The Daily Dad

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...

"You Can't Parent Without Hope" | Maggie Smith

19 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The world is at least fifty percent terrible, and that’s a conservative estimate, though I keep this from my children," writes Maggie Smith in her ...

Play The Games. They’re The Best.

18 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The little things bring us together. The little moments of joy and silliness. PESTIE | Protect your home from bugs with Pestie. Go to pestie.com/dad ...

Isn’t This What Parenting Is All About?

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Meditations is a parenting book—one of the greatest ever written. Because at its core, it's about the transmission of wisdom and values from one gen...

What Are They Giving You?

16 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Stoics remind us that everything has its compensation…if we choose to see it, if we choose to welcome it. Tushbaby is here to make parenting a ...

What If It Was One Of Yours?

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We have to remember that courage and justice—the two most essential Stoic virtues—demand that we open our hearts and direct our actions at a sligh...

This Is One Of The Only Times

14 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

These are the moments we have to hold onto—the ones we have to carry with us for all the times when it feels like we’re falling short, when life f...

A Special Father-Son Afternoon | Ryan Holiday Takes His Son To Hamilton

12 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tag along as Ryan takes his oldest son to see Hamilton—his latest obsession. In this episode, Ryan reflects on how the father-son outing went, why i...

Are You Wearing This Mask?

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We wear any number of masks—one that covers up our pain, our fears, our doubts, perhaps even one that displays the person that we truly are.  📖...

It’s An Almost Holy Thing

10 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If you’re not careful, you’ll miss it.  🎥 Watch Josh Brolin's FULL episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ-6PW-CsdE 💪 Go to livemomen...

Play The Games…While You Can

09 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Every family has them. The small but special little exchanges. 🏛 All time can be quality time. Get your own Tempus Fugit Medallion to remind yours...

This Is What To Wish For

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You have, right now, what your future self desires. Focus on what’s right in front of you. 💪 Go to livemomentous.com  and use promo code DAILYD...

This Reminds You How Lucky You Are

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Yeah, these kids are crazy. Yeah, they are a lot…and take a lot out of us. But aren’t they also the best? 📚 Grab a copy of Small Things Like T...

Your Kids See More Than You Think | Ryan Holiday

05 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's the little things we do every day that shape our kids in big ways. In today’s episode, Ryan shares 7 powerful ways to lead by example and becom...

Teach Them To Make It Beautiful

04 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We only get one go at this thing called existence. We have to show them what happens when you take the time to do things right. 📕 Grab a copy of t...

It’s Amazing For Them

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It can be thankless. It is tough. It pushes you in ways you never could have imagined. Should it really surprise us that people are having fewer kids?...

We Can’t Lie Like This

02 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s tempting to think that we’re protecting their belief in the world and in humanity by shielding them from the horrors of the past, but real ho...

Take It While You Can

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

However old they are, whatever the activity is. Do it now. MasterClass | Get 15% off any annual membership at MasterClass.com/RYANHOLIDAY ✉️ Si...

We Can Love The Game

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

They think they are sneaky but they are absolutely horrible at it. They have absolutely no future as criminals, that’s for sure. MasterClass | Get ...

Austin Kleon: “Our Kids Need Bullsh*t Detectors!"

29 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bestselling author and artist Austin Kleon joins Ryan to discuss the challenges of raising kids in the digital age of social media and AI. He shares a...

Don’t Deny Them This

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Let them be bored. Let them cultivate some time with themselves. 📕 Pick up a signed copy of Stillness Is The Key by Ryan Holiday at https://store....

They’ll Wreck This

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How will we ever convince Google that we do not, in fact, like Mr. Beast or prank videos? Will our Netflix suggestions ever recover from the Cocomelon...

Show Them All The Strains

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We owe it to them to show these branches of the family tree, to introduce them to the ancestors who planted the seeds that are now growing inside them...

Let Them Know They Give You This

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Your kids probably know how tough they are on you. But do they also know what joy you bring them? How much better they make your life? Squarespace | ...

Take The Relief From This

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Although parenting certainly adds a lot to our plate, it’s also massively clarifying. ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 ...

Hidden Parenting Gems in Hamilton | Ryan Holiday

22 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is a Hamilton phase a rite of passage for families? While kids get swept up in the music and history, the musical also reflects the deep emotions, sac...

It’s Always Tough

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Having kids makes you less available. Having kids makes you less up for certain things. Having kids costs you. Right now, you can get 20% off plus a ...

It Matters Now!

20 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We tell ourselves that when our kids are old we’ll make more time for them, we’ll have more freedom—and besides, they’ll appreciate it more wh...

Not Someday, But Soon

19 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This moment you have right now, even if it’s stressful, even if it’s exhausting, even if it's ordinary and humdrum…it won’t feel that way almo...

Are You Showing Them This?

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If we want our children to embrace growth and challenge, we must model it ourselves. 💡 Challenge yourself to spring forward and become the person ...

Can You Do This?

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It all becomes like a blur, the big moments and the small ones, one task from the next, one day to the next. ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email:...

