as their braw...

Epithets For Your Kid

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What kind of kid are you attempting to move them toward with the choices you make as parents? 📕 Grab a copy of the leatherbound edition of The Dai...

Curious Kids Are Built, Not Born | Ryan Holiday

24 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s solo episode, Ryan shares how he sparks curiosity in his kids—using long car rides, AI-read articles, and spontaneous learning moments....

They Deserve This Intervention

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our job is to help them see what they do not see (which is so often how what they are doing affects people other than them). 🎥 Watch Wright Thomps...

They See Through It All

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

They’re not so easily impressed. They don’t appreciate the trappings of your success. They don’t care much for status or seniority. 📕 Grab a...

Where Are You Rushing To?

21 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’re going to wish it away? Because we think something better lies in the future? 🏛 All time can be quality time. Get your own Tempus Fugit Med...

They Are Not Miniature Versions of You

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our job as parents isn't to create mini-mes or to force our interests and passions onto our children. Our role is to support their unique interests, a...

Neither Of You Know It Yet

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here you are, today, acting like it’s not happening. Here you are acting like you have forever, like it will always be this way. 📕 Grab a copy o...

You’re Modeling THIS Every Day | Bonnie Tsui and Ryan Holiday

17 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

One of the biggest predictors of your kids’ long-term health is how you take care of yourself. They’re watching how you eat, move, rest, and handl...

It’s Good That It Went This Way

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If they’d been more like you, you might have had an easier time fooling yourself—fooling yourself that they were an extension of you, that you had...

You Must Seed This Habit

15 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You must seed this habit. You must make sure you water it too and do your best never to stamp it out just because you're tired or because the question...

It’s Coming Apart In Your Hands

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You have it right now. Your child’s childhood is happening right now. 🏛 All time can be quality time. Get your own Tempus Fugit Medallion to rem...

Why Be A Ghost?

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Every parent has a choice: Will we be an ancestor to our children…or a ghost? 📚 Books mentioned:Churchill & Son by Josh Ireland The Daily D...

Do You Give Them This?

12 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The everyday magic. The special little expressions only they make. The priceless moments that make up childhood. Momentous | Head to livemomentous.co...

10 Reminders to Put Your Kids First

10 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, Ryan shares 10 powerful reminders that every parent needs to hear. Drawing from the lives of Queen Elizabeth II, Winston Churchi...

Remind Them This Over And Over And Over Again

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For all time, parents have had to figure out ways to explain the reality of the world to their children—to make their children strong and resilient ...

This Is What You Do

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

They need us. To stand firm. To stand with them. To stand closer. 📚 Books mentioned:Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green HIYA | Go to hiyahea...

This Is What They’ll Remember

07 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Let's make a commitment today: to put down our phones, to be fully present, and to give our children what they truly want and need—our undivided att...

C’mon, Don’t Do This

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

They don’t need our cynicism. They need our affection, our belief, our interest. 📚 Books mentioned:Churchill & Son by Josh Ireland The Dail...

Let This Teach You…And Them

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Books are a wonderful way to slip past your children’s defenses. A wonderful way to indirectly give them advice. A wonderful way for you both to lea...

The Parenting Rule Daniel Pink Swears By

03 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We often think it's the big events that shape our kids, but bestselling author Daniel Pink reminds us it's the ordinary moments that leave the deepest...

The Worthiest Parenting Goal Of All

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

 We're gonna mess up as parents. There are going to be things that don't go the way we want them to go. That's not ideal, but if we can focus on doin...

This Is Always Up To Them

01 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

 As Cheryl Strayed writes in Tiny Beautiful Things, “You don't have a right to the cards you believe you should have been dealt.” 📕 Grab a c...

Aren’t We The Lucky Ones?

30 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It could be easier. But we do have it good. We really do.  Tinker, create and innovate with KiwiCo! Get $15 off at KiwiCo.com with code DAILYDAD ✉...

Our Kids Need To Hear This

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The ancients knew that character was fate and we need to remember that with our own kids. 📕 Grab a copy of Right Thing, Right Now as an ebook for ...

What Is It Teaching You?

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

They need us to be the adult right now. They need us to love and support them. They need us to encourage and inspire them. Aura Frames | Save on the ...

Don't Forget That THIS Is Your Responsibility | Ryan Holiday

26 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Make the decision today that you would want another parent to make. To spare you weeks of runny noses and sneezes.  Aura Frames | Save on the perfec...

Take Notice Of This

25 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It can be so frustrating to be a kid. The corrections. The confusion. Which is why we ought to make a little more effort to balance this asymmetry in ...

Are You Watching Closely?

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As parents we have a lot of power over the lens that we bring to each parenting situation, each crisis, each potential frustration. But there is one s...

It’s Giving You More Of Them

23 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This season of life, as exhausting and relentless as it feels, is also fleeting. 📖 Looking for a Mother’s Day gift? Check out Storyworth and sav...

You Have Two (And Only Two) Options

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

While so much of parenting feels out of our control—schedules, tantrums, illness, life's constant surprises—we can always control one critical thi...

It Will Happen Just When You Think It Never Will

21 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There are some things that do not respond well to pressure. There are some things we do not control as parents. So let’s back off a little. MasterC...