Josh Brolin: "I Just Had A Parenting Freak Out"

15 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Josh Brolin sits down with Ryan, fresh off a full-blown parenting meltdown. As he puts it, “I just had to read The Daily Dad to calm the f**k down.”...

There Is So Much More Inside You Now

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You liked children. You cared about people besides yourself. But then you had your own kids, and something changed. 💪 Momentous | Go to livemoment...

Stop Winging This

13 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A family, like any great team, needs structure. It needs shared goals. It needs everyone to know their role. 📕 You can grab copies of What You’r...

Heed This Reminder

12 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Don’t let yourself ignore spring’s delicate reminder of time’s passing. Don’t settle into old patterns and busy schedules that you’ll end up...

What Will This Experience Give You?

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

None of us have it easy. It’s hard, but that’s what makes it powerful. Tushbaby is here to make parenting a little easier—one day, or carry at ...

Just Give Them A Little More Time

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Let’s try to give our kids some space, some patience, some support. Every person has their own timetable. Tushbaby is here to make parenting a litt...

There Are No Perfect Parents | Reassurance from Richard Reeves and Donald Robertson

08 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Wishing you’d handled a parenting moment differently? Feeling overwhelmed? In today's episode, Richard Reeves and Donald Robertson share reassuring ...

Here’s The Joy

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You have all these responsibilities to manage…and so little time to manage them. Is there a way we can shrug some of the heaviness off and be happy?...

You Can’t Be Afraid

06 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s understandable to be a little intimidated by the talents and interests and even beliefs of our kids. But we can’t give into this fear. We hav...

It Should Be Good, Not Easy

05 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We love our children deeply and want to protect them from hardship. But we must let them struggle. Our Luctor Et Emergo Medallion will serve as a rem...

When They Can Take This For Granted, So Much Is Possible…

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

People with a chip on their shoulder can be highly motivated. Far less often do we think about what someone who is loved and supported can do. Think o...

It’s An Insane Pleasure

03 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

 Kids remind us, in their uninhibited laughter and their wide-eyed wonder, of the simple pleasures of being alive. Tinker, create and innovate with...

You'll Never Watch Disney the Same Way Again | Ryan and Sam Holiday

01 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In today's episode, Ryan and Sam Holiday reveal how becoming parents heightened their sensitivity to books, movies, and other entertainment. They talk...

This Is What Real Winners Do

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Some parents believe competition doesn't matter. Others believes competition is the only thing that matters.Like so many two-sided debates, there's a ...

You Have It Right Now

27 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You have the thing that your future self will be pining for. Why aren’t you acting like it? Squarespace | Go to  Squarespace.com/DOTHEWORK to save...

It’s Not Just The Summers, You Know

26 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You only get 18 summers with your kids. It’s a popular bit of parenting advice. We’ve said it here before. The problem is that it’s not really t...

There Is No History Without This

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If we want them to think critically, to rise above the mistakes of the past, we have to stop shielding them from it. 📚 Pick up copies of The Barn ...

They’ll Have This AND That

24 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We can’t expect our kids to be perfect. We have to be patient. Right now, you can get 20% off plus a FREE starter kit when you shop exclusively at ...

5 Timeless Parenting Lessons from Abraham Lincoln

22 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What can Abraham Lincoln, a Stoic at heart, teach modern parents? Ryan Holiday discusses lessons he's learned from the 16th President that he uses on ...

Don’t Fight This War

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why focus on arbitrary games and credential-chasing—which won't lead to the same success as it once did—when you could help your children develop ...

It’s Almost Relaxing

20 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

They’re crazy. Your life is crazy. It’s a lot. Your kids are a lot.🎥 Watch Scott Galloway on The Daily Stoic Podcast: https://youtu.be/678OhMsb...

It’s The One Thing We Have In Common

19 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We come from different places. We believe different things. And yet…Get Huel today with this exclusive offer for New Customers of 15% OFF + a FREE G...

Can You Believe It?

18 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You were free. Life was simple. And now all of that is gone.  🎶 Do Not Let Your Spirit Wane by Gang of Youths  Squarespace | Go to  Squarespac...

Stop Letting This Embarrass You

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Do your best to clean up and teach them good behavior, but bring those wonderful "brats" with you. Squarespace | Go to  Squarespace.com/DOTHEWORK to...

Raising Young Athletes Right | Steve Magness and Ryan Holiday

15 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Performance coach and expert Steve Magness joins Ryan for a deep dive into the flaws of the American sports system and what we can learn from Norway’...

Be Careful Telling Them This

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Letting our kids struggle and face challenges isn't always easy—for us or them. Our Luctor Et Emergo Medallion will help you remember to slow down ...

You Feel It All More Now

13 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Being a parent opens you up. It turns on a special sensitivity, an acuteness that allows you to see and hear and notice things your younger, less expe...

Hold Them To You Like This

12 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We worry, we care, we struggle to find the right balance—and our well-meaning efforts backfire. PIQUE: Get 20% off + a FREE starter kit at https://...

Sometimes This Is All You Can Do

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We are so vulnerable as parents, hostages to fortune because of these little kids we love. 💪 Go to livemomentous.com and get 20% off with the co